D70 not 'detecting' lenses

[Hyena]

Hey guys,
My D70 has started playing up recently, when you connect a lens the F just flashes like there's no lens connected. I went up to Qld last week and put it inside my checked luggage, but it was inside a well padded lowepro bagged, wrapped in clothes and then inside the suitcase. It was working fine for my kit and zoom lenses but when I swapped for my 50mm it started playing up. At first I thought it was a problem with the 50mm and went back to using the other 2 but after getting home it now does it with all my lenses, leading me to think it's more likely to be a fault with the camera.

Anyone come across this problem before ?
Is there anything I can try before taking it off to get looked at ? The contacts in the camera look clean.

Cheers

Jay

[gstark]

Didja set the lens to maximum aperture? This is expected behaviour when the lens isn't correctly set.

[big pix]

Didja set the lens to maximum aperture? This is expected behaviour when the lens isn't correctly set.

yep...... and a clean of the contacts would also be good......

[Hyena]

Didja set the lens to maximum aperture? This is expected behaviour when the lens isn't correctly set.

Yes, this is the first thing I thought too considering it started doing it with my 50mm which I often reverse, but the other 2 lenses do it as well and I hadn't touched anything other than flicking from auto to manual focus.

I'll try cleaning the contacts (metho on a cotton bud ? ) but they already look nice and clean...

[bwhinnen]

Buy some contact cleaner, metho leaves a residue...

[Hyena]

For future reference if anyone has any similar problems - I sent it off for repair - turned out it was the lens contact unit that packed it in.
$2.69 part, $120 labour

Ah well, could have been worse. Back to shooting now

[stubbsy]

Thanks for the update and advice Jay.