Report "I have a Half a year old TAMRON 70-300mm Lens which i have actively used for both macro and normal zoom almost every day since i bought it. For maybe one month ago, when i turned to portrait mode it said: ERROR 01. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CAMERA AND LENS IS FAULTY. CLEAN THE LENS CONTACTS. well, i have cleaned and cleaned, but nothing seamed to work, so i just started to use other modes besides Portrait mode, but more and more modes started saying the same thing. So not so many days ago, i could only use Shutter mode and TV mode. And after using only those two modes for a while, it was one time when i turned on my camera and it went straight to ERROR 01. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CAMERA AND LENS IS FAULTY. CLEAN THE LENS CONTACTS. so i could not even look at my photos, take a photo or do anything with the camera. But when i used one of my other lenses, (CANON 18-55mm) it seemed to work just fine. But i am really depended on this lens, and because i live in the middle of Africa, i cant get to repair shop or buy a new one. so i am really stuck in this situation. if anyone has a solution to this, PLEASE TELL ME! (by the way, my camera is an CANON 650D"