Hi,
I have always thought that imy A810 would be a great astro camera if I could remove the stock lens. So I chopped it off with a hacksaw as shown in the foto. The camera still works in playback mode but when I enter capture mode it whirs for a few seconds, beeps 6 times and then displays "Lens error. Will shutdown automatically. Restart camera". I can still access the CHDK menu.
Is there any way to bypass the error message and put it in capture mode?