Nikkor 14mm wide angle lens: I tried to take pictures by changing the aperture setting and it wouldn' let me take pictures unless I was in a f/22?
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The apertue setting is set to f22 on the lens and then you can change the aperture via the camera. That is normal for all D lenses.
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This lens is equivalent to Nikon's 55mm f 1.8 lens. It is considered a "Normal" lens meaning it 'sees' like the human eye. While it can used in daylight and low light it is NOT a wide angle lens. If wide angle is what you are interested in use the 10 mm N series Nikkor lens or one of the zoom lenses such as the 10 mm to 30 mm zoom or the 10 mm to 100 mm zoom, which is my preference.
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I have both this 15-85mm lens, and the wonderful EF-S 10-22mm. Since getting the 15-85, I almost never use the 10-22, even though most of my photography is on the wide-angle side of normal. I recommend both lenses, but get the 15-85 first, and you may find, as I did, that it is very adequate all by itself. If you do need extreme wide-angle, however, by all means get the EF-S 10-22mm, which is excellent. Best, get both!
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See if you can find this particular lens with the "AF-D" designation (vs plain old "AF"). On this particular lens model Nikon changed the AF gearing resulting in autofocus that's much faster. (D does not signify an AF speed increase on other Nikkor lenses, just this one -- it's a designator that indicates that distance info is passed to the camera.)
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I don't have a 55 micor nikkor; various combinations of extensions rings are needed on the lenses I have tried, and optimal focusing and image size arfe tricky to achieve.
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Hi. I purchased the same lens 2 days ago and yes, I am a novice using a D300. I have the same 'err' reading but when i switch and locked to f/22 i realised that the camera body electronically controls the aperture setting - which you can obviously set in 'A' mode. I assumed that the manual a f adjustment ring on the lens then was only for cameras that do no have electronically controlled A settings via the body.
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Dr. Smith thank you for the response, yes that helped, but I do have it set on 'M' and it still does the error 'FEE' so I am out of options. I cleaned all the sensors and made sure to listen to the 'click' when lens locks. I'm really unsure what is the problem now. Does this mean that I can only use the f/22 with this lens? Thank you so much! I appreciate your help.
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Yes, You can replace the standard lens with the wide angle. It is necessary to split the case, remove the camera from the board ,loosen the set screw and unscrew the lens. Here is a link for how to do it. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25880644&postcount=1984 Here is another good article http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1904559 Hope this helps!
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it has nothing to do with DX or FX camera. it has to do with the lens period. it must be an F2.8 or F4 lens. also for autofocus with an F4 lens you need a newer body such as the D7100 or D610 Etc as on an F4 lens it becomes F8 and older nikons cant AF with F8 lens
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2.8 is the maximum aperture at minimum zoom. I no longer own thing lens. But I believe it goes to f22. It is either 16 or 22.
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Hello!!, I'm not am expert but my lens Nikkon 18-140... I have not any trouble with it, the pictures are grate, and the best is that I don't need any other lens for my regular picture.
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Shoot in manual mode. With old Nikkor lenses you will need to focus manually with the lens barrel ring, set the f-stop on the lens, and use the flip handle control (upper right back of camera) to set the shutter speed. If the picture comes out too dark open the f-stop or lower the shutter speed until happy. If the lighting doesn't change you can shoot more shots without adjusting further. You can do bracketed shots by adjusting the f-stop up &/or down.
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You have to have a nikon camera with a focusing motor to auto focus with this lense.Make sure the lens is set and locked at f 22. Hope this helps.
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The answer depends upon YOUR camera. With newer digital cameras, you lock the aperture ring at it's smallest f-stop and control the f-stop via the control wheel on the camera. On older cameras, you control the aperture via the aperture ring. This 'feature' makes this lens more flexible than the newer 24-70, which is all but useless on older cameras.
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lens on camera must be at widest focal length, and macro setting if your lens has that option! if it still does not focus, you mite need spacer ring!
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Hey Aaron, common mistake. What you need to do is set the actual aperture on the lens ring to 22 and the lock it on that value so that the little red line aligns with the 22. This happens because you are using an older non focusing lens on a newer body. Problem solved. Have fun, that is a fantastic lens.
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The camera controls the aperture, set it at f22 and forget it. Beside why would you not want the camera to control the aperture. If you switch to A or M mode you can set it to whatever stop you need and the camera will close the aperture down to that setting when the shutter is pressed. On some very old nikon cameras you needed to use the apertue ring and set it at the aperture you wanted, but if you where shooting something at f16, the viewfinder was almost black.