Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

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p.1 #1 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

I just got a cz 18mm zf lens for my nikon d3x and for the life of me i can't figure out how to shoot shutter priority with it. Any help would be very much appreciated

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mike

Oct 29, 2009 at 09:50 PM

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p.1 #2 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

Isn't the aperture ring on the outside of the lens?
Manual only aperture control right?
How could you possibly do shutter priority?

Oct 29, 2009 at 09:57 PM

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p.1 #3 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

i think you just repeated my question

Oct 29, 2009 at 10:05 PM

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p.1 #4 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

Let me rephrase, I mean to say, I believe it is not possible, given that the aperture is manual, and not electronically controlled.
But I don't have a nikon currently, or any ZF glass...

Oct 29, 2009 at 10:06 PM

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p.1 #5 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

It's not possible to use shutterspeed priority with a manual lens. Your only option for using it with shutterspeed priority is to chip the lens, which is a pretty involved process which would irrevocably change the lens. It would probably make it more valuable though.

Oct 29, 2009 at 10:08 PM

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p.1 #6 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

Leica R series cameras had the aperture on the outside of the lens and had shutter priority as did a lot of the older cameras

Oct 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM

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p.1 #7 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

What I mean to say is that it isn't possible with your D3x camera, or any other Nikon or Canon (obviously) for that matter, not that it isn't possible to design a camera that way.

Oct 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM

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p.1 #8 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

From the Zeiss site:

zeiss ZF mount

Click on mounts and ZF and it will tell you the compatibility.

Only a very few Nikon cameras can do shutter priority with a ZF. Interestingly, the ZE can, but the canon mount increases the lens size and weight by 140g.

Oct 29, 2009 at 11:30 PM

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p.1 #9 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

The Canon mount ZE line will support shutter authority, as the lens is auto-aperture. Not so for the ZF line however.

Oct 30, 2009 at 04:41 AM

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p.1 #10 · Shutter Priority with the zf CZ 18mm ?

Shutter Priority is only available for ZF lenses on the Nikon FA and possibly the F301/F501. The F2 has an accessory available for some of the prisms which will do Shutter Priority as well, but it's large, rare and unreliable (the accessory, not the F2 which is merely large but not rare or unreliable).

The list on the Zeiss website is incorrect, the FG lacks Shutter Priority and both the F4 and F5 function in Aperture Priority mode when a non-CPU lens is attached and the mode set to shutter priority. Also the first line is incorrect as the EL/EL2, FE/FE2, F3 and FM3a all fully support Aperture Priority, not the 'limited extent' Zeiss indicates.

No Nikon digital can take advantage of an AI-S lens's full capabilities.

Oct 31, 2009 at 02:51 PM


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