Can you explain to me how you got the chip to enter program mode? Mine simply will not (two different chips.)
I tried manual w/ 15 seconds. I tried bulb mode. I tried turning off & on the camera before re-clicking the bayonnette (suggested by the seller)
Also, do you see the \"5\" in the display, as the instructions indicate? The seller tells me that you don\'t always get the \"5\" yet can still be in program mode (sounds fishy to me) Even so, when I switch it to AV mode, I get no aperture number-changes as I turn the dial, so I can\'t program it.
Also, do you know how to EXIT programming mode? The instructions give two mutually-exclusive answers for this, in different sections.
JimBuchanan wrote:
The lens happened to be a f/1.7, but the chip software doesn\'t allow odd numbers, so I had to choose 1.8, or 1.6.
It\'s not odd numbers, per se. According to the seller, these chips cannot be programmed for any number that doesn\'t show in the camera\'s read-out. This kind of sucks, as one of my M42 lenses is a 135mm f/2.3, and the other is a 200mm f/3. Neither can be programmed!
-But a moot point if I can\'t even get it into program mode at all..
-Also a moot point if there\'s no way to defeat the shutter-lockout feature. That\'s a cool feature to have, for certain situations, but I could NEVER deal with having it on all the time. No way.
Jim, I\'m curious to know if you can do this via AI-servo mode, or do you get the same horrid frozen-shutter problems that I\'m getting?
Dec 04, 2008 at 10:38 PM
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