I purchased that same lens some while back from a reputable shop in pristine (okay, almost pristine) condition. The first time I went to use it, I couldn\'t get it to function properly on my D700, gave me fits for a few days and I was ticked.
Sadly, I don\'t remember what I ended up doing that turned out to be the issue, but it was definitely OPERATOR ERROR, the lens was & is fine and I\'ve never had another issue with it since.
Something about that particular lens / adaptall mount alignment that probably got out of whack from \'playing with it\' before I mounted it. I remember that in my hand everything worked flawless ... mounted I had only partial aperture control.
Then, \'magically\' after I had mounted it on a nikon-EOS adapter and used it on my 5D, I tried it again on my D700 ... perfect ever since. I never really figured it out ... but it is obvious to me that it was operator error of some kind (guessing the alignment of the two aperture indicator tabs).
Uploading pics to Flickr. Can you post any pics of what yours currently looks like?
Just some quick pics for orientation of adaptall on lens, adaptall off lens, lens without adaptall. I was careful not to reposition the tabs when removing the adaptall. Hope these help.
Hopefully he didn\'t go inside and screw anything up.
I purchased that same lens some while back from a reputable shop in pristine (okay, almost pristine) condition. The first time I went to use it, I couldn\'t get it to function properly on my D700, gave me fits for a few days and I was ticked.
Sadly, I don\'t remember what I ended up doing that turned out to be the issue, but it was definitely OPERATOR ERROR, the lens was & is fine and I\'ve never had another issue with it since.
Something about that particular lens / adaptall mount alignment that probably got out of whack from \'playing with it\' before I mounted it. I remember that in my hand everything worked flawless ... mounted I had only partial aperture control.
Then, \'magically\' after I had mounted it on a nikon-EOS adapter and used it on my 5D, I tried it again on my D700 ... perfect ever since. I never really figured it out ... but it is obvious to me that it was operator error of some kind (guessing the alignment of the two aperture indicator tabs).
Uploading pics to Flickr. Can you post any pics of what yours currently looks like?
Just some quick pics for orientation of adaptall on lens, adaptall off lens, lens without adaptall. I was careful not to reposition the tabs when removing the adaptall. Hope these help.
Feb 16, 2011 at 11:33 PM
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