No lens aperture ring on G lens - so how do I set the f-stop? Sorry if this is a dumb question but the G lens do not come with a aperature ring so how do I set my f-stop?
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Use "A" on the mode dial. A stands for Aperture Preferred. Focus the camera on something, press the shutter half way down then release, and you will see the shutter speed and F stop through the view finder. Twist the main selector dial to change the shutter speed and F stop. Quit twisting when the aperture you want is shown. Start shooting. The F stop you selected will be used, that is why it is called Aperture Preferred mode. By the way, I suggest reading the manual that came with the camera; this and many other good questions you have will be answered. Then you will appreciate your camera more.
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I found it. The menu has a setting for a lens that has an aperture ring. So all I did was change the setting to "permitted" and it worked. So thanks to K. Johnson for the response and I will now put this forum to rest. What a great little camera, the Pentax Kx! And I just found out that it takes multiple exposure pictures; how much fun is that?
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Nathan, I had to buy a ring adapter, it screws onto the end of your lens (58mm) then i bought the adapter ring that went from a 58mm down to a 52mm. Hope this helps.. the adapter ring is only a couple bucks plus shipping, if you go on ebay and watch u can pick then up for about $3-$4 and free shipping
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No it does not. But why do you need to see the f stop on then screen? You can see it on the lens
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This is a fully mechanical lens. This aperture gear ring is on the lens, so you can only adjust your aperture on the lens.
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Yes. The Aperture Control -Fotodiox M2-Nik(G) says the one I got- works with a 50mm f/1.8G lens, as well as other "G" prime and zoom lenses.It works with Nikon F mount lenses, even those that don't require an Aperture Control because they have its own aperture ring, like "D" series lenses.Please note that the Aperture Control doesn't have printed on it any aperture scale to know how much open or close is the lens diaphragm. To have reproducible results you must draw your own aperture scale on the Aperture Control, a not an easy task because there is just 1/6 of a turn (about 16°; 12mm or 1/2") between the maximum and minimum aperture points in the Aperture Control. Yes. The Aperture Control -Fotodiox M2-Nik(G) says the one I got- works with a 50mm f/1.8G lens, as well as other "G" prime and zoom lenses.It works with Nikon F mount lenses, even those that don't require an Aperture Control because they have its own aperture ring, like "D" series lenses.Please note that the Aperture Control doesn't have printed on it any aperture scale to know how much open or close is the lens diaphragm. To have reproducible results you must draw your own aperture scale on the Aperture Control, a not an easy task because there... » Read More Yes. The Aperture Control -Fotodiox M2-Nik(G) says the one I got- works with a 50mm f/1.8G lens, as well as other "G" prime and zoom lenses.It works with Nikon F mount lenses, even those that don't require an Aperture Control because they have its own aperture ring, like "D" series lenses.Please note that the Aperture Control doesn't have printed on it any aperture scale to know how much open or close is the lens diaphragm. To have reproducible results you must draw your own aperture scale on the Aperture Control, a not an easy task because there is just 1/6 of a turn (about 16°; 12mm or 1/2") between the maximum and minimum aperture points in the Aperture Control. « Show Less
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The lenses I use all have an aperture ring so I don't use it. Not sure if a lens without would engage. Certainly I have no aperture control from my alpha7. The adapter ring only opens...if the lens ring is f8, you can only go wider on my lenses.
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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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No,but your auto focus ring isn't engaged . The big rubber ring at the very front of the lens must be pushed forward to engage it and pulled back for manual focusing ! I don't have my lens or camera handy but I'm pretty sure forward is engaged and back toward you is dis engaged ! It's a snappy little lens once engaged !
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This adapter works for G lenses (i.e. lenses that do not have a dedicated aperture ring), the blue dial here (with the little circles) takes the place of the aperture ring on the lens. The little circles provide an indication of the aperture opening, from fully open to fully closed. Hope this helps.. This is a great product that I use with my Nikon prime lenses and it works well.
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You can manually adjust the aperture or allow the camera to set the f stop. As far as auto focus the lens does have a motor
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Nikon makes several 50mm f/1.4 lenses. The f/1.4 D and the plain (old) f/1.4 lenses both have working aperture rings on them and they will work with the reverse ring. Just understand that everything is manual - you will have to manually set the aperture and shutter speed for your exposure. The 50mm f/1.4g lens has no aperture ring and if I am correct, it will work, however, you will have to make all your shots at the smallest aperture setting and then you only have control of the shutter speed. Hope this helps.
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No functions work. This is a simple physical adapter. I found it works best with old manual lenses. There are not any electronic connections. With g series lenses (no aperture ring) you will be stuck shooting wide open.
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I think if you turn it off in-camera, it's off regardless of whether you have the dedicated switch on or off on the lens itself. It seems to have been designed with the expectation of the newer design of the current 14-42 which has no dedicated switch on the lens. It needs to be activated via the menu. I think it also must be activated to set the IS mode. I have the IS turned on in my G1 and use the 14-45 and 45-200 as normal. No problems. I know it works as I use slr lenses with no IS, where the lack of IS is immediately obvious. I think the menu setting just provides power for the lens IS. I never turn it off in camera regardless of whether I'm using the oem lenses or the slr lenses. I don't turn off the "shoot without lens" when I switch from the slr lenses to the oem either. It's the Olympus m4/3's that have the more involved IBIS where the Panasonic IS can overide and a user might want to select the IBIS or IS. I'm assuming you know the GF has no in-body IS. The G1 has the in-menu option, I thought the GF1 had it too. I've taken over 25,000 shots with that setting, no issues to date. NOTE: If your lenses are older, you might want to install the latest firmware updates. That seems to have a big effect on the performance of the G-bodies and lenses in some cases.
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If you have certain lenses the focus ring pulls forward and back to enable Manual focus - if you can see a distance scale on the lens , you are in MF. And you might think AF doesn't work - just push the focus ring forward to get into AF
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Hi Ben, I just ordered this camera, but currently have the k100d. I did use an older lens with my k100d a while back and I had to press the a/e button for about a second to get it to stop down, the camera won't know what the aperature is set at, but it is still usable. I find dpreview.com is really helpful for those sort of questions. Just type in your query in the 'search' area and any discussion about it will come up. Good luck.
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ALL AF capable lenses that i've ever touched will allow you to rotate it past the two places where it should stop. The only lense i've ever handled that had a proper mechanical stop was made by Zeiss, i love them!