>Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:02:28 -0600 >From: Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: 8008S F-stop problem [21] > >Last night when doing a photo shoot with my 8008S in manual mode I had set >the F-stop to F8. After shooting some pix it said F11 on the LCD and in >the viewfinder. I changed it back to F8 thinking I had bumped it...then a >while later it said F5.6, I changed it back and then later it said F11 >again. I kept changing it and it kept changing to one F-stop up or down >from my setting. > >I think I saw this behaviour from the camera before but thought I had >bumped the aperture ring. I know now it wasn't me. As an aside, I was >using a Nikor 28-85AF lens with it. > >Anyone else seem something like this? Would you suspect the body, the >lens, or the contacts between or???? > >HELP PLEASE!! > >Lew Lew, The LCD on the camera indicates the effective aperture. Depending upon what focal length you are set at on the zoom, the lens may lose up to one stop from the relative aperture that is set on the aperture ring. In other words, if you set f/8 and you are at 28mm the LCD will indicate f/8. By not changing any settings other than zooming the lens to 85mm, the LCD will indicate f/11. This is because of the variable aperture design of this lens. If you set f/8 at 85mm the LCD would indicate f/8; zooming back to 28, the LCD will indicate f/5.6. Ed Ed Yost M&M Photo Source (Authorized Nikon Advanced Systems Dealer) 800-606-6746
