Recent content by Pete6

Taking what you said in order, yes, obviously there are less pins. The Vivitar lens has 5 and my other lenses have 10. Yup this lens will do less. The screw AF body driven motor system is clearly not going to work on the D3200 body which does not have an internal motor. I knew that when I...

Thanks for your reply. The lens is an F mount. No mount adapter is used. This is a Vivitar original as far as I can see and tell. I agree with you, Vivitar is a well known cheap maker of not that great lenses, It was that way back in the late 1960s when I got my first Praktika Nova 35mm SLR...

First post here. I have had Nikons since the 1970s. I have a D3200 and just bought a Vivitar Series 1 AF 100-400mm 4.5-6.7 Lens. The camera screen shows, "Lock lens aperture ring at minimum aperture" That is f22 for this lens and it has a switch on the lens to lock it. I get the dreaded fEE...