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<blockquote data-quote="josh040996" data-source="post: 524112" data-attributes="member: 41482">Greetings everyone! I am just getting into DSLR imaging, more specifically DSO astrophotography, and I am having a little bit of a moment with my D50 and a telephoto lens (Sigma AF 70-210). My problem is that I am getting confused about the aperture, obviously for astrophotography I would like the largest aperture the lens will allow, which is f/4 on this lens, the problem is that the camera doesn't seem towant to let me manually change it with the aperture ring on the lens without giving me an Fee error even when in manual mode. If I change the aperture on the camera body, the f number on the screen and in the eyepiece changes but I cannot hear anything from the lens and when I take the lens off it is still set to the smallest aperture. I am a complete noob to DSLRs, but surely the aperture size must/should have to change?If anyone could maje sense of my jibberish I would be very greatful! Sent from my LG-H955 using Tapatalk</blockquote>

[QUOTE="josh040996, post: 524112, member: 41482"] Greetings everyone! I am just getting into DSLR imaging, more specifically DSO astrophotography, and I am having a little bit of a moment with my D50 and a telephoto lens (Sigma AF 70-210). My problem is that I am getting confused about the aperture, obviously for astrophotography I would like the largest aperture the lens will allow, which is f/4 on this lens, the problem is that the camera doesn't seem towant to let me manually change it with the aperture ring on the lens without giving me an Fee error even when in manual mode. If I change the aperture on the camera body, the f number on the screen and in the eyepiece changes but I cannot hear anything from the lens and when I take the lens off it is still set to the smallest aperture. I am a complete noob to DSLRs, but surely the aperture size must/should have to change? If anyone could maje sense of my jibberish I would be very greatful! Sent from my LG-H955 using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]

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