Nikon d5200 and tamron 70 mm - 300 mm

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Jamescymru

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Could someone please explain to me why the aperture settings has to be set to the highest to use this lens. ?
The camera won't take photos unless the aperture ring is set to 32. Not ideal for some photos.
Appreciate any help on this.


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Lawrence

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That makes no sense at all.
Are you saying that the regardless of the focal length you have to shoot on f/32?
What is your ISO set at?
My guess is you have that way up there...
 
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Jamescymru

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How does it make no sense. Yes. It must be set at 32. If I change lower, the camera tells me to set at highest aperture.


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hark

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It sounds like an older lens with an aperture ring. Most likely you won't be using the aperture ring to change your aperture. You will use one of the dials on the camera's body to change it. I have an older AF-D Sigma lens which gets set to f/22. The command dial is what I use to change the aperture. Look in your user manual as that should explain how to work the aperture of those types of lenses.
 
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Jamescymru

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Thanks hark for your reply. It is an older lens. I can use the dial to change the aperture. But the mechanism inside the lens doesn't change if that makes sense. Maybe the camera changes the aperture some other way. I'm quite new to photography so any help is appreciated. Thanks again


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nickt

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Yes, what Hark said. I don't know your lens, but my old 50mm has a lock to lock it at f22. It does not actually shoot up there, the camera controls the aperture or you can control it from the camera settings. The camera just needs to know that ring is out of the way. You would not be able to see very much if the lens were actually stopped down to f22. You focus and meter with the lens wide open and the camera stops it down when you click the shutter. The aperture ring is a physical stop-limit. If you set it at f8, the camera would not be able to ever bring it any smaller than f8. So setting it for the smallest aperture gives full control.
 
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Jamescymru

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It was just the ring that needed to be set to the f 32. Soon as I screwed it on the camera took over control. Thanks again


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