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<blockquote data-quote="zhead86" data-source="post: 170987" data-attributes="member: 15497">Hey all,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I joined this sight to try to learn a little more about photography. It's something I've always wanted to do, but parents never had the money. I put off buying a camera for long enough (I'm 27 now) and bought a Nikon D5200 a few months back. I like taking pictures of nature; stars, landscapes, macro and pretty much anything else nature has to offer... I am having one major issue. While in Aperture priority mode, some times I can't get my aperture to open all the way. My lens opens to f/3.5 but at times it will only open to f/4 or even f/5.6 and nothing I can figure out gets it to open more. I'm using the standard lens that came in the bundle (Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G). I know it opens to f/3.5 because I've used it for star trails on more than one occasion...I've reset Custom Settings and Shooting Menu but nothing is working.... Help?!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zhead86, post: 170987, member: 15497"] Hey all, I joined this sight to try to learn a little more about photography. It's something I've always wanted to do, but parents never had the money. I put off buying a camera for long enough (I'm 27 now) and bought a Nikon D5200 a few months back. I like taking pictures of nature; stars, landscapes, macro and pretty much anything else nature has to offer... I am having one major issue. While in Aperture priority mode, some times I can't get my aperture to open all the way. My lens opens to f/3.5 but at times it will only open to f/4 or even f/5.6 and nothing I can figure out gets it to open more. I'm using the standard lens that came in the bundle (Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G). I know it opens to f/3.5 because I've used it for star trails on more than one occasion...I've reset Custom Settings and Shooting Menu but nothing is working.... Help?! [/QUOTE]

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