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<blockquote data-quote="Pete6" data-source="post: 846682" data-attributes="member: 70458">Removal and discharging the camera completely with the battery out and changing lenses did not work.&nbsp; The condition remained the same. but thank you for helping.&nbsp; I do not have another body here right now.&nbsp; I should do in a week or so.&nbsp; I agreee with you Woodyg3.&nbsp; The Vivitar is probably too far down the list of &quot;World's best lenses&quot; to really be in service today. SO, I tried a different approach.&nbsp; AI.&nbsp; I asked Gemini to help me and, it has given me a work around.&nbsp; Scotch tape on the lens contacts.&nbsp; This turn the fairly dumb Vivitar into an even dumber brick but, it allows me to take pictures.&nbsp; I never had autofocus with this lens and with the tape in place I have lost aperture control (if it had ever woked) too.&nbsp; I am back to a 1960s SLR. I manually focus, set the aperture and shutter speed, press the buttonad it takes pictures in M mode.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]430157[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]430158[/ATTACH]The AI pointed out a tiny button on the F mount at 8 o'clock when lookin at the front of the mount.&nbsp; This, the AI said needed to be pressed in by the lens as it was mounted.&nbsp; You can see the lens tab that should do this job is a long way away from where it needs to be (one more negative for this lens).&nbsp; I stuck a toothpick in the gap to activate the button but it did nothing.&nbsp; Maybe my D3200 has a problems too.What to do?&nbsp; The lens works (with sticky tape) manually.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wiill use it like that for a week or so.&nbsp; I may buy a D7500 body and even another lens.&nbsp; I need a long lens for taking wildlife pics from my house.&nbsp; Thank you all for your help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pete6, post: 846682, member: 70458"] Removal and discharging the camera completely with the battery out and changing lenses did not work. The condition remained the same. but thank you for helping. I do not have another body here right now. I should do in a week or so. I agreee with you Woodyg3. The Vivitar is probably too far down the list of "World's best lenses" to really be in service today. SO, I tried a different approach. AI. I asked Gemini to help me and, it has given me a work around. Scotch tape on the lens contacts. This turn the fairly dumb Vivitar into an even dumber brick but, it allows me to take pictures. I never had autofocus with this lens and with the tape in place I have lost aperture control (if it had ever woked) too. I am back to a 1960s SLR. I manually focus, set the aperture and shutter speed, press the buttonad it takes pictures in M mode. [ATTACH type="full" width="406px"]430157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="402px"]430158[/ATTACH] The AI pointed out a tiny button on the F mount at 8 o'clock when lookin at the front of the mount. This, the AI said needed to be pressed in by the lens as it was mounted. You can see the lens tab that should do this job is a long way away from where it needs to be (one more negative for this lens). I stuck a toothpick in the gap to activate the button but it did nothing. Maybe my D3200 has a problems too. What to do? The lens works (with sticky tape) manually. I wiill use it like that for a week or so. I may buy a D7500 body and even another lens. I need a long lens for taking wildlife pics from my house. Thank you all for your help. [/QUOTE]

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