I purchased a nikkor 105mm 1:2.5 lens for my Nikon D80. The camera will not take a picture with this lens. The f keeps flashing in the view finder. Can you tell me what is wrong.
Check if the lens is properly mounted. If still you get the error message, clean the electrical contacts between the lens and the camera using an eraser. Take care not to let any dust fall into the body. Attach the lens and try.
That's the Nikon error message for a lens with aperture ring set to something other than the minimum (i.e. highest number).
The camera insists on controlling the aperture ring, and to do so, the ring must be set to the minimum setting.
Unless it is a "G" lens, which has no aperture ring whatsoever.
The camera body sets the aperture of the lens wide open while
auto-focusing, and displaying through the viewfinder. When it comes
time to flip the mirror up and take a picture, the camera dials the
aperture to the setting you (or the camera) have selected.
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I had the same problem while mounted to my D700. The lens was defective. When I checked the inner ring of the lens one which makes the direct contact with the camera body, I discovered that it was slightly imperfect. It was not allowing three of the small metal "bead" contacts to make a proper connection to the camera. This resulted in the autofocus motor not working and all pictures were turning out black.
Can you check to see if you have the same problem with your lens ? Sometimes it's hard to tell since the ring defect is very slight.
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