Hi, Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 9:31:50 PM, you wrote:
> As dumb as it may sound, if I move the aperture ring and the aperture blades > fail to move, does that mean my lens is broke? Is is now rendered useless? > Thanks that's how open-aperture metering works. The diaphragm remains fully open so you can take a meter reading through the lens without dimming the viewfinder. When you press the shutter release, or press the depth-of-field preview lever, the diaphragm stops down to the size you have set. -- Cheers, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

