Looks like the aperture is not working correctly. When set to auto I should open up completely on a K mount body and the view should be bright. On manual it closes down to working aperture and at the larger apertures (smaller numbers) it should get brighter. Check the aperture operation by moving the aperture actuating lever on the back of the lens - you should be able to figure out which one it is - it can be moved if the lens is not set to full aperture. Or is it a screw mount lens with adapter? Then you must use it in manual. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Cassel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:12 PM Subject: Help! SMC Takumar 35mm f3.5 problem > Hello all. I'm just picking up photography as a hobby and am having a > problem with the above mentioned lens. When I'm looking through the > viewfinder, there is a dark grain covering my view. This is not the case > with any of my other lenses, which includes a SMC Tak 50mm f1.4 among > others. The darkness and, to a lesser degree, the grain are reduced when > the Auto-Manual switch is over 'Manual.' The view gets dark as night when it > the switch is over 'auto', but as it is on a K1000, that would be normail, I > suppose. > > The focusing circle in the center of the view is clear though, and seems to > work fine. > > Any ideas what could be wrong? > > The lens seems clean...not sure about fungus, as I'm nost sure what the does > or looks like exactly, but the grain and darkness is uniform throughout the > view, so I'm doubting that's the problem. > > Thanks in advance for your help. I have taken a few pics with it, but have > not gotten them back yet, so I'm not sure how this effects pic quality. > > Scott > > _________________________________________________________________ > Make the most of your family vacation with tips from the MSN Family Travel > Guide! http://dollar.msn.com >
