RE: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?

So your apoerture is hanging.IT's not stopping down properly befor the shiot is released. Exesize it 100-200 times. I use an old plastic film canister container for this. It will take you less than 5 minutes. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype:

Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?

thanks to all who replied. today I used some force and now it seems to work better. the short version: looks like the aperture lever is/was bent such that somehow the camera releasing it for stopping down did not have effect. slightly re-bending it did have positive effect, and the over-exposure

Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?

Alex, You have the right forum to ask these questions. I have no problems with the FA*80-200/2.8 on the K10D. Apertures set just fine, exposures are OK. Your aperture blades are slow. They always start fully open so you can have bright focusing (and you meter at open aperture). When you take a

Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?

Sounds like sticky aperture blades. They're not stopping down fast enough. The lens will ned a CLA. Paul -- Original message -- From: Axel Belinfante [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just subscribed to the list, essentially to ask the question below. I recently got myself

Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?

Sounds like a classic example of a sticky aperture lever. Flip the lever on the lens a couple times, if it's at all slow in returning, get the lens CLA'd. -Adam Axel Belinfante wrote: I just subscribed to the list, essentially to ask the question below. I recently got myself a K10d. When

Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?

Hardly worth the cost of repair. I'll take it off your hands if you pay half the postage ;) On 05/06/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like a classic example of a sticky aperture lever. Flip the lever on the lens a couple times, if it's at all slow in returning, get the lens

Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?

Axel Belinfante wrote: However, with my FA*80-200 f/2.8 (aperture ring set to A) I seem to get consistent overexposure (2 stops or so?), _except_ when using it fully open (at 2.8) using the hyper-program shifting or by using Av mode at 2.8. That sounds really strange, Axel. I'm afraid I

Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?

sorry, couldn't do that. :-) even if forever stuck at 2.8 it would still be a nice lens (well, apart from minor details like weight, size) originally I bought it for low light conditions anyway (and because I needed a replacement after some uninvited visitor(s) abused my absence to releive me