dblackard Loc: Rockport Texas

i have a fairly new 50 prime lens that i have used only twice. when i attach it to my d7000it says ERR on the camera. all other lenses work fine. is it bad now?

Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana

Could it be that you should have the camera off when changeing lens? I have no problem changing lens on my canon but then this may not be a good thing.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Sounds like a communication problem to me.... I would try cleaning the contacts on the lens, if the problem persists I would send it back to the Manufacturer if it is still under warranty.

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

check in the troubleshooting section in the back of your camera manual.

Jamers Loc: Michigan

If you purchased a Nikon "D" lens, (which I have seen still selling as new), then you have to rotate the aperture ring to the smallest aperture setting in order for the lens to work.

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

except that will produce the code FEE nor ERR.

snowbear

Page 306 of the manual:

nikon_jon Loc: Northeast Arkansas

I believe jamers has the answer to your problem. I have several of those older lenses and like them. Older Nikon glass us usually very good. If there is an aperture ring on the lens, you will have to do what jamers said. Remember smallest aperture is the largest number on the aperture ring.

NoSocks Loc: quonochontaug, rhode island

I had the same problem with my 50. locking it at the smallest aperture did the trick.

Daryl New Loc: Wellington,New Zealand

Interesting and good for future reference,thanks guys.

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

except as i said, if your lens is not set at the smallest apeture the nikon error code for that is FEE not ERR! so that can not be the problem.

Jamers Loc: Michigan

Small f large EE indicates I have not placed the aperture ring on the smallest aperture setting, in my case F16 on a Nikkor 85mm 1.8 "D" Lens on a D200. Perhaps the OP misread the error message. In either case, if rotating to the smallest aperture solves his dilemma, whoopee...he is happy. Online diagnosis is not easy, at best this is speculation on what information we have.

Kiwi - in - Syd Loc: Sydney Australia

(I have just registered on the forum and this is my 1st reply.)

I recently got a D3100 and discovered the same problem as you.

My camera is a bit more explicit though. I just got a second-hand AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8D for only $80, which I was expecting to have to manually focus because the lens has no auto-focus motor and neither does my camera body. I think its a pity that the camera manual doesn't have much information on this subject. They go to the trouble of providing a list of lens types that will work, and the 50mm prime was on the list - but what was wrong with it????
I get an on-screen error message that reads as follows:-

! Lock Lens aperture ring at minimum aperture (largest f/-number)

Actually it isn't necessary to lock the ring, its only necessary to rotate it to f22, but the lens does have a small nearly invisible red switch that will lock the setting there, which means that you wont accidentally shift it while focusing etc.



I have some questions of my own about whether there are problems with these error messages if you use a macro reversing ring to reverse mount a lens and will post a separate thread on this shortly.

RocketScientist Loc: Littleton, Colorado

I had a similar error on a Canon with a Tokina lens. It would shoot fine at F5 or wider (lower number), but as soon as it tried to go smaller than 5, it would throw "Error 5." It wound up being the lens needing the aperture assembly replaced.

dblackard Loc: Rockport Texas

Sorry i just now got all these replies. Thank you for all the suggestions. i will try them out today. I do have to add however that i have used this lens twice before with no error message. also do not believe it is camera error as the camera works fine with other lenses.