Shutter Count 42,276

Thanks for the info, it will save me time searching for it. I didn't really care what the shutter count was on the camera when I bid on it, because I didn't plan on keeping it. I bought the group for the flash, which is in excellent ++ condition. When bidding I counted on the camera and lens being resold for a minimal price, knowing they're not really worth a whole bunch. But with the error, I won't get anything for the camera and very little for the lens alone.

Thank You. I did email the seller asking them to make this right with me.... We'll see what they have to say....

They didn't have that in the listing and I still don't know how. I originally planned on Googling it to find out how when I listed it.

Thank you. Yes it is an older camera. I purchase the group for the SB- 700 speedlight and I planned on just reselling the camera and lens back on Ebay. Problem now is no one is even going to touch it with the F errors. Neither the camera nor lens is worth much to begin with, but with the errors it worth nearly nothing, not worth my time listing it, and I refuse to try to list it without disclosing the problems....The seller admitted it was doing that when he/she sold it to me but still listed it as "Excellent Condition" and "Works Excellent". I did email the seller back asking for them to make this right somehow. I'm waiting to hear from them....

I do have it stopped all the way down to the lowest setting and the slide button locked firmly. The aperture ring is what the seller is trying to tell me is causing the error, that it is turned slightly. The ring is locked into place firmly and I tryed to move it and there is no play in the ring when it's locked into place. Setting the aperture on the camera all seems to be working fine. It can't be just the aperture ring causing the problems because I put my Nikkor AF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 G on it and I still got the F error. That doesn't even have an aperture ring....

Yes I do turn the camera off anytime I change a lens.

Thank you... I will keep that in mind.

Thank you for the information. I did make sure the aperture ring was set firmly and when I take off the Sigma lens and re-attach it, it seems to stop the error. But when it happened with my 70-300mm lens I took the lens off and then put it back on, it didn't stop the error. I had to switch back to the Sigma lens to get it to stop. (the 70-300mm lens worked for quite awhile before showing the error) With it happening to both lens, that's telling me it is probably in the camera itself. I did clean off the contacts on the camera today, but didn't have a lot of time to use it much to see it that helped.

I just purchased a D70 with a Sigma 28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6 II and a Nikon SB-700 speedlight on Ebay. I purchased it for the speedlight and had planned on reselling the D70 and lens. Every once and a while I get a "F--" error on the camera and the shutter locks. In the manual it states it's because of 'no lens or non-cpu lens. I contacted the seller and he said it is because of the aperture ring on the lens, that it turns out of place and that I just have to turn it back and it will work fine. But the ring has a latch that seems to be pretty firm and I also tried it with my Nikon AF Nikkor 70 - 300mm 1:4-5.6G lens and it also did it. I can take 1 photo, 5 photos or 50 photos before it happens. Very random. Has anyone had this same experience? Is this something that is really going wrong with the camera and will progress and get worse over time??? I'm not sure if I should push the matter with the seller or not... Any recommendations?

It was very difficult!I tried all kinds of settings... I think I deleted more photos that I kept. I did get some to turn out ok... just ok though... I'll post some in a little while... PS: I didn't specify what kind of "ice racing" It was atv racing :-)

I'm sorry, I didn't specify what "ice" racing. :-) It's ATV racing...

I never thought about the flash... Won't the noise show up even more with being a darker photos?

Thank you for the link. I will check it out....

I am going to be photographing my son's ice races tonight and there is only 1 overhead light on the track. The snow and ice will help to brighten things up a little bit. With the fast speeds and low light conditions, I would like some recommendations on what settings should be used for both stop-action shots and for shots to have some motion blur. I plan on shooting in shutter priority which I am just learning to use. I have a D3200 w/ a 55-200 1:4-5.6 and a sb-700 flash. Any tips would be greatly appreciated....