DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

The reason I bought a manual camera (Df) was so that I could set the shutter speed, the aperture and the ISO and shoot what I want without a camera nanny telling no. Beautiful snow scenes outside and I can't find what menu setting to get the camera to shoot what I want to shoot. different lenses behave the same way. I searched menu options. Books don't have a list of error codes.

Quixdraw Loc: x

List starts on pp 346 of the camera manual. If you don't have one you can download a free PDF from Nikon.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

I doubt you see "EE", I'll bet you see "fEE" which means your lens is not set to minimum aperture.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

And, What really chaps my shorts is my little pocket camera, a Nikon P7800, does what I tell it to do in manual mode. I got the shot, but on a 1" sensor and not my FF sensor.

BTW the Df blinks ">> <<" in the viewfinder. Still searching the manual to find that one. Looks like exposure, but I contend that none of the camera's darn business. Color me a little agitated right now.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

Thanks MT, the I checked that twice and also with another lens.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

quix, Thank you. I found it.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

Quix, Thank you again. Got it going.
Sadly, I was looking in the Jon Sparks "expanded" guide. I will keep looking so as not to pillory Jon unless deserved.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

Checked the Sparks guide again. Can't find it. Jon, did I miss the page?

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

I’m not near my Df manual right now, but if you look under Electronic Ranger you may find an explanation for ><
I have been using my DF for 7+ years with both manual focus and auto focus lenses and have not had any problems. Take a deep breath and read through the manual some more.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Put the Sparks Guide off to the side for a while and be one with the manual.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Glad it was helpful. Do love my DF! Few people expert or not, can entirely fathom the software of these cameras. After 6+ years with the DF, I still travel with the manual, either hard copy or PDF on my Kindle. Most times I'm good, but great to have when I need it.

BebuLamar

> < perhaps it can't focus due to scene too dark or low contrast?
fEE because set the Df to control the aperture with the sub command dial and not the aperture ring and you don't set the aperture to minimum.

BebuLamar

My Df actually did have problem. The meter went dead, intermittently, I had to have it fixed for the price of $400.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

This error message will appear if the lens is not attached correctly to the camera or if you are not using a CPU lens such as the NIKKOR AF or NIKKOR P lenses. ... Check that the EE servo coupling highlighted on the lens has not been broken.

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This is likely caused by a user error. The FEE error indicates that the camera cannot control the full range of the lens's aperture. This occurs with lenses that have aperture control rings. You probably didn't set the aperture control ring of the lens to its smallest setting when you mounted it on the Df camera, but did do so when it was mounted on the D3300.

Lens apertures are spring-loaded to default to the smallest aperture (i.e., highest f-number). When the lens is attached to the Nikon camera, the camera's aperture control lever opens the aperture to the lens's widest possible opening. This is to allow the most amount of light into the viewfinder for focusing and autoexposure to work best. When the shutter is triggered, the camera's aperture control pin allows the lens aperture to reduce to the aperture value set in the camera (either automatically in the Program or shutter-priority exposure modes, or manually by the user in the manual or aperture-priority exposure modes).

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

Thank all of you ("all y'all") for your timely help.