Nikon F4 or F5

[Junior897]

Many newer Nikons will not fire if the body is set on a program exposure mode
and the lens is not set at its smallest aperture.

Try either setting the lens to its smallest aperture and/or changing the body
to a manual exposure mode setting.

I have tried it in every mode it has. Also this lens doesn't have an aperture ring on it.

My new to me 80-200 will be here tomorrow, and I will give it a shot with it. I am just wondering if I have somehow inadvertently turned something off, but if I did I would think wouldn't focus with either camera.

 

[Sangetsu]

I too have been looking at the F4 and F5, here in Japan the price of the F5 is now below 40,000 yen ($400), not much more than a clean, used F4.