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(To Long To Read: Sony a550 camera, old lens for a Minolta film camera, can't seem to set the aperture, any fix?)
Well I'll start here for an answer, if no one knows maybe i'll try a broader part of the forum who may have experienced something similar with another type of camera.
First Off, I am working with a Sony a550 camera.
Anyway,
So I have this old lens that was on a Minolta film camera. It fits nicely on my Sony camera and I wanted to give it a go. Right away I noticed one thing, I have to be in Manual Mode to shoot any pictures with it. Any other mode and it says there isn't a lens on the camera or something.
No problem.
So I go into manual. But that's when I noticed I couldn't do anything with the aperture settings. It's stuck where ever it is at and all I can do is adjust the shutter speed. It doesn't have a manual aperture ring on it. Is there anything I can do here? Or is that just how the cookie crumbles and the lens is just not going to work all the way on this camera. Yes it does take photos though, and I can view through the lens with my display, everything seems to work, there is no auto focus but thats okay, I can manually focus it. But just no Aperture.
Here is a pic of the lens.
Appreciate any help, thanks.
Well I'll start here for an answer, if no one knows maybe i'll try a broader part of the forum who may have experienced something similar with another type of camera.
First Off, I am working with a Sony a550 camera.
Anyway,
So I have this old lens that was on a Minolta film camera. It fits nicely on my Sony camera and I wanted to give it a go. Right away I noticed one thing, I have to be in Manual Mode to shoot any pictures with it. Any other mode and it says there isn't a lens on the camera or something.
No problem.
So I go into manual. But that's when I noticed I couldn't do anything with the aperture settings. It's stuck where ever it is at and all I can do is adjust the shutter speed. It doesn't have a manual aperture ring on it. Is there anything I can do here? Or is that just how the cookie crumbles and the lens is just not going to work all the way on this camera. Yes it does take photos though, and I can view through the lens with my display, everything seems to work, there is no auto focus but thats okay, I can manually focus it. But just no Aperture.
Here is a pic of the lens.
Appreciate any help, thanks.