D1x and D lenses

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"Drew" <drew@orange.nl> writes:

> Hi girls and boys,
> Just a silly problem here (I hope....). I just tried out a Nikon D1x. The
> camera was setup with a 24-70mm lens (not a 'D' or 'G' type). Every shot was
> okay and the camera gave a preview. Changing the lens to a 'D' type: the 20
> mm f/2.8 and the 80-200 F/2.8 ED every shot taken in P mode resulted in a
> black (underexposed?) preview. Switching to A (aperture priority) mode it
> managed to make a few shots exposed okay but on S (shutter priority) or P
> nothing came up on the lcd.
>
> Does anybody have a clue to what this could be caused by?? I looked through
> most of the custom menu's and reset both the custom menu's and the general
> settings back to factory settings..

Other than "it's broke", the only thing I can think of is that the
Nikon cameras need you to lock the lens at the minimum aperture
(largest number) when using them in shutter priority or program mode.
However, my experience is that, if you don't do that, the camera
refuses to shoot and displays an error indication, rather than doing
what you describe. But I haven't used a D1x, I'm generalizing from
other Nikon bodies.

Let us know when you get this figured out!
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Had the camera checked out yesterday bij the Nikon importer: something to do
with the 3D matrix metering is broken,...needs to be repaired (approx.
$300).

Thanks guys

Regards,
Drew

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>
>> Just a silly problem here (I hope....). I just tried out a Nikon D1x. The
>> camera was setup with a 24-70mm lens (not a 'D' or 'G' type).
>
> what is it then ?
> Sigma 24-70 /2.8 I had does incorporate D chip in it for the body to do 3D
> Matrix Metering
>
> Every shot was
>> okay and the camera gave a preview. Changing the lens to a 'D' type: the
>> 20
>> mm f/2.8 and the 80-200 F/2.8 ED every shot taken in P mode resulted in a
>> black (underexposed?) preview. Switching to A (aperture priority) mode it
>> managed to make a few shots exposed okay but on S (shutter priority) or P
>> nothing came up on the lcd.
>
> You can't see much from the preview .. load it into a computer screen and
> you'll know.
> mind dumping the EXIF value here?
>
>>
>> Does anybody have a clue to what this could be caused by?? I looked
>> through
>> most of the custom menu's and reset both the custom menu's and the
>> general
>> settings back to factory settings..
>
> no clue here too.
>
> =bob=
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Drew
>>
>>
>
>