fEE Error on nikon d7000, aperture ring is already locked
Hi All-
I am having trouble with my wife's d7000 and 50mm f/1.8 D nikon lens. Note that this combination has worked before.
The lens is set to f/22, with the aperture ring locked. When I put it on the camera the display shows 'fEE', which is supposed to be "Lens aperture ring is not set to minimum aperture" (which, it is). The DX 35 works fine.
I also have a d90 body- and the lens works fine on that, as-is. I don't have any other "D" lenses laying around.
Any other ideas?
How does this setting get communicated to the camera for a D lens? is it electronic, or mechanical? Nothing LOOKS wrong in the camera lens mount area.
Thanks,
-jamie
I am having trouble with my wife's d7000 and 50mm f/1.8 D nikon lens. Note that this combination has worked before.
The lens is set to f/22, with the aperture ring locked. When I put it on the camera the display shows 'fEE', which is supposed to be "Lens aperture ring is not set to minimum aperture" (which, it is). The DX 35 works fine.
I also have a d90 body- and the lens works fine on that, as-is. I don't have any other "D" lenses laying around.
Any other ideas?
How does this setting get communicated to the camera for a D lens? is it electronic, or mechanical? Nothing LOOKS wrong in the camera lens mount area.
Thanks,
-jamie
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I wil try that a few times once my wife gets back w/ the body, and will post the results.
I moved it back and forth several times, to no avail.
I am going to try to go to a store tomorrow, with the lens and body, to see which is at fault.
Thanks for the help! Will let you know what happens.
Hopefully they will figure out what is wrong. I will post an update when it gets back.
They are saying 7-10 days.
JRS - Any word back from Nikon as to the issue?
usually the number on the lens is colored
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The OP has already understood that the aperture should be locked at the "colored" setting, and this didn't fix the problem. It is probably a communication error between the lens and the camera...
It could have been that the contacts of the lens / body needed cleaning, but now that it has been a few months hopefully we'll know the truth soon. :-)
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On a sidenote, having a 24-70 and 70-200 reminded me how freakin' loud the 50mm is when it focuses. Good lord it's loud!
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Good one thumb
Hi All-
I had the exact same problem. Though my D7000 and 50mm Nikon lens had worked before, they stopped working together. When I mounted the 50mm lens I got the fEE error. My lens worked on other cameras and my camera worked with other lenses.
I took the camera in for repair. Turns out there was a broken part in the camera lens mount area. The part number is 1H998-164. It is a small plastic part that is about half a centimeter wide at its narrowest point. Shows you how delicate these cameras are.
PhotoTech at 97 Nassau Street in New York replaced the part. The tech there, JC, saved me from having to ship the camera to Nikon.
Here is a picture of the broken part. I am a bit disappointed that my new (less than six weeks old) DSLR is so delicate. This part is 1-1/2" long and very thin. It breaks easily. Handle these Nikons with care.
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i had the same error
i swich the button off the lock and the error was gone
Angelsss
It may be silly but did you try cleaning the lens connection ports? I usually use an rubber eraser.
I also ran into this same problem with my D7000 using a Tokina 100mm macro lens where fEE was flashing and the camera wouldn't shoot a picture or allow me to change settings using the thumbwheel, etc.. I found the aperture ring had inadvertently been turned, and like others have said, I turned it back to the colored aperture setting (32 in this case) and voila - it works fine again!
All you have to do is to set f6: Customize Command Dials / Aperture setting to OFF. Hope it helps!