D7000+non-cpu lenses=SCENE does not work

nanki

Hello everyone,

I have the following problem with my D7000: When I'm using my old,non-cpu lenses, the camera won't let me shoot videos.
I checked the lenses and they are compatible with D7000 - I can take great pictures with these. As soon as I switch to SCENE, the screen (if on) turns black. I saved/registered the lenses with the right info and put the aperture ring to the lowest setting before starting.

Despite a lot of research I can't figure out what's wrong and I seem to be the only one with this problem.

Can anyone help?

Thanks a million!

spraynpray

Have you discussed it with your nearest Nikon service centre? I don't have any experience in movie or using old lenses, but that is what I'd do first.

Good luck!

Photobug

Send them a message on their Help area and you will get a response. They have helped me confirm a problem with one of my primes a few years ago.

PB_PM

Scene modes will not work with non-CPU lenses, regardless of whether or not the aperture and focal length are saved. Please read the section on non-CPU lenses in your user manual for more information on why.

As for why the screen goes back in video mode, that I do not understand.

NSXTypeR

Yeah, I just tried my D7000 with a 50mm 1.2, it does not work. It makes sense though, I would imagine some scene modes need control of aperture and it obviously won't have control of it if it's a manual lens.

kyoshinikon

I believe it is just like the pro bodies. Apeture priority and manual

nanki

Hi everyone,

First of all thank you for your comments.
I wasn't able to contact Nikon about my problem yet.

But I found out that it SHOULD bloody work. Here's a girl using non-cpu lenses in SCENE mode (Video mode) - and it works fine:


Will post here as soon as I find out why my D7000 doesn't want to film with my beautiful old lenses...

Thank you all!

Ade

I'm confused… are you asking about SCENE mode or VIDEO mode? They are not the same.

The lady in the video above is shooting video in M (Manual) mode, not SCENE mode.

spraynpray

@Ade: Maybe it isn't you who is confused...

@nanki: You may want to revisit your op and think about the wording Also, you said you have done a lot of research on the subject (lot means hours usually), but not contacted Nikon yet (few minutes) - is this the best approach do you think?