05-13-2011, 10:20 PM
Welcome on board, Phil.
I guess you're familiar with Roland Vink's excellent Nikon lens specifications and history summary:
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/le...tml#50fast
Clicking on a lens' name gives you an image of the lens which should help to verify it's the one you own.
The D300 is compatible with Ai and Ai-S lenses. However, for the metering to work you have to enter the lens' specifications in the menu ("Non-CPU lens data" in the Camera Setup Menu). Once entered, the metering should work in A and M mode.
So, in general the lens, if it really is the Ai 50/1.4, should work just fine on the D300. The slap you decribe however sounds like there's some problem or issue with your lens. I have no idea though about what that issue could be.
-- Markus
I guess you're familiar with Roland Vink's excellent Nikon lens specifications and history summary:
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/le...tml#50fast
Clicking on a lens' name gives you an image of the lens which should help to verify it's the one you own.
The D300 is compatible with Ai and Ai-S lenses. However, for the metering to work you have to enter the lens' specifications in the menu ("Non-CPU lens data" in the Camera Setup Menu). Once entered, the metering should work in A and M mode.
So, in general the lens, if it really is the Ai 50/1.4, should work just fine on the D300. The slap you decribe however sounds like there's some problem or issue with your lens. I have no idea though about what that issue could be.
-- Markus
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