D40 with Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF Lens

Hi all, I wonder if anyone can shed some light on my problem? I have
just got a used Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF lens that I want to use on my D40
body; obviously, I have to focus manually (no big deal) but the camera
will only let me use it at f22. If I set the aperture to anything else
(using the lens aperture ring) I get an error message on the rear LCD
screen that says:

"Lock lens aperture ring at minimum aperture (largest f/-number)"

and the camera refuses to make any pictures.

Could the lens be broken somehow? I was expecting it to work fine, apart
from not auto focussing...

I called into my local Jessops camera shop this morning to try a new
50mm 1.8 lens, but they don't carry the lens in stock.

thanks in advance,

Tony Bramah

"Tony B" <tony@thebramahs.plus.com> wrote in message
news:wcadneZhPuUVzO7VnZ2dnUVZ8tPinZ2d@posted.plusn et...
> Hi all, I wonder if anyone can shed some light on my problem? I have just
> got a used Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF lens that I want to use on my D40 body;
> obviously, I have to focus manually (no big deal) but the camera will only
> let me use it at f22. If I set the aperture to anything else (using the
> lens aperture ring) I get an error message on the rear LCD screen that
> says:
>
> "Lock lens aperture ring at minimum aperture (largest f/-number)"
>
> and the camera refuses to make any pictures.
>
> Could the lens be broken somehow? I was expecting it to work fine, apart
> from not auto focussing...
>
> I called into my local Jessops camera shop this morning to try a new 50mm
> 1.8 lens, but they don't carry the lens in stock.
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Tony Bramah
>
>

That's the way it works. The camera will control the aperture. You will
get 1.8 if you set the camera at 1.8.

N wrote:

> That's the way it works. The camera will control the aperture. You
> will get 1.8 if you set the camera at 1.8.


thanks N, I just had a longer play with it and got it sorted. Now I feel
a bit foolish...

cheers for your amazingly fast response :-)

T