I installed it on my nikon 55-300 but I can hardly see anything with this thing on it, what am I doing wrong ?
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try putting your finger in front of your lens, move it closer to the lens or further away until you can see it clearly. I use a 300mm lens and extension tubes. you have to experiment with where to put your subject. be patient, it works! I got snowflake photos this year!
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Find with that lens you have to get very close and use tripod or be steady. Use a shorter lens.
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No, it's not normal, it should work. Has you checked the firmware versions in camera and lens?
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It's probably stuck, wedge a paper clip or small flat head screw driver in flash slot and wiggle it out gently. If this doesn't work send it back to Nikon, that part is under warranty.
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Hey Aaron, common mistake. What you need to do is set the actual aperture on the lens ring to 22 and the lock it on that value so that the little red line aligns with the 22. This happens because you are using an older non focusing lens on a newer body. Problem solved. Have fun, that is a fantastic lens.
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You might want to make sure you have the AF turn on both the camera body and the lense. They are two separate settings.
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I wish I could answer that AlanM. I installed it however I was replacing an existing camera so everything was already in place. If you haven't already maybe contact the seller to see if they can help.
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What kind of lens are you using you may have to set the back focus. Or since this is a cheap adaptor it may be too thick for your camera
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I'm having the same problem. Its got to do with camera setup though. Plain eyesight via barlow and 25mm looks great and crisp
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Not sure how you mean to use it but mine is on my Nikon and feels robust and changes the whole dynamics of shooting. Check if it's good on your camera as on a Nikon i's a bit hit and miss as it's not designed for it.
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i have the same cam, with no light you can't see anything.my next cam will be 700 are better.
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I think because the lens can't extend outward with the conversion lens blocking it from being able to do so. Just a guess, so this doesn't prove the answer here. Sorry if this sounds inconvenient. Your post was exactly three months ago as of mine here, and so the chance anyone reading this in the future isn't guaranteed.
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I don't know how to fix it. I bought one of this and I was very disapointed the way it works at night time because I can't see anything itys totally foggy. I can't return it because I modified the case during the installation, I have to buy a VideoSecu Zoom Built-in SONY Effio CCD 700TVL Infrared Day Night Vision Outdoor...to replace it. this one works better for me in a total darkness. I would return it.
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Sorry man I have not used it yet. On my others camera it is a setting I can change. I'll look at the camera when I get home and see if I can help out. I have been out of town. I'll get back this weekend
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It took me a while to figure out, too, so hopefully this description will help you. So, the lens on the camera has a black ring around it. That has to come off in order to put the adapter on. The first time I took it off was a little hard because I was afraid of breaking it or something, but once you do it once, you'll have no problem doing it again. There should be a point on the ring that sort of juts out a little bit. You have to use that to sort of twist it off. It might help if you put a flat knife or something underneath to get a good grip, too. Just see what works for you. But once you get the black ring off, you can putt he adapter on, you just have to make sure that all the points line up with the grooves in the camera. Then it should snap into place, just the same way the black ring on the camera was. Once the adapter is on the lens just screws right in. I hope that helps...
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Hi Kayla,I try to share my experience if it can help you. I bought this adapter few months back so I can use my Spny alpha lenses on my Nikon F mount. It seems you Need to open up on the adapter to allow more light into the sensor. Notice the 7 white dots on the adapter? Try to turn to the darkest dot. However it seems to allow some light leak into the picture and it is not easy to turn it to the dot and stay there. Seems the barrel moves back to white dot so I use slow tap to keep it in place. Rather sloppy.What do you mean by horrible? Do you mean the image looks darker? I hope it helps. Hi Kayla,I try to share my experience if it can help you. I bought this adapter few months back so I can use my Spny alpha lenses on my Nikon F mount. It seems you Need to open up on the adapter to allow more light into the sensor. Notice the 7 white dots on the adapter? Try to turn to the darkest dot. However it seems to allow some light leak into the picture and it is not easy to turn it to the dot and stay there. Seems the barrel moves back to white dot so I use slow tap to keep it in place. Rather sloppy.What do you mean by horrible? Do you mean the image looks... » Read More Hi Kayla,I try to share my experience if it can help you. I bought this adapter few months back so I can use my Spny alpha lenses on my Nikon F mount. It seems you Need to open up on the adapter to allow more light into the sensor. Notice the 7 white dots on the adapter? Try to turn to the darkest dot. However it seems to allow some light leak into the picture and it is not easy to turn it to the dot and stay there. Seems the barrel moves back to white dot so I use slow tap to keep it in place. Rather sloppy.What do you mean by horrible? Do you mean the image looks darker? I hope it helps. « Show Less
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There is lots to consider here. Where is your ISO set? Set it higher if you can. Also, are you using a flash? You shouldn't, as that will only work for 12-15 feet and make everything beyond it look darker. If you are zoomed it, make sure that you are in optical zoom only, and not in digital zoom. There are at least a few options to try....good luck. SK
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I've totally forgotten since I sold mine with my long lens. Sorry. I can say that it worked well with both my 300mm 500mm.