FA35mm aperture issues... help!
For the past few months I put my FA35 up on a shelf and lazily had been using my 17-50...that and I've been playing with my new DA12-24mm. Last week I pulled the little 35 gem out for a photoshoot and noticed the shots looked horrible. I was in a hurry and put it back in the bag and grabbed another lens. Last night I pulled it back out and played with it some more and here's my issue.
At first I thought it was stuck wide open, but now I see that it only stays open when in the auto (a) setting. If I manually adjust the aperture ring then things work as they should. When in auto, regardless of what f stop the camera is set at, or program mode, I get the same over exposed images. The camera shows the proper settings as it should, but ultimately shoots everything as f2. I've grunted at it, shook it, twisted the aperture ring back and forth, given it scornful glances... all with no success. Which just about sums up my repair knowledge.
Any ideas?
Taking it in for repair doesn't seem practical as the last lens I repaired cost a lot more than the lens is worth. So I'm not really sure what to do besides sadly make it a paper weight or use it sparingly as a manual lens which sucks... this was my "go to" for a long long time.... Do I just reread Franks post comparing all the 35 options and decide on a new DA (L) or find another used FA?
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