Thanks for your replies guys.
Ya, sometimes I shoot with old M42 lenses. They have the "Auto/Manual" aperture switch. So I thought since was considered an all manual lens it would be similar. But it didn't stop down after I mounted the lens when I changed the aperture, or when I shot in TAv mode. So I thought maybe I was missing some setting on the lens. Like my Rokinon 35mm, where it has the Auto setting on the aperture ring. But I didn't have any luck funding a switch so I thought "There must be something else I'm doing wrong..."
So when I switched to M mode like excanonfd suggested, the Aperture stops down when you shoot
Thanks! I haven't owned a semi-automatic aperture lens like this before, so this is even better than my M42 lenes! Awesome!
When I got the lens it was really quite dusty. The back really had quite a bit of dust. I had to use a puffer, and a brush to get inside there. At first it looked like there was a cleaning mark on the coating :S But I used a lens pen on it and it did a great job on it! I love lens pens! There is some dust inside the lens but IQ seems good. It's quite a sharp zoom lens for the price!
(Oh and I guess TAv mode is handy here if you know you are going to be shooting wide-open :P hehe)
Last edited by Douge; 03-06-2013 at 12:18 PM.