I'd say the battery needed to maintain long term memory in your camera
needed to be replaced but that's only in the *ist-D the later bodies it
was replaced with a capacitor. On the other hand does the DOF field
preview button still work? If it doesn't you may have a flaky circuit
board.
mike wilson wrote:
>I think....
>
>ist DL2. I had the batteries out for some time, charging. When I mounted a
>plain vanilla K lens, the AE-L button would not stop it down for a reading.
>Tried a couple of different ones, made sure it was in manual; no effect.
>
>Went into the menu and checked that aperture ring use was allowed; tick. It's
>the default, anyway.
>
>Came out of the menu and it worked.
>
>Switch it off and on; doesn't work. Touch the shutter button; works. Leave
>it five seconds; doesn't work, even though the display is still working.
>
>Now, I'm nervous.
>
>m
>
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