Peter Damroth

Thank you for your thoughts!

I used a file (jpg) with a levels change....did that mess up the file info?

I tried to find out my shutter count by 'My shutter count .com' and it said My image does not have that info. Can anyone help?

Yes, turning off VR with camera on locks down the VR funtion so the lens doesn't rattle the moving elements.

ALSO: Turn VR off before turning off the camera.

'AF-C' focuses stopped down.....WHAT?  It focuses wide open as well.  That's my experience.

Another thought is I use an older 105mm 2.8 macro for the copies. I tried my new 105 VR and it wasn't as good (too contrasty).  Try the SLR/n with the older 105....very nice!

It looks like a lens failure of some sort. Not ,in my opinion ,'atmospheric distortion.'

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I always use my slr/n for critical copy work. I have other modern Nikons that can't do as good of a job as the Kodak!! These images hold up very well to produce prints or reproduction.

YEP, That's right!

When a sensor is that dirty you have nothing to lose by just cleaning and more cleaning until you get all those rascals. It is doable.

If you Kodak has 'flocking' on the interior surface consider using some tape wrapped around a pencil or your finger and lightly push against the sides and remove any loose 'flocking'.

I had to learn to clean sensors when I had to clean my slr/n. AND once I learned to clean  the sensor it has remained clean for the last several years, except for a few 'blow jobs'. It's not as ...

I'm sorry I can't say it any other way than: The exposure meter will not work with my ais lens. (in any mode the meter will not meter the scene! I can shoot 'manually' without the meter if I meter ...

I'll try this one more time. On my ais lenses the meter does not work in any mode. And the meter does not work in any mode. On more modern lens the entire meter system works in M,A,S,P.

The meter does not meter. The camera will still work in manual mode, it just needs to be metered with another meter, such as a hand held meter. Does this clarify my previous statements?

?,I don't know why they don't work. The meter will not work with any ais, some modified, some new as ais. All newer AF lenses work in all ways. D, G work.

Another lens that works very well is the 'lowly' 24-120 , old and new!

On the slr/n, my older ais lenses do not work with the exposure system, including Manual.