Yesterday's faulty camera is still faulty, but as today's Blip shows, it is usable. The mechanical lever mechanism in the camera body that moves the corresponding lever for controlling the aperture in (most) Nikon DSLR/SLR lenses, has somehow been damaged. A mistake or damaged lens fitted by the previous owner are the most likely causes, and I suspect the motor driven gearing that moves the lever has slipped. Without a lens fitted, the lever's supposed to be at the top of its travel. This one is at the bottom. Not good. To attempt to fix it would require a near complete strip-down of the camera, as a few others have discovered, on various Internet forums. They all seemed to conclude it wasn't worthwhile due to the cost. None of them seemed to realise that the camera isn't totally 'bricked'. Okay, the vast majority of Nikon F-mount lenses won't work because their aperture is mechanically operated, but in the later years of Nikon's DSLRs, electronically controlled apertures started being fitted to lenses, and this camera can use those, as above... not a brilliant snap, at an extreme angle through the dirty double glazing at the end of the day.

Have a couple of telephoto lenses that will work, but will see about a second-hand general purpose Tamron zoom for it. Repairing it may be attempted in the distant future. Too much other stuff at present..