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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by Øivind Tøien on Today at 08:50:49 »

Wow, that is quite some light and stormy weather!
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by Frank Fremerey on Today at 08:19:04 »
the light change
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In somewhat well behaved AI lenses where one can adjust the aperture lever, it may be possible to optimize performance within a limited range of apertures controlled from the camera body. For instance my chipped 55mm f/3.5 Ai provides a pretty linear aperture response in the f/3.5 to f/11 range after adjustment, whereas at the f/16 setting which I do not care much about, it is pretty abruptly stopped down to f/22.
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Can’t seem to get a shutter count for this camera, but it is outwardly in very nice condition. Now I  need to study how to use this freakin’ thing!
The Shuttercount in the EXIF was introduced with the Nikon D2h, so the earlier camera's won't have the option to read this information.
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Nice set of lenses to be chipped? Are they all AIS lenses? If they’re not the exposure readings will not be accurate because AI lenses are not linear, but AIS lenses are. If you haven’t done them before, I just took the metal shroud off the back of the lens after I scribed The location of the chips and use the hacksaw to cut into that area and made it look like teeth after which I broke off each little tooth and then I filed it flat so I could glue the chip on and have it supported by both shoulders of the shroud on the back of the lens . They communicate well with the FTZ adapter. Regards, Gerry.

You speak the truth!

I chipped a mixture of ai-s and ai and pre-ai. A few pre-ai lenses seem to ignore the exposure reading rule, and perform as well as ai-s lenses. But as you say, most result in unpredictable and often wrong exposure using the FTZ. I only use those on my D4s.

So far I have only relied on glue for the chips, and am waiting to have enough courage to attack my 180mm ai-s with a hacksaw and files.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by timh on Today at 04:19:43 »
River scene D200 IR

Nice photo. The tree branches and green colour give a calm feeling.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by timh on Today at 04:17:55 »
Showing off her skill.

Nikon Zf, 50mm f/1.4 AI.

Great photo, with lovely light.
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Nice set of lenses to be chipped? Are they all AIS lenses? If they’re not the exposure readings will not be accurate because AI lenses are not linear, but AIS lenses are. If you haven’t done them before, I just took the metal shroud off the back of the lens after I scribed The location of the chips and use the hacksaw to cut into that area and made it look like teeth after which I broke off each little tooth and then I filed it flat so I could glue the chip on and have it supported by both shoulders of the shroud on the back of the lens . They communicate well with the FTZ adapter. Regards, Gerry.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by Chip Chipowski on Today at 01:32:11 »
River scene D200 IR
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by Ian Watson on Today at 01:17:19 »
Showing off her skill.

Nikon Zf, 50mm f/1.4 AI.
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