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Thanks, as I have access to a heavy duty drill press at work that had to do. The speed was quite slow so it took "a while", also as I first forgot that it had a gear in addition to the electric speed adjustment. As expected the male threads of the ring came off once enough material had been removed. Unfortunately my stepwise approach to remove material resulted that the fit became too loose at the part nearest the mount, but nothing that could not be compensated by a couple of thin layers of epoxy that was allowed to set before fitting.

The final result is a very secure press fit that aligns the back of the 6T Ring with the edge next to the focusing collar. A note is that while the retaining ring was used to allow correct seating, it takes up too much space to allow anything to be attached to the filter threads, and thus had to be removed once desired position was achieved. The font of the T6 Ring is now positioned so that at infinity setting there is no cutoff corners in DX mode, and the circle in FX mode has a minimal circular crop, which takes away a little of the blurriness at the edge. I need to repaint the threads and the front though as there are some reflections from exposed metal.

For completeness I first also include a few of images from the shaving process. Note the multiplayer tape guiding the cut. The perfect fit of the soda can (a taller slender version but same volume as standard cans) shown after completing the cut and removing tape from the shade to release it. I have not seen that mentioned anywhere else. Continued in next post...
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: July 2025
« Last post by aerobat on Today at 10:45:49 »
Many thanks Fonas and Hugh,

Yes hedgehogs do carry diseases and also ticks.

I still like the looks of them - Daniel
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: July 2025
« Last post by Hugh_3170 on Today at 10:15:24 »
Well captured Daniel.

The hedgehog is an introduced an introduced species to New Zealand, but thankfully not here in Australia (the Aussies got foxes instead!). 

Although known as ground dwellers, night vision cameras in NZ have seen hedgehogs climb into birds nests and eat the eggs - including the eggs of native bird species in decline.  So not quite the harmless critter that many people suppose that they are.  Have also been suspected as a vector for carrying TB into dairy herds.


Cute little visitor in our garden this morning - Z30 & Z 24mm f/1.7 DX
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: July 2025
« Last post by Fons Baerken on Today at 08:57:17 »
Cute little visitor in our garden this morning - Z30 & Z 24mm f/1.7 DX

Nice!
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: July 2025
« Last post by Fons Baerken on Today at 08:56:23 »
spider

Z7_2   Z105mm f/2.8S

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Your Weekly Blog / Re: July 2025
« Last post by aerobat on Today at 06:55:11 »
Cute little visitor in our garden this morning - Z30 & Z 24mm f/1.7 DX
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Karl #332:This image somehow reminds me of the feeling of hot, unrelenting midday sunlight on a clear summer day.
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This image captures the look of hot, unrelenting midday sunlight on a summer day. 
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The limitation you describe Oivid is marketing limitation IMO
Look at the asterisk on the picture: “Available for Nikon Z lenses only”
The technology for every lens is already there, if you play with auto capture you may be able to introduce distance limits with 500pf

Yes, it seems that you are correct. i have not played with autocapture before, but after some fiddling I was able to make it set near/far capture criteria with the 300PF similar to when using my Z 24-120mm. So it seems that there is no limitation on the transmittance of the needed near/far data from an e-lens like the 300PF. However autocapture distance limits could not be set on the AFS 50mm f/1.8 G. One could hope the focus limiter could  be added for E-lenses in the future. Admittedly, I personally I seldom use this feature. If the 500PF has the limiter turned on when working at distance, before I know it an interesting  small bird suddenly appears in a branch too close to catch. And I could see the scenario of a bald eagle suddenly appearing overhead while having a limiter set for close small bird captures.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: July 2025
« Last post by armando_m on July 04, 2025, 23:42:46 »
Impressive scenery, Armando! - and the same for #27
Thank you Lars, this was perhaps the cherry on top of my recent trip
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