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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2023
« Last post by Dogman on Today at 14:41:49 »My dog likes her naps. D700 with 35/2 AI lens.
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: Chiaroscuro
« Last post by Dogman on Today at 14:35:02 »Mud constellation from 2020. D300 with 16-85 lens.
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [Theme] minimalist images
« Last post by Dogman on Today at 14:29:16 »From 2020. D2X with 16-85 lens.
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Lens Talk / Re: AF 2.8/80 - Df
« Last post by Birna Rørslett on Today at 13:36:30 »It doesn't hurt to try ....
The pin-outs are different on the AF 80 thus it's unlikely AF works. Metering might run into similar issues however one has to try to tell what happens.
The earliest Nikon DSLRs had significant problems with the AF 80 though, as the pin-out configuration lead to a short-circuit of the camera battery
I think the modern Nikons are capable of coping with this?
(I changed the CPU and contact block of my AF 80/2.8 many years ago to a modern layout, so cannot test the original lens)
The pin-outs are different on the AF 80 thus it's unlikely AF works. Metering might run into similar issues however one has to try to tell what happens.
The earliest Nikon DSLRs had significant problems with the AF 80 though, as the pin-out configuration lead to a short-circuit of the camera battery
I think the modern Nikons are capable of coping with this?(I changed the CPU and contact block of my AF 80/2.8 many years ago to a modern layout, so cannot test the original lens)
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Lens Talk / AF 2.8/80 - Df
« Last post by herman k on Today at 12:25:48 »Hi
Is it safe to use the AF Nikkor 2.8 /80mm on my Df ? ( was intended for the F3AF )
The manual says 'not competible' .
Does that mean AF is not working - which is no problem - or will it possibly damage the camera.
Has anyone tried this?
Is it safe to use the AF Nikkor 2.8 /80mm on my Df ? ( was intended for the F3AF )
The manual says 'not competible' .
Does that mean AF is not working - which is no problem - or will it possibly damage the camera.
Has anyone tried this?
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Camera Talk / Re: DIY D7200 shutter replacement + insights
« Last post by Hans_S on Today at 12:14:05 »The F2 shutter is very thin titanium. The camera geometry of this horizontally running shutter seems to imply that it is rolled. I would not want to expose this shutter to focused sun light either.Ha, if only this was true of the F2AS I bought new back in 1978. In the first year it, according to the techo that rebuilt it, "tore the rivets out of the shutter". In the third year the shutter again self destructed shortly after I put an MB-3 on the camera. During this period I would have averaged 5 rolls of film per week ie approximately 10k frames per year...hardly a serious workload for a flagship unit. The poor electronics, 4* resistor rings consumed so far, well that's another rant
The modern vertical running shutters are descendants of a shutter appearing first in the Nikkormat camera nearly contemporary with the F2. The blades are obviously very thin, surely titanium again. maybe a little thicker, as the must not bend and hold up for hundred thousands of actuations.
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Camera Talk / Re: DIY D7200 shutter replacement + insights
« Last post by Bernard Delley on Today at 11:58:08 »I believe remembering that the red mark at 1/80 s on the shutter dial indicates the flash sync for the F2.
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Camera Talk / Re: DIY D7200 shutter replacement + insights
« Last post by Bernard Delley on Today at 11:54:36 »Wow ! thanks for the interesting detail on shutters.
However the shutter of my Nikon F2, serial 7570445 (bought about 1976), definitely runs horizontally. The image below shows a curtain end reinforcement, which is visible statically when the manual winding action is interrupted. Incidentally the image was taken with AFS 60mm f/2.8 on the repaired D7200 of this thread.
However the shutter of my Nikon F2, serial 7570445 (bought about 1976), definitely runs horizontally. The image below shows a curtain end reinforcement, which is visible statically when the manual winding action is interrupted. Incidentally the image was taken with AFS 60mm f/2.8 on the repaired D7200 of this thread.
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Camera Talk / Re: DIY D7200 shutter replacement + insights
« Last post by mxbianco on Today at 10:17:38 »The shutter of the F2 also travels horizontally, just checked.
The titanium has a structured pattern, presumably to make it stronger.
You are quite right, I had just corrected my statement. There was no room in the body to have two spools for winding the curtains above and below the frame!
More clarification: the F2 shutter had a Hexagon-shaped structure to make it lighter and sturdier and allow shutter speed to 1/2000" (on Nikon F it was limited to 1/1000"). Flash sync was still limited to 1/60" (even on the F3), it was only with the F4 that sync was upped to 1/250" (and top shutter speed down to 1/8000")
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Camera Talk / Re: DIY D7200 shutter replacement + insights
« Last post by Øivind Tøien on Today at 10:04:48 »The shutter of the F2 also travels horizontally, just checked.
The titanium has a structured pattern, presumably to make it stronger.
The titanium has a structured pattern, presumably to make it stronger.