Df-wear and tear

[stenrasmussen]

The D3 I once owned suffered from the "wtf happens with the aperture follower"-syndrome. A little service job got it right back to working order.
As for a Df successor my list is: D5 sensor and AF, more or less same body, dial locks on or off (like the X-T2), maaaaybe the front command wheel and on/off switch changes, interchangeable focussing screens (not likely but one hopes), memory card access on the right side. That's pretty much it.

[Frank Fremerey]

The aperture mechanism of my D600 broke when I tried to attach my 1.4/35mm Ai-S at 90° wrong angle. Set me back 267€ IIRC...

[MILLIREHM]

Nikon Df 2 Titan could be interesting I guess

Thats what I have thought already would be an appropriate feature for an 100 years anniversary camera, and would be insteresting for me to add a Df2 to the Df I have already. Should not be a titanium hull only but an internal redesign taking vulnerable parts into account and eliminate weaknesses that cause overall reduced robustness..

A more ergonomic front wheel would be nice, and yes the D5 sensor plus AF would be  a thing. No video hopefully and the body must not be bigger than the Df

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The aperture mechanism of my D600 broke when I tried to attach my 1.4/35mm Ai-S at 90° wrong angle. Set me back 267€ IIRC...

You probably exerted some force as well? Can be an expensive practice.

[JohnBrew]

Nikon Df 2 Titan could be interesting I guess

What a grand idea!

[Frank Fremerey]

You probably exerted some force as well? Can be an expensive practice.

No. Just hit the right spot with a turn ....

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Couldn't be the right spot when it was the wrong one?

[richardHaw]

for the D7000 and the D80, it was just a problem waiting to occur according to my friend. He pointed out something in the design and I didn't quite understand what he was saying but according to him, it is quite a regular occurrence on those cameras that come in to his shop. the dreaded EE and failure to recognise aperture is the symptom. Thinking about it, my friend's D800 might have gotten that,too. he dropped it

[pluton]

If this damage occurs, the aperture is still activated by the body and you can still shoot with the camera, right?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

(Df): yes and no. For AFS/G lenses you can dial in aperture from camera side; light metering and everything else will function normally. Likewise, the same operation mode ought to work with any AI/AI'd/AIS lenses equipped with CPU. If no CPU or you want to use the aperture ring on the lens, no reliable light metering is provided and aperture control will be erratic (to say the least).

[Frank Fremerey]

Couldn't be the right spot when it was the wrong one?

Funny

[BW]

Update! After three weeks, nothing has happened with the repair of my Df. Their "support system" still says backorder My patience is slowly deteriorating. If I had known this I would have bought a used one. Even on a geological scale they are slow..