[LRflex] Re: Nikon Step Down Mechanism Ponderings

  • From: "William B. Abbott III" <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:33:05 -0800

Truman,

Truman? Are you there? Please say something...

Thanks,

Bill


On Jan 20, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Truman Bryce wrote:

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> From: William B. Abbott III <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, January 20, 2011 11:26:05 AM
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Nikon Step Down Mechanism Ponderings
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> On Jan 20, 2011, at 2:40 AM, Gary E wrote:
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>> If you combine what Leitax already did and add an additional gizmo for auto 
>> aperture, it might be easier to start there.  Since the Nikon body already 
>> can 
>> assume a manual Ais/Ai lens attached, your goal should be to make the Leica 
>> lens 
>> appear to be so ...
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> That sounds like another, even simpler place to mate the "R front" to a "D700 
> back," fool the latter into "thinking" the that the R lens is a manual N 
> lens. 
> Not having any aquaintance at all with Nikon equipment I have no idea what 
> may 
> be involved, but perhaps Leitax does know what is involved
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> If the D700 had to be machined to make way for the adaptive R lens mechanism, 
> I 
> could contemplate a new retro-adapter that could be mounted on the D700 to 
> restore it to all-Nikon functionality if desired.
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> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
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