Aperture ring for Nikkor 500?

[cmedin]

Hello! Bit of a long shot, but does anyone have any suggestions as to who I could contact to try to find a replacement aperture ring for an early 2000s Nikon 500/4 AF-S? Nikon does not have them anymore, but I figure there's gotta be one floating around _somewhere_ on this planet. Any advice much welcomed!

 

[cmedin]

Hello! Bit of a long shot, but does anyone have any suggestions as to who I could contact to try to find a replacement aperture ring for an early 2000s Nikon 500/4 AF-S? Nikon does not have them anymore, but I figure there's gotta be one floating around _somewhere_ on this planet. Any advice much welcomed!

Well, found the parts list PDF for sale for a few bucks this morning so bought that. Found the Nikon part # I needed. Googled it and got One. Single. Hit.

Looked like some Amazon-like site in Brazil. No way to get it shipped here.

Had to go on Freelancer and offer up a reward for purchasing and shipping it, some guy contacted me an hour later and ordered it for me.

Now let's hope it arrives here safely. Been searching for months for one and contacted a bunch of places with zero luck.

 

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Keep us posted on the result!