f36 to s36?

[Fraser]

After a bit of googling it has been mentioned a few times but I've not found anyone thats actually converted the F36, I have a few F36s and thinking of giving it a try what do you think or has anyone done it or got one converted?
Cheers.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Its definitely possible. There's a few F36 to S36 conversions floating around the used camera shops in Japan. Some of them are made to look like real S36 motors right down to the engravings and serial numbers, and priced accordingly too. Buyers need to be really careful they're not buying a conversion being passed off as the real thing.

 

[Fraser]

Looking inside not sure if there is enough space to shorten the whole thing.

 

[Fraser]

This I think is the easiest place to cut, maybe take the speed controller out I always use the drive on low anyway.
15fbpicdrive_01 by f4saregreat!, on Flickr

 

[rbsinto]

This has been discussed before at the Nikon Historic Society because I made an inquiry about doing it/having it done when I got my first S3.
Here is the link to that discussion;
http://nikonhistoricalsociety.yuku.com/topic/519/F36-to-S36-conversion#.VhUj6U3bJoI

 

[Fraser]

Getting there!
15fbpicfdrive_01 by f4saregreat!, on Flickr

 

[CameraQuest]

can you cut down the f36 cordless pack to fit as well ?

 

[Fraser]

can you cut down the f36 cordless pack to fit as well ?

At the moment the pack will fit like this, but I may move it a bit.
15fbpicfdrive_02 by f4saregreat!, on Flickr

 

[Nokton48]

^^ Oh Man That is outrageously fantastic ^^

 

[Fraser]

I've just bought a Nikon F powercon so when that arrives that may fit better, but I'm not too keen on cutting that up!