That Nikkormat FTn.

Red Robin said:
...I just got a new lens-to-me. A nikkor-s auto 1:2,8 f=3.5cm Nippon kogaku . nice glass but some adjustments are in order. One mis-aliened screw mades it impossible to mount the lens and the aperture blades don't adjust, once mounted on the camera. Guess I will have to only use it wide open as there Seems to be no was to loosen up the adjustment ring.
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The original version of the 3.5cm f/2.8 will not properly mount on any Nikon body except the F, F2, Nikkormat FS, & Nikkorex F. It will not properly mount on any metered Nikkormat or any AI body with the exception of the F2/A and F2/As. These lenses, like all of the original batches of lenses, had a deeply overhanging f/stop ring. It extends ~3mm back past the face of the mounting flange. If forced onto a metered Nikkormat the f/stop ring usually will not turn and occasionally damage is done to the body.

Later lenses reduced this "dust shield" to ~1.5mm to allow for the meter coupling mechanism on the Nikkormat FT and subsequent meter-in-the-body models. Nikon and some independent shops offered a conversion service at the time (much like the later AI-conversion service). Independently converted lenses usually have the f/stop ring cut back leaving raw metal on the rear face. This, along with some other butchery was done to the 2.1cm f/4 that I have.
 
Dwig said:
The original version of the 3.5cm f/2.8 will not properly mount on any Nikon body except the F, F2, Nikkormat FS, & Nikkorex F. It will not properly mount on any metered Nikkormat or any AI body with the exception of the F2/A and F2/As. These lenses, like all of the original batches of lenses, had a deeply overhanging f/stop ring. It extends ~3mm back past the face of the mounting flange. If forced onto a metered Nikkormat the f/stop ring usually will not turn and occasionally damage is done to the body.

Later lenses reduced this "dust shield" to ~1.5mm to allow for the meter coupling mechanism on the Nikkormat FT and subsequent meter-in-the-body models. Nikon and some independent shops offered a conversion service at the time (much like the later AI-conversion service). Independently converted lenses usually have the f/stop ring cut back leaving raw metal on the rear face. This, along with some other butchery was done to the 2.1cm f/4 that I have.
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IIRC the F4S can also take pre-AI lenses since the aperture coupling can be folded away. And it does meter with a pre-AI lens. Or does the above also make the F4S incompatible?
 
Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor 50mm f/2, TriX.

Erik.

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FT2 Repair

FT2 Repair

Great thread.

My FT2, my first SLR from way back when, has developed the "spastic meter" problem (Carbon resistor ring I believe). Has anyone had theirs fixed recently and had a CLA? If so, who did it for you?

Any ideas who can repair these? Sover Wong maybe?
 
buzzardkid said:
IIRC the F4S can also take pre-AI lenses since the aperture coupling can be folded away. And it does meter with a pre-AI lens. Or does the above also make the F4S incompatible?
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Yes, the F4S is also incompatible with the original 1959-~1961 lenses. No meter-in-the-body model will work with these very early versions.
 
Outstanding photos Erik, so timeless, classic and well composed, every shot tells a good story and amuse me a lot - this is photography on a high level in my eyes. As many has mention before me, I would love to see this pictures in a book!
 
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