John Camp
Well-known
After reading a note on a Leica forum, about using the Nikon SB-800 flash on an M8, I decided to try it on my R-D1, in manual mode. Works fine, nothing seems fried, although setting up is a bit tedious.
Along the same lines, and more because I was messing around than anything else, I discovered that the Nikon DR-3 right-angle viewfinder screws right into the R-D1, and because it has an adjustable diopter built in, you can get a nice sharp focus. I don't know why you'd wwant to do this, but it works.
JC
Along the same lines, and more because I was messing around than anything else, I discovered that the Nikon DR-3 right-angle viewfinder screws right into the R-D1, and because it has an adjustable diopter built in, you can get a nice sharp focus. I don't know why you'd wwant to do this, but it works.
JC
jlw
Rangefinder camera pedant
Good to know about the DR-3. I know that there are some Nikon eyepiece accessories that are a direct fit onto the R-D 1, but also that there are others that aren't (either because the threads are a different size, or because the accessory hits the body ridge below the R-D 1's eyepiece.)
It seems to be trial and error finding out what works, so thanks for trying this one.
It seems to be trial and error finding out what works, so thanks for trying this one.
Adam-T
Event Photographer
Any Eyepiece accessories which fit the Nikon FM2 fit the R-D1 also . Diopters are the most popular
kds315
www.macrolenses.de
John Camp said:
John, I would be interested in the setup for the SB-800; could you pls elaborate on that?
Thanks!
John Camp
Well-known
kds315 said:
I can't, actually. I just read the note about the Leica, and I have an SB800 that I use occasionally with my D2x, although I don't do much flash at all. So I just slammed it on the R-D1, fiddled with the flash's very simple controls, and shot. Worked fine, but I won't use it much. But it does make much of the Nikon slave/flash capabilty available. I'm thinking of trying the ring flash next, although again, as with the right-angle finder, I'm not sure what I'd use it for...
JC
jlw
Rangefinder camera pedant
Adam-T said:
I learned the hard way that that isn't always true. Nikon made an older style of diopter lens which does fit the FM2, but does not fit the R-D 1. This type of lens had a large metal rim; the thread is the right size, but the rim hangs upon the "shoulder" of the R-D 1 body below the eyepiece, preventing it from screwing in.
The later type of diopter lens has a thin plastic rim, and this one DOES fit the R-D 1.
Not trying to be disputatious, just warning people that Nikon accessories of the correct thread size still may not fit the R-D 1 because of physical interference. The only way to be sure is to try; that's why hearing from other people that a particular accessory definitely does fit is valuable.
Adam-T
Event Photographer
I have a 1.0 Diopter one here listed to fit the FA FE2 FM2 FE and FM and it defiantely fits the R-D1 - I got it in the hope that it may mag the RF patch to make focussing easier (of course it doesn`t, it just corrects the Dioter and makes things blurry for my vision ;-) so I guessed that all the accessories may fit - thanks for the correction