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| Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 17:43 |
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novicius
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Yes,....there I was , feeling miserable, toying with the D3X and 14 - 24 mounted, zooming...auto - focusing....it went..tzzz...tzzzz....tzzz..tshluck...I looked at the monitor in bewilderment...loaded up to capture NX-D....went outside..checked infinity..played with auto-focus adjustments in D3S..D3X.....set at the minus -5 setting , and sharpness is only rivalled by my PC-Nikkors..( PC-E 24 f3.5...PC 28 f 3.5...PC 35 f2.8 ) anyone who knows those lenses understands what a tall order it would be to rival those in terms of anything.. ..and even the Zoom ring is moving a bit better now.. I had already started to put aside the first of many pennies to aquire an IRIX Blackstone 15 f2.4...only to read several blogs where they " dish " the thing completely ( QC issues ? )..glad I do not need to step over to that camp anymore.. To say that I am a Happy Camper would be an Understatement , and my faith in Nikkors has been Restored..What a FANTASTIC Optic this is !! Thank You All for lending me a willing ear, it feels good to know that one does Not stand alone in the Dreary world of Dysfunctional optics. Vic.
____________________ Back in Danmark I do not use my equipment to make photo`s .. I take photo`s to use my equipment The better I become at photography,the better my camera gets. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 18:02 |
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Robert
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Well that's wonderful news Novicus! So pleased it's seen sense. Perhaps all the mounting and un-mounting had dislodged the gremlin?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 18:13 |
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Eric
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Great news! Was the D2X witnessing this resurrection and is IT now also playing nicely?
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2019 04:05 |
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jk
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Great news. Can you identify what you think was the problem before?
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2019 09:58 |
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novicius
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Eric wrote:Great news! The D2Xs is still on the test bench sans Main / Clock batteries , mirror still in the "Up" position....I`ll give it a few more days, if it it`s still stubborn then I will negotiate with ACS.
____________________ Back in Danmark I do not use my equipment to make photo`s .. I take photo`s to use my equipment The better I become at photography,the better my camera gets. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2019 10:07 |
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novicius
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jk wrote:Great news. Not completely sure , but it sounded as if something was dislodged/jammed , the repeated " forcing" of the camera / built in motor may have clicked it back in place.. It had arrived in a cardboard box , packed in crumpled newspaper around and on top...but Not in the Bottom !! The Lens was with LensCap resting on bottom of cardboard box..I assume that having been subjected to Hard-Handed handling it received a jolt too many. So , seen in that light ( no pun intended ) the Build Quality of Nikkor`s is still Legendary,..!! Thankfully 
____________________ Back in Danmark I do not use my equipment to make photo`s .. I take photo`s to use my equipment The better I become at photography,the better my camera gets. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2019 10:38 |
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Robert
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My Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D was dropped on the floor while attached to my D3, it smashed the front plastic on the lens surround where the filter screws in. Lens still worked but started to jam the focus. If shaken in a certain way it would stop jamming the focus. I guessed a screw had sheared when it was dropped. I made a hole in the front plastic, shook the lens about and hey presto! a broken screw dropped out. Jamming stoped. Does your lens rattle? I have now made a new front for the Nikkor, with integral lens shade, bit like the 16mm fisheye.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2019 10:44 |
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Robert
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novicius wrote:Eric wrote: This seems VERY odd, when cleaning sensor getting the mirror to stay up is obviously vital, but if power is removed, shutter will close and mirror will fall. SO, WHY is the mirror staying up, WITHOUT power??? It can't (normally) do that.  Have you tried selecting fast-continuous shutter or all the other options like single, mirror up and whatever other modes the D2Xs has. The mechanism appears to function, just the wrong way... Open when it should be closed.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2019 11:54 |
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jk
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Robert wrote:My Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D was dropped on the floor while attached to my D3, it smashed the front plastic on the lens surround where the filter screws in. You engineer you. That is a £300 repair at Nikon!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2019 12:47 |
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Robert
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 I have a large chunk of magnesium aluminium, I carved it out of that.  Cutouts to prevent vignetting, the RAC plastic thingy was my profile for the cutouts, to keep them similar, because it's flexible I could bend it both ways so I had left and right cutouts from one profile. The black marks were for where it needed more reliving.  The new front with home made lens cap and the lens cap from my 16mm Fisheye.  D3 with lens cap.  And without.  A lot of fun! Most expensive thing was having the vinyl logo cut, cost me a tenner for a bit of plastic, although he did cut two for me so I have a spare. I think if there is a next time I will get the letters cut out and spray over black, then remove the letters, like stencil. The vinyl has a tendency to peel at acute corners like the 'N'. It's standing up well to use so I'm happy, at least I have a lens hood now.
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