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| Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2025 14:38 |
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Eric
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novicius wrote:I remember Eric`s hair raising D3 / 24-70 encounter with said staircase...remembered it vividly when my own D3S tumbled on the wooden kitchen floor with a 24-70 vr on it,luckily nothing happened ( the floor got dented )....I hope that you can fix it, as it sounds do-able. I still wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. 
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2025 15:10 |
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chrisbet
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Still waiting on the spring that goes under the mount and three more screws to be fitted but "looking" better! Click here to comment on this image.
____________________ If it is broken it was probably me .... |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2025 20:42 |
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jk
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chrisbet wrote:The mount turned up today and is temporarliy fixed for testing - camera working fine with G type lens but fEE with D types - issue on the aperture ring methinks .... If you get the FEE error that implies that the little lug on the AFD lens is not engaged. Is that your assumption/assessment as well? I can send you some pictures of the throat of my D810 if that helps.
____________________ Still learning after all these years! https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2025 22:53 |
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novicius
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Ooh, Well Done !....and now surely the Missus will understand that G-lenses need to be acquired....
____________________ 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 Aug 29th, 2025 09:20 |
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chrisbet
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Thanks for the offer JK, my D610 is exactly to same as the D810 in this area - many of the parts are interchangeable. The issue lies much deeper than the tag on the ring - I am a perfectionist when it comes to mechanical things and further (inevitable) dismantling and inspection reveals, as I suspected, a problem with the F-FO base plate module - it has been damaged and needs replacing - already on order from the US!  Click here to comment on this image.
____________________ If it is broken it was probably me .... |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2025 10:29 |
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jk
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Well done at finding the issue. You should be able to source parts from Nikon UK or an approved repairer. Have you tried ACS in Norfolk? Both Eric and I have used them in the past. Very good service.
____________________ Still learning after all these years! https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2025 12:34 |
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chrisbet
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Thanks for the suggestion but I have already sourced an original Nikon replacement. Closer inspection of the damage suggests to me now that this wasn't the result of a fall but maybe a jammed lens that someone attempted to remove themselves by inserting a sharp object between lens and camera. There are a few reports on the web about Tamron lenses being prone to loose mount screws that then jam the lens on its mount.
____________________ If it is broken it was probably me .... |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2025 13:40 |
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Iain
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Eric wrote:That looks excellent. Well done. Definitely beyond my skill set. And mine too. Looks like you will get there Chris.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2025 22:10 |
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Bob
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chrisbet wrote:Was hunting for an affordable D850 to fix up but even ones with top and front casings smashed were going for best part of £500! You might like to take a look at this: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/9/3386 .It's a paper on the material properties of a polycarbonate material
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2025 08:25 |
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chrisbet
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There are plastics and there are plastics ... Nikon says the plastic used in the mirror box is carbon fibre reinforced. The design has its limitations, it may reduce weight and shutter vibrations but the design is flawed, the screws holding the mount in place are short and skinny, the plastic is finely moulded and liable to break if subjected to excessive force. Longer screws threaded into a nut imbedded deeper in the moulding would be better and spread shock forces. Better still would be a front "plate" carrying the mount which could be changed without total disassembly of the entire camera! The magnesium casting of the D800 / 850 and D series is much more robust. Just don't drop D810s!
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