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Dec 13, 2014 18:29 |  #1

I am going to be buying a D810 in a few days. I have always like the manual focus Nikkor lenses. Especially the AIS. I adapted a few to my 6D when I had that. What I am wondering is whether or not there is a way to get focus confirm with these lenses on a Nikon DSLR like I was able to with my Canon. I know they work natively on the Nikon body so there is no need for an adapter, but I am wondering if there is a way to chip them? Or if there is another way to get focus confirmation.

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Dec 13, 2014 18:38 |  #2

The focus confirmation chip works in concert with the electrical contacts on the mount to do the following


  1. Tell the camera it has a lens mounted, so it does focus confirmation
  2. Tell the camera what FL and aperture, so it can record the information in the EXIF


So the trick is to communicate between the chip and the body via contacts which do not exist on the legacy lens.

Folks don't understand the Nikon Df body...they think it is 'just a legacy appearance dSLR', when the true benefit is to use legacy lenses on a digital SLR directly, in spite of the lack of electrical contacts iin the body!

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Dec 13, 2014 18:50 as a reply to  @ Wilt's post |  #3

I know what a focus confirmation chip does. I'm asking if there is a way to work it so I can get focus confirmation from legacy glass (that doesn't have contacts) on a D810. Can they be chipped? Or is there another work around?


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Dec 13, 2014 18:54 |  #4

You may understand what the chip does, but you neglect to consider HOW does it do that?!

With a legacy Nikon lens that is already at the proper distance to the focal plane, how on earth do you FIT the necessarily electrical contacts so that the lens (the chip, actually) can TALK to the D810 without moving the lens itself farther from the focal plane (and throwing off the focus)?


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Dec 13, 2014 19:10 as a reply to  @ Wilt's post |  #5

That was my question.

So basically, don't but Nikkor glass for Nikon dlsr if you ever want focus confirm. Got it.


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Dec 13, 2014 20:16 |  #6

:oops:

Stupid, stupid me, for whatever reason I failed to think about existing adapters with electronic contacts, to put Nikon F lenses on Canon dSLRs!

http://www.amazon.com …dapter&pebp=141​8523245841 (external link)


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Dec 15, 2014 00:15 |  #7

For Nikon cameras, focus confirmation works on every lens. There is no need of any chip in them.




  
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Correct...that's why I love Nikon....:) For the camera to meter correctly with non-cpu chip lenses, you can assign it in the camera setting.


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Dec 17, 2014 10:07 |  #9

As already mentioned the focus confirmation works with any lens

Only thing I noticed that when using my Mirex Tilt Shift Adapter with one of my Hasselblad lenses the focus confirm dot is a bit off . Since I know that, I just focus to get the one arrow lit up before it goes to dot and its bang on. Go figure !




  
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Dec 17, 2014 11:55 |  #10

Perfect! Thank you guys! That's awesome. I'm excited to be making the switch to Nikon.


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