Nikon viewfinder5/16/2023 ![]() ![]() Usually, older models for the same mount will work, but try to mount it carefully.īy default the eyepiece of a Nikon (D)SLR has -1 dioptre. Just remove the rubber eyecup and mount the correction lens instead. If you need more correction you need an additional correction lens. Safety lock on the camera side (shown here: the D4).Įvery current Nikon DSLR (shown here a D5100) has got a built-in dioptre-adjustment control. You won't be lucky with an F4 eyepiece on your F-801/N8008, because you can't open the camera back.Įyepieces with 22mm screw mount - on the right a newer one with safety lock. Please note: the eyepieces of the professional SLRs were bigger than those of the semiprofessional cameras. Thus, losing the eyepiece is no longer an issue. Screwing off the the eyepiece or some other finder accessories is only possible if the eyepiece shutter is closed. Starting with the D2 series Nikon introduced an important improvement of this mount: the safety lock. Note: the just-announced D500 has got the 22mm screw mount!Įvery SLR and DSLR with a 22mm screw-mount has a mounted eyepiece of plain-glass by default, the current version is called DK-17. Starting in 1988 (with the F-801/N8008) most semiprofessional bodies have got this mount, too. Since then, every professional SLR/DSLR got this screw mount. Introduced in 1981 with the DE-3 High-Eyepoint finder for the F3. Eyecups were only available as optional accessories. In contrast, the SLRs with the same mount were delivered without an eyecup or something similar. The DSLRs with the rectangular mount come with a rubber eyecup. ![]() Nikon has also used it for four semiprofessional DX DSLRs: D100, D200, D300 and D300s. If you are looking for an eyepiece for your F or F2: the eyepiece of the F3 (DE-2 finder) is perfect! Shown here: an F2AS.Įvery consumer (D)SLR since 1979 has got this mount (starting with the EM). The only exceptions were the F and F2 models. Most SLRs with the 19mm screw mount were delivered with a plain-glass eyepiece. Used until 2006 (the last camera with this mount was the FM3a). Later Nikon F models also got this mount. This mount was used exclusively for the Nikon F in the very first years. The different types of Nikon eyepiece mountsįrom top left to bottom right: Nikon F Photomic (introduced 1962), Nikon F4 (1988), Nikon F75 (2003) and Nikon FM2 (1981). But when it comes to the eyepiece mount of Nikons SLRs and DSLRs the history is a bit less glorious (of course, the lens mount is much more important than the eyepiece mount). Nikon is famous for the consistency of their F-Mount over 57 years. ![]()
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