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James Markus wrote:
Looking for focusing aids for the Nikon FM bodies I came across the first versions of the DG & DR eyepieces. Both are all metal, have very smooth diopter adjustments. and screw right into the existing brass eyepiece.
Neither have any model markings like DG-2 or DR-3 - just "Nikon Japan". Found them for almost nothing, but they have the beautiful Nikon sheen, and work and look beautiful. Shot with the D800 & Nikkor 55mm f3.5 ai
The Nikon DR 2X magnification, -4 to +2 diopter
http://www.photomatter.com/2024/Edit_Nikon-DR-1_D800_w-Nikkor_55mm-f3.5-ai_FM-Eyepieces-8007108-Edit.jpg
http://www.photomatter.com/2024/Edit_Nikon-DR-1_D800_w-Nikkor_55mm-f3.5-ai_FM-Eyepieces-8007115-Edit.jpg
http://www.photomatter.com/2024/Edit_Nikon-DR-1_D800_w-Nikkor_55mm-f3.5-ai_FM-Eyepieces-8007130-Edit.jpg
http://www.photomatter.com/2024/Edit_Nikon-DR-1_D800_w-Nikkor_55mm-f3.5-ai_FM-Eyepieces-8007135-Edit.jpg
I love that crinkle-finish that early Nikon accessories used, seen nicely on the prism housing of the DR eyepiece. My PB-4 bellows and PN-11 extension ring both have crinkle-finish, but the really old items have a much thicker and almost shiny crinkle.
I've been going down the Macro rabbit-hole, using my K-ring set and various other accessories to experiment with lens-stacking, and although I always treated the K-rings as kind of irrelevant (compared to the more "modern" AI-capable extension rings), the K2 & K3 rings are really very interesting if you want to play, and are super well built. I'm trying my Micro Nikkor 105/2.8 as the main lens, and stacking (non-reversed) a Companon-S 135/5.6 enlarging lens on the front, and it is amazing how bright and well-corrected the results are! I will try to put up some images of that here.
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