I have no use for the pop-up flash on my Nikon D800E and the housing for this protrudes out over the aperture ring on my Zeiss lenses so that I have trouble seeing what aperture they are set at.
I was thinking of having the pop-up flash removed and the 'nose' with the large Nikon name in white cut off so that I can see the aperture ring.
Obviously, they're not the same but the pentaprism should be similarly placed. You definitely will get rid of any environmental protection the camera has because I feel like you'd have an opening the case.
I have recently thought back to the 1960's and 1970's, when most all SLR cameras had non-protruding prism housings, then looked at my D800s and wanted to do exactly what you have described. Alas, IF it is possible for the camera to lose that much of the nose without compromising function, the cost of paying someone to do a proper job would be high, and I do not personally have the technology at hand to do it myself. Learn to work around it, like everyone else.
BobbyP wrote:
I was thinking of having the pop-up flash removed and the 'nose' with the large Nikon name in white cut off so that I can see the aperture ring.
If it was me I would just count the number of f-stops as I turned the ring. Does the flash housing physically stop you from turning the ring? Seems unnecessary
I am not sure I understand the problem: when you enter the proper data in the manual lenses settings, you can see the aperture both on the LCD and the viewfinder ? There is no need to destroy the camera. Is this a serious post ?
Sami Ruusunen wrote:
You can also do this with zf.1 versions if you set the "non cpu-lens information" from the settings menu.
True...but WITH the caveat that the ZF/ZF2 lenses have one half stop detents---always a bad idea--- on the aperture ring, and if you prefer the camera settings to work in third stops as a general setting, the live aperture displays on the camera are partially useless, because the camera only displays full stop numerals with this combination of lens + settings.
There is, interestingly, one case that I've seen where the ZF2 version of a Zeiss lens was optically dis-improved from the ZF version, and therefore the ZF version was/is more desirable.
Anything is doable. But in this case you better take the flash capacitor out of the camera too. Nasty shocks from that thing when it's charged up.
The good news is you can sell the cap after you take it out - teenagers make Tasers out of them. Bad news is if you leave it in, every time you pick up the camera you'll be thinking " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"don't tase me, bro"
rick_reno wrote:
Dremel tool and duct tape, you can do this yourself. Cut it off with the dremel, seal it up with the duct tape.
Don't you mean "Duck" tape? Duck tape comes in colors and I'm sure you can find black to match the camera. Duct tape is silver metal and will never come off.
