It's nice to see the blabber-post content picking up a bit; what a fine way to celebrate an anniversary!
On the subject of having John White Ai-modify lenses, I can understand why the purists among us have some trouble with the the fact that such lenses become irreversibly altered from their original state. And now that I have a camera body/adapter combo that can use the lenses unmodified, I can happily obtain and use pre-ai lenses unaltered. However, while I had only Nikon DSLR bodies that were not Df's, I had some lenses modified by John. Scouring E-Bay, I was unable to find conversion rings for these lenses, or copies that already had conversion rings installed, so there was no way I could put the lenses to use without enlisting John's services. I agree with Max about the piece of white tape looking a bit cheesy; so I just removed it, as I have no need to have the apertures marked twice. Although on close inspection the cut-out section of the aperture ring is identifiable, John does an excellent job of camouflaging it with black paint so that it is not apparent at a glance. And his work enabled me to put these lenses to use, and enjoy turning their wonderful scalloped focus rings.
For today's post from me, no pre-ai lenses were modified or harmed in any way. I shot the photos below at Elk Falls, near Campbell River, BC, with the following unadulterated lenses, respectively: 85 f/1.8 HC, 200 f/4 Q, and 24 f/2.8 NC.
It's nice to see the blabber-post content picking up a bit; what a fine way to celebrate an anniversary!
On the subject of having John White Ai-modify lenses, I can understand why the purists among us have some trouble with the the fact that such lenses become irreversibly altered from their original state. And now that I have a camera body/adapter combo that can use the lenses unmodified, I can happily obtain and use pre-ai lenses unaltered. However, while I had only Nikon DSLR bodies that were not Df's, I had some lenses modified by John. Scouring E-Bay, I was unable to find conversion rings for these lenses, or copies that already had conversion rings installed, so there was no way I could put the lenses to use without enlisting John's services. I agree with Max about the piece of white tape looking a bit cheesy; so I just removed it, as I have no need to have the apertures marked twice. Although on close inspection the cut-out section of the aperture ring is identifiable, John does an excellent job of camouflaging it with black paint so that it is not apparent at a glance. And his work enabled me to put these lenses to use, and enjoy turning their wonderful scalloped focus rings.
For today's post from me, no pre-ai lenses were modified harmed or in any way. I shot the photos below at Elk Falls, near Campbell River, BC, with the following unadulterated lenses, respectively: 85 f/1.8 HC, 200 f/4 Q, and 24 f/2.8 NC.
It's nice to see the blabber-post content picking up a bit; what a fine way to celebrate an anniversary!
On the subject of having John White Ai-modify lenses, I can understand why the purists among us have some trouble with the the fact that such lenses become irreversibly altered from their original state. And now that I have a camera body/adapter combo that can use the lenses unmodified, I can happily obtain and use pre-ai lenses unaltered. However, while I had only Nikon DSLR bodies that were not Df's, I had some lenses modified by John. Scouring E-Bay, I was unable to find conversion rings for these lenses, or copies that already had conversion rings installed, so there was no way I could put the lenses to use without enlisting John's services. I agree with Max about the piece of white tape looking a bit cheesy; so I just removed it, as I have no need to have the apertures marked twice. Although on close inspection the cut-out section of the aperture ring is identifiable, John does an excellent job of camouflaging it with black paint so that it is not apparent at a glance. And his work enabled me to put these lenses to use, and enjoy turning their wonderful scalloped focus rings.
For this post right here, no pre-ai lenses were modified harmed or in any way. I shot the photos below at Elk Falls, near Campbell River, BC, with the following unadulterated lenses, respectively: 85 f/1.8 HC, 200 f/4 Q, and 24 f/2.8 NC.
