Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FWIW, $59 gets an excellent condition AI version at Keh. Might be less than conversion cost... Phil On Jun 8, 2010, at 3:17 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: > James Laird wrote: > >>>> > I have an old pre-AI 200 f4 Nikkor I'd like to have converted to AI. > Does anyone do these conversions anymore using Nikon OEM kits? I don't > even know if Nikon makes the parts anymore. Any recommendations or > help would be appreciated. > <<< > > Nikon has not made the parts for many years, but occasionally you will see > them on ebay. Pacific Rim Camera has several models of the conversion > kits, unfortunately they seem to have run out of the kit for the 200mm f/4. > Even if the kit is available, only later model lenses can be converted with > the kit. If the flange has screws holding it to the barell of the lens, a > kit was made for it. No screws, no kit. However, even the earliest lenses > can be converted by a competent machinist: http://www.aiconversions.com/ > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com ? What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information