Hi Godfrey and Happy New Year. I like the idea of the FM ring on an FE2! I'd simply scavenge it off the FM I have. And thanks for all the other comments and suggestions in your previous posts.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Nikon lens on M42 body??????? > > > > On Jan 1, 2006, at 5:37 AM, Don Sanderson wrote: > > > I have the Nikon FM and don't find the viewfinder anywhere near > > as bright as the MX. > > This may just be my copy, the prism shows very faint seperation > > lines so is undoubtedly not at its best. > > You have a bad prism and you could fit a brighter screen > > > The FM2 and FM2n won't mount Non AI lenses without modification > > so doesn't do me any good on my older glass. > > (Now where's my Dremel?) ;-) > > Forget the dremel. Buy the FM coupling ring assembly and fit it to > the FM2 or FE2. That's what I did. Technician fitted it to mine while > I waited. Works perfectly, if a bit expensive. Might need to source > it from an otherwise junked body nowadays. > > Fitting the later focusing screen was more of a pain. > > Godfrey > >
