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Nikon lens on Canon body: Setting the aperture

Submitted by Ingemar Bergmark on Thu, 2007-01-18 11:40.

This is a small pin you can make for adjusting the aperture when using Nikon lenses on a Canon body.
A friend of mine inspired me to make this, and I've dubbed it the "J-Pin". With the pin you can set an aperture of f/8, f/5.6 and f/2.8 (I haven't made actual measurements on the aperture values, but they are approximate).

I made it from a small piece of 2mm thick aluminium that I had, but a piece of hard plastic could also be used. I chose aluminium for durability's sake.


Note: The top of the pin has been tapered on one side
so that it will not touch or get stuck on the adapter-ring.
(see image 5)

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You can make a groove (as seen above) on the top of the pin to make it easier to grab with your thumbnail when pulling the pin out.

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Re: Nikon lens on Canon body: Setting the aperture

Submitted by Aldo Hoeben on Thu, 2007-01-18 16:16.

Nice technique! What adapter is this?

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Re: Nikon lens on Canon body: Setting the aperture

Submitted by Ingemar Bergmark on Thu, 2007-01-18 16:58.

It's branded as a Widepan adapter, but in fact they're re-branded Elefoto adapters.
The one I got has worked perfectly no problems at all.

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