thanks for the link, NR

Don’t forget that a huge segment of Nikon’s business is precision industrial equipment for industries like semi-conductor manufacturing, as well as scientific instrumentation. It sounds like they’re either buying out a competitor, or buying a related company to expand upon their existing product lines in their non-photography segment.

In fact, the press release even says Metris will become a part Nikon Instruments. No mention of Nikon Imaging.

İt is a strange modification however i had tried a different mod with a 85mm f1.4 nikkor AF-D on an old sony digital compact with removing its stock lens on it. After 1-2 shots, the camera become dead

By the way, 1 USD is approx. 1.5 TRL, if u wanna buy this piece of art, you can purchase it for 133 USD i think..

Regards..

The person who built the camera had an interesting idea.

Hmmm. If I take an old Canon F1 and some great Canon Manual Focus lenses. Then attach a Point and shoot to the back. Or since were discussing Nikon – take an old F2 or F3 and attach a P&S to the back of it and you get a digital F of your own design.

Lots of people want Nikon to build a basic digital FM. This might be one way to go about doing it. Or how about a digital rangefinder. Russian Leica copies are cheap on eBay – just attach a P&S to the back (may be kinda hard as the backs were not removeable on the original Leicas and copies. It would be a shame to ruin a old Nikon rangefinder this way, but if one could find one with a dead shutter at a low price……..lots of ideas.

The second paragraph states that the sensor is a 1/8 CCD, and that the camera has a 2.5 inch LCD. The viewfinder of the camera does not work, so the screen must be used instead.

The next paragraph explains that the camera’s true purpose is video, which it takes at 640×480. They wrote, “Since the lens is 200mm ƒ/1.8, manual focusing will give you a great delight.”

The final paragraphs are simply about how he/she made the device from scratch, and how extraordinary it is. They mention that they’ll supply a charger as well as a 6 month warranty with it.

Did a brief web search for a Yani 200mm f1.8 lens and nothing came up.
Enlarged one of the photos and looks like it’s a 1.8/50 or 1.8/60 or 1.8/80 and the lens model is T200-A. I’m rather doubtful that the lens is a 200mm f1.8 as seller had stated. Now if he/she got that part wrong then what else did he/she get wrong? Or it might be a joke/spoof.