Tag Archives: DIY

Build your own Nikon F model with this nanoblock kit

By [NR] admin | Published: October 21, 2015

The nanoblock Nikon F camera model that was on display at the new Nikon Museum is now available for sale in Japan:

Posted in Other Nikon stuff| Tagged | 66 Comments

DIY solution for using Nikkor G lenses on Nikon film SLR cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: October 4, 2015

A reader sent me this DIY solution for using modern Nikkor G lenses on manual Nikon film SLR cameras like the FE or FM2 (it solves the lack of aperture ring problem):

Posted in Nikon Lenses| Also tagged | 34 Comments

DIY Nikon 1 hot shoe adapter

By [NR] admin | Published: May 16, 2015

Robert build his own Nikon1 hot shoe adapter based on the Nikon AS-N1000 for a fraction of the price of a new V1-F1A: two wires are going from ground-ground at pin#8 (on the left) to the center pin of a regular hot shoe. Here are the detailed steps:

Posted in Nikon 1| Also tagged | 14 Comments

Clever DIY rig for shooting aviation by Jim Winters from NikonMiami

By [NR] admin | Published: May 4, 2015

Jim Winters from NikonMiami sent me few pictures of his clever invention that he calls TRIAXEZ: a shoulder mounted “triple axis” shooting system that also has built-in remote triggers and a 12V battery used as a counterweight and power source. The wheels  make the whole rig easy to transport. His first version had a lead diving weight and […]

Posted in Weird| Also tagged | 147 Comments

High magnification macro photography

By [NR] admin | Published: February 14, 2015

This article on high magnification macro photography is written by Junaed Rahman (website | flickr): Quite sometime ago I wrote an article on macro photography, which explained how to modify a regular short zoom lens for macro photography. This time I’ll explain how do I achieve high magnification. For most of my close-up work I use AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D lens. To […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses| Also tagged | 35 Comments

DIY: “shaving” a Nikon teleconverter to work with old Nikkor lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: October 29, 2014

Ken DePue wrote a detailed step by step instructions on how to “shave” a Nikon teleconverter and make it work with a wider range of F-mount lenses: For those who shoot with Nikon, you may have noticed that their current lineup of teleconverters only work with certain lenses. This is due to the fact that the […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses| Also tagged | 33 Comments

DIY selective focus lens (freelensing)

By [NR] admin | Published: March 29, 2014

Here is an idea on what do to with an old/broken/unused lens: you can turn it into a selective focus lens (similar to Lensbaby). The included videos below came from Sam Hurd, the included images are by Francesco Spighi – visit his website for more information and sample images. Here are the step by step instructions:

Posted in Nikon Lenses, Other Nikon stuff| Tagged | 18 Comments