roland_larson Posted February 29, 2004 Share Posted February 29, 2004 I brought up a previous thread on <a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a- fetch-msg?msg_id=007V26">some Micro Nikkor 55mm lenses</a> to a coworker. It happens that we do have a few of them in our workplace, and yesterday he sent me a quick shot of one with an extenal spring that brings the stopdown lever under tension, hence no play with the lever, regardless of the aperture setting. <p> WP Cheng (the original poster), if you're still around, I would like to say your initial worry is very valid. There is at least one version of those 55mm Micro Nikkors that is without play for the stopdown lever. That said, as you've found yours is operating fine, then you're simply having a "modernised" version. Happy shooting :)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_h._hartman Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 I believe you will find that all nine of the 55/3.5 Micro-Nikkors variants have the spring which is directly connected to the aperture stop-down lever. I own three now including the two compensating aperture versions and the AI version. My first 55/3.5 a non-compensating, pre-AI had one. The 55/2.8 AIS does not have a spring in this position. I only held the AF 55/2.8 once and don�t remember. Best, Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland_larson Posted March 1, 2004 Author Share Posted March 1, 2004 Dave Thanks for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wp_cheng Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Roland, Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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