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<p>Back in the day, I had two Nikon F's. One was a '68 with std. prism and the other a '72 with the FTn meter prism. On the '72 the lower corners were milled out so the clamping pins could secure it. If you notice the small lever on the front of the FTn prism, it will flex the lower clamping pins in and out. So when you slide the FTn prism on the spring loaded pins just clamped on to the lower nameplate, and to remove it you pushed in the small lever on the front, along with pushing the button on the rear of the body to release the prism. I'm not sure, but there might have been some differences on the side of the nameplate also. You definitely have to replace the name plate for the FTn prism to mount on a '68 F body.</p> <p>I hope this helps,<br> Ron</p>

<p>Back in the day, I had two Nikon F's. One was a '68 with std. prism and the other a '72 with the FTn meter prism. On the '72 the lower corners were milled out so the clamping pin could secure it. If you notice the small lever on the front of the FTn prism will flex the lower clamping pins in and out. So when you slide the FTn prism on the spring loaded pins just clamped on to the lower nameplate, and to remove it you pushed in the small lever on the front, along with pushing the button on the rear of the body to release the prism. I'm not sure, but there might have been some differences on the side of the nameplate also. You definitely have to replace the name plate for the FTn prism to mount on a '68 F body.</p> <p>I hope this helps,<br> Ron</p>

<blockquote> <p>I almost always have the 24-85VR or Sigma 24/f1.8 or AFS 50/1.4 on my camera.</p> </blockquote> <p><br /> I think you answered your own question. Take the lenses you usually use. I personally don't see the need for a 300mm focal length in Chicago. I'm not a fan of variable aperture, super zoom lenses anyway.</p>

<p>Lex..........Thanks for your response.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Has anyone had a similar problem with the thumb rest coming loose from the body? Has anyone had success with re-gluing and what did you use?</p>

<p>I'm not familiar with the D60, but most all of the Nikon DSLRs have a menu option of full, 1/2 or 1/3 stops. Therefore, if you have this option set at 1/3 stop you will use the dial on the camera to cycle through the aperture range to set whatever stop you want from 1.8, 2.2,2.5,2.8,3.2,3.5,4.0, etc all the up to 22.0. I don't remember which menu, but either the custom, shooting or set-up menu should have it.</p> <p>I hope this helps.</p>