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My lens arrived today as did the series 5.5 retaining ring and a 39mm filter. Both the retaining ring and filter work fine on the lens.

I recently bought some new cable releases, all had problems due to poor quality. So I started buy older used ones on Ebay, they all work...

Thanks, just ordered one. Strangely they had another one listed for $4 less shich I ordered.

I just bought the Elmar-C 90mm f/4 on another forum. The seller tells me the filter size is 5.5 and that I can buy a 5.5-39mm adapter...

O’vd been fooling around with it, making different designs with paper clips. I would not call it crappy.

I don’t do Reddit, can you pass this along : Hi Norman! Thank you for being a valued Nikon customer. This email is in...

Sent a a query to Nikon Professional Service, here is what they said: Hi Norman! Thank you for being a valued Nikon customer...

Spin like clock hands? Can you send a link illustrating what you are talking about? Thanks

I’ve been trying different items to see if they will float inside the ring, but no luck so far. Maybe a paper clip a few millimeters...

Much too light to hold a lens, maybe a filter?

That is what I was thinking when I saw it. I’ll see if I can find something that works with it.

Found this on Ebay without a description. The ring has four magnets at 12/3/6/9 o’clock. Thinking it might be a paper clip holder?

That was old school when I was in college as a photography major in the 1960’s!