This is basically a lens sale with a bonus body thrown in.
This is a 50mm f/1.8. I don't know much about Nikon gear but it appears to be AI-S (but it does not have a metal prong on the outside). It does have the aperture coupling mechanisms that are used on the FA body (internal lever and external plastic ring), as well as the little groove for the pin that tells the body it's an AI-S lens So I guess it's AI-S without backwards compatibility - not 100% sure on how Nikon designates these things. Glass great, barrel very good.
It's a fairly compact lens, and I saw a listing on ebay calling it a pancake, though I'm not 100% sure that's the official designation. It is a nice lens though.
The body has quirks, most of which I believe are simple fixes. Consider it a bonus, but a working one. #1. Rewind handle missing from knob - could hack something, but usable as is. #2. DOF Preview lever missing. #3. Plastic ring on outside of lens mount that couples aperture setting to meter *display* missing a spring, so it only turns in one direction and must be moved back by hand if you turn the aperture ring the other way. Possibly an easy fix to put a new spring in (I have not investigated this). There's another aperture coupling mechanism inside the lens mount, which controls metering logic and exposure, so the camera meters and exposes correctly in the automatic exposure modes, but the meter *display* doesn't indicate what the exposure is going to be correctly unless you turn the little coupling ring so it butts up against the tab on the lens (like it would with a proper spring in place).
It's weird that the two are uncoupled (internal metering logic vs. display) but that's how it appears to be, by design (otherwise why would nikon have two mechanisms for metering built into one lens?). I've tested it and it's very consistent about picking exposures, and when I push the ring into place it displays metering that is pretty much the same as I get with my Sekonic; long exposures at f/22 and short ones at f/1.8, and intermediate ones in between. So I'm pretty sure the internal metering logic is fine.
In short, it works fine, but doesn't give you the right information about metering until you push the ring manually into the correct spot, or get it fixed with the missing spring to do that for you.
This is a 50mm f/1.8. I don't know much about Nikon gear but it appears to be AI-S (but it does not have a metal prong on the outside). It does have the aperture coupling mechanisms that are used on the FA body (internal lever and external plastic ring), as well as the little groove for the pin that tells the body it's an AI-S lens So I guess it's AI-S without backwards compatibility - not 100% sure on how Nikon designates these things. Glass great, barrel very good.
It's a fairly compact lens, and I saw a listing on ebay calling it a pancake, though I'm not 100% sure that's the official designation. It is a nice lens though.
The body has quirks, most of which I believe are simple fixes. Consider it a bonus, but a working one. #1. Rewind handle missing from knob - could hack something, but usable as is. #2. DOF Preview lever missing. #3. Plastic ring on outside of lens mount that couples aperture setting to meter *display* missing a spring, so it only turns in one direction and must be moved back by hand if you turn the aperture ring the other way. Possibly an easy fix to put a new spring in (I have not investigated this). There's another aperture coupling mechanism inside the lens mount, which controls metering logic and exposure, so the camera meters and exposes correctly in the automatic exposure modes, but the meter *display* doesn't indicate what the exposure is going to be correctly unless you turn the little coupling ring so it butts up against the tab on the lens (like it would with a proper spring in place).
It's weird that the two are uncoupled (internal metering logic vs. display) but that's how it appears to be, by design (otherwise why would nikon have two mechanisms for metering built into one lens?). I've tested it and it's very consistent about picking exposures, and when I push the ring into place it displays metering that is pretty much the same as I get with my Sekonic; long exposures at f/22 and short ones at f/1.8, and intermediate ones in between. So I'm pretty sure the internal metering logic is fine.
In short, it works fine, but doesn't give you the right information about metering until you push the ring manually into the correct spot, or get it fixed with the missing spring to do that for you.
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