Nikon E2Ns Eye Piece

[NFSmaster16]

Hello,

I picked up one of these cameras a few months ago and have been on a journey with it. Having trouble finding batteries and having to make my own usb to the adapter converter box to take a big Anker portable battery. (I have measured everything and my amperage wont go above and kill it. to my knowledge atleast)

My new thing I am having trouble with is they eye piece, I wear glasses and it is metal so I dont want to scratch them too much. I was looking at the manual of the E2 (almost the same I guess?) and it said that the camera can use the Nikon DK-2 eye cup. The original eye piece itself is very hard to get off on my camera, I have given it a twist so has my dad, and the both of us with a pair of pliers, but we stopped before we did too much damage. I have looked at pictures on on eBay of others being sold and it seems I am missing an inner metal piece that threads to the inside of the eye piece. I just want to know if there is a metal piece or im just missing something with trying to take this out piece off?

I know this is an older camera and I have tried looking through this forums for a few minutes, but I dont see much talk about it, I can understand why as its a little off. Im just hoping if someone maybe has some knowledge of this. Thanks.

 

[reddesert]

The DK-2 eyecup is the round rubber cup that fits onto the outside of the eyepiece. If you can find a DK-2 or a generic equivalent, it might assuage your concerns about scratching glasses. You don't need any tools or force to put it on.

It might help to post a picture of the eyepiece of the E2, since most of us won't have seen one. Typically for Nikon SLRs (those that don't have built-in diopter adjustment), there is a round eyepiece lens with a inner-threaded ring behind it. This lens and thread aren't removable. You can screw various different diopter lenses in to adjust for your vision. The cameras usually shipped with a clear, no-power protective glass lens, but this has often been unscrewed and gotten lost. It's possible that's what happened with yours, and you are trying to remove something that shouldn't be removed.

The thread-in diopters and accessories came in two thread sizes, I think 22mm (F3HP, etc), and 19mm (FM, etc). If you measure the female threads around your eyepiece, you may be able to find that the E2 takes one of these. There are websites that go into the part numbers and compatibility in detail.

 

[NFSmaster16]

The DK-2 eyecup is the round rubber cup that fits onto the outside of the eyepiece. If you can find a DK-2 or a generic equivalent, it might assuage your concerns about scratching glasses. You don't need any tools or force to put it on.

It might help to post a picture of the eyepiece of the E2, since most of us won't have seen one. Typically for Nikon SLRs (those that don't have built-in diopter adjustment), there is a round eyepiece lens with a inner-threaded ring behind it. This lens and thread aren't removable. You can screw various different diopter lenses in to adjust for your vision. The cameras usually shipped with a clear, no-power protective glass lens, but this has often been unscrewed and gotten lost. It's possible that's what happened with yours, and you are trying to remove something that shouldn't be removed.

The thread-in diopters and accessories came in two thread sizes, I think 22mm (F3HP, etc), and 19mm (FM, etc). If you measure the female threads around your eyepiece, you may be able to find that the E2 takes one of these. There are websites that go into the part numbers and compatibility in detail.

Ah I see, did not know there were multiple of the DK-2. I just looked it up based on the E2 manual I found and ordered one on ebay. I see what you mean by the threads on the inside of the eye piece though. Could you link me to a website for the compatibility of the parts? Also I don't really want to get a diopter, but would probably just want something at 0, I wear my glasses all the time and am not really fond of the idea of taking them off all the time to take pictures.

Thanks

 

[reddesert]

The picture is very helpful. I can see why the knurled ring seems like something one would want to screw off, but from looking at the E2 manual, I think one just turns that to unlock and pull out the eyepiece tube to adjust the eye relief - it doesn't come off. Here's a part of the E2 manual on page 29:

Additionally, I've drawn a blue dashed curve to indicate the piece you're missing. It's an eyepiece (or eyepiece cover) that screws into the knurled ring. You can use the camera without it, but if you want a smooth surface that doesn't scratch your glasses, and protects the actual eyepiece from dust and damage, the cover glass is useful. It can be replaced with a corrective lens but you don't want that. The good news is, the E2 manual suggests that it is compatible with the same eyepieces as used by the F3 and many higher-spec DSLRs. (I infer this from the fact that it also uses the same DK-7 adapter as the F3 etc.)

You can verify this by measuring the inner threads on the knurled ring. If they measure about 22mm diameter, you're ready to go. Get a DK-17 eyepiece, $15 at B&H, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/300678-REG/Nikon_4754_DK_17_Finder_Eyepiece_for.html or the generic equivalent, and it should solve the problem. The DK-17C is the version that corrects for different vision, but you don't want that.

 

[NFSmaster16]

The picture is very helpful. I can see why the knurled ring seems like something one would want to screw off, but from looking at the E2 manual, I think one just turns that to unlock and pull out the eyepiece tube to adjust the eye relief - it doesn't come off. Here's a part of the E2 manual on page 29:
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Additionally, I've drawn a blue dashed curve to indicate the piece you're missing. It's an eyepiece (or eyepiece cover) that screws into the knurled ring. You can use the camera without it, but if you want a smooth surface that doesn't scratch your glasses, and protects the actual eyepiece from dust and damage, the cover glass is useful. It can be replaced with a corrective lens but you don't want that. The good news is, the E2 manual suggests that it is compatible with the same eyepieces as used by the F3 and many higher-spec DSLRs. (I infer this from the fact that it also uses the same DK-7 adapter as the F3 etc.)

You can verify this by measuring the inner threads on the knurled ring. If they measure about 22mm diameter, you're ready to go. Get a DK-17 eyepiece, $15 at B&H, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/300678-REG/Nikon_4754_DK_17_Finder_Eyepiece_for.html or the generic equivalent, and it should solve the problem. The DK-17C is the version that corrects for different vision, but you don't want that.

Thank you very much for the help, ill have to give it a measure and see if it matches.

 

[NFSmaster16]

Welp for anyone that needs this in the future, it measures around 21.25mm (or at least that is what I got), which I believe is close enough. I ordered the part above and am going to see if it fits, if it does ill notate it here.

 

[NFSmaster16]

Figured I would update here as I forgot, But the eye piece works great. Im guessing the threads on my camera were a little crusty, but it threaded right on with no issues.

I took out the camera to my local cars and coffee and had a blast, have to look into my power system, but that is for another day.

Thanks to @reddesert for helping me find this.