Want to Buy Nikon Fork for Vivitar Series 1 28-90mm lens, or parts lens with this fork.

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Want the Nikon AI rabbit ears ("fork") from this lens or a junker Vivitar Series 1 28-90mm lens for this part.

The fork on the lens I bought was bent and broke when I tried to straighten it.

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binglebugbob said:
Want the Nikon AI rabbit ears ("fork") from this lens or a junker Vivitar Series 1 28-90mm lens for this part.

The fork on the lens I bought was bent and broke when I tried to straighten it.

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why not get any fork? what is so special about this one?
 

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If you know someone with a vise, a file, a hacksaw, and a drill, it would be very easy to make from a small piece of steel.
 

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That Vivitar lens was made by Kino Precision and many other Nikon-fit Kiron or Vivitar lenses from the period will have the same (single screw) fork. Here's one that sold for US$2.50 recently:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166639397008

Even if you have to pay a little more for a lens you can probably resell it for AI users after removing the fork!

Hope this helps.
 
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Why would you want a Nikon AI rabbit ear? If you need the ear then your camera is pre AI and a pre AI ear would work fine. If your camera is AI then you don't need the ear.
 
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My lens is AI, but with my Nikkormat, I have to use stop down metering with the prong missing.. That isn't my idea of "works fine:.
I suppose I can get buy without one--if I have to, but I'd prefer full aperture metering. Wide open, the lens is only f2.8.
The pre AI prong impedes visibility of the aperture numbers on the AI lens.
 

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But pre AI camera like your Nikkormat doesn't have the ADR and thus it doesn't impedes the visibility of the aperture number any way.
 
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I know what I want, thank you very much.
There are no forks on eBay at the moment, but if I can't stir one up here, my plan is as outlined by Heritage camera.
 
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