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Subject: [Leica] AI Conversion
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:38:13 +0530
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James,
He is very well known in Nikon circles. That said, I have never used
him. Here is another guy who is well known for this sort of work:

http://www.aimodification.com/

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:55 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Doug,
> I Googled AI conversions and saw that guy's website last night but
> I've never used him before. Have you used him before? Is his work any
> good?
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:17 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net
> <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> James Laird wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>> I have an old pre-AI 200 f4 Nikkor I'd like to have converted to AI.
>> Does anyone do these conversions anymore using Nikon OEM kits? I don't
>> even know if Nikon makes the parts anymore. Any recommendations or
>> help would be appreciated.
>> <<<
>>
>> Nikon has not made the parts for many years, but occasionally you will see
>> them on ebay. ?Pacific Rim Camera has several models of the conversion
>> kits, unfortunately they seem to have run out of the kit for the 200mm 
>> f/4.
>> Even if the kit is available, only later model lenses can be converted 
>> with
>> the kit. ?If the flange has screws holding it to the barell of the lens, a
>> kit was made for it. ?No screws, no kit. ?However, even the earliest 
>> lenses
>> can be converted by a competent machinist: ?http://www.aiconversions.com/
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
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