AF/EXP chip for Nikon 1

Gfotostore · Joined: 09 Jan 2014 Posts: 15

Gfoto pleased to present you new product, chip with focus confirmation and automatic exposure for Nikon 1 cameras.

Two main functions of the chip:

- focus assistant, help you to adjust focus easily
- automatic exposure in A mode

http://gfotostore.ru/?hash=page/info

http://gfotostore.ru/?hash=page/nikon1

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4748 Location: Cheshire, England

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4748 Location: Cheshire, England

now I see it, it looks similar to the 'dandelion chip' for the Nikon DSLR's and will do the same thing obviously.

Gfotostore · Joined: 09 Jan 2014 Posts: 15

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

And where can i buy it? The whole page is in russian (its not my language Very Happy

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Gfotostore · Joined: 09 Jan 2014 Posts: 15

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

Does the magnifier function work too in A-Modus with your Chip?

I have found nothing in your description.

Gfotostore · Joined: 09 Jan 2014 Posts: 15

Gfotostore · Joined: 09 Jan 2014 Posts: 15

Now chip available on ebay from gfotostore user:
http://www.ebay.com/usr/gfotostore

We can ship worldwide. Bulk price available from our site.

LucisPictor · Expire: 2013-12-03

The Chip has arrived today! Thank you!
I will report soon on the installation process and if it works as I hope it does. Smile

LucisPictor · Expire: 2013-12-03

Packed in a padded envelope, the chip arrived safely:

The box, in which the chip is delivered, is really tiny. Wink

It's a good thing that it is delivered inside an antistatic bag:

That's what it looks like, with the stencil:

The position of the stencil is determined my a little pin that slips into the locking hole of the adapter:

The little flaps you can see are necessary to glue the chip to an adapter without internal ring.
My c-mount adapter has a ring that I could glue the chip to, so I removed those flaps.

Now, it was time to put glue on the back of the chip:

I used a strong glue without any solvant.

The stencil helped to find the correct position of the chip:

And this is what the installed chip looks like:

The curve fits perfectly to the internal opening of the adapter.

LucisPictor · Expire: 2013-12-03

After I had waited for an hour for the glue to harden, I took the first shots with a CCTV 1.4/50 lens.
Unfortunately, it was already dark outside. So I could only shoot several pics in my study.

First impressions:

* The camera acknowledged the chip without problems.
* Focus assist seems to work well. Arrows indicate the direction you have to focus in and a circle shows when the object is in focus.
* In A-mode metering appears to work as well.

>> Seems to be a great little device!!!

Tomorrow, with better light, I will take some shots and report a little more.

bernhardas · Expire: 2017-05-23

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LucisPictor · Expire: 2013-12-03

OK, now for metering:

1. Lens is 1.4/50 (as stated in EXIFs):

P-mode works, A-mode works, metering is spot on!

2. Lens is 1.4/25 ("wrong" FL):

P-mode works, A-mode works, metering is spot on!

3. Lens is 1.8/50 ("wrong" max. aperture):

P-mode works. A-mode works if f/1.4 is set in camera. >> Do not set the real max. aperture of the used lens, but always f/1.4. Then metering is spot on. (If f/1.8 is set, it will overexpose).

Addition: You can use in-camera aperture setting in A-mode for exposure compensation (+Ev), as needed in backlight situations.

I like that!!

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

Yesterday i cam back from a business trip and found the chip in my post box.

Because it was to late, i'm not unboxed the chip.

First i have to decide to which adapter i will adapt the chip. My choice is the "EOS to Nikon 1" adapter. And why? I have a lot of adapters fitting to EOS (i started first to adapt legacy lenses to Conon EOS). I have M42, PK, Olympus, Nikon, Parktina B, Konica, T2, QMB, M39 Paxette adapters to EOS. So i can cascade them.

So i will have a great variety of legacy lenses to adapt.

Stay here. I will share my experience with you.

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

Here my unboxing of the Chip.

The german customs wave through the parcel without toll fees, the travel time was 12 days:

This little box was inside the sending. No installation manual was included (But you can find it at their hompage):

The chip was packed in an ESD-bag, so the chip is protected against electric damage while handling (it is not common. This is very professional +++):

This was in the bag:

Here the tool which helps you to attach the chip :

The chip from back:

The attachment tool on my EOS to Nikon 1 Adapter (you can't do anything wrong there. You can implement the tool only in one way):

And now i must first go and buy the glue Laughing

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

Glue bought:D :

Glued (Be aware not to glue the tool for adjustment too):

The look adapted to Nikon 1 V1:

I works

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First picture Crop 100% (ISO100, 1/125 Sek, Auto Reflecta 1.4 55mm, M42 to EOS to Nikon 1):

Not so bad for the first try.

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

Good news!

Focus zoom works!

Press the button "Ok" then a yellow square appears in the right lower corner. With the rocker switch you can zoom in and out.

A little disadvantage is there: you can not move the focus point with the arrow buttons. Somebody wrote to me and said, that this behavior is the same at the Nikon FT1. So it works as designed Very Happy

madmaxmedia · Joined: 23 Feb 2011 Posts: 1

Thanks guys for posting this, I am considering getting this adapter. I have some nosy questions- Wink

How is the experience of using the focus aid?
Is it pretty robust- how often do you get the near/far indicators, vs. the unable to determine indicator?
Is it hard to nail focus- is it easy to overshoot focus lock indicator?
With the focus aid, do you feel MF on a J model is realistic, or is the EVF still needed?

Thanks!

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

dsortax · Joined: 09 Feb 2014 Posts: 3

Thanks for posting this, i would like to use that chip on my nikon1 s1 and my manual lens ai-s nikkor e series 50mm f/1.8

I have one question:

In video "A" mode, does the auto iso works great or does it has to be setted manually only?

Thanks in advance.

Gfotostore · Joined: 09 Jan 2014 Posts: 15

LucisPictor · Expire: 2013-12-03

New love!

A Cosmicar/Pentax TV Lens 1.4/25 c-mount adapted to Nikon1 using the chip.
I really like that lens!!

Portrait of the Egyptian corner at my parents' house:

Portrait of one of my daughter's cuddly toy: Wink

"Infinity" (view from my parents' balcony):

A very nice 1.4/67.5 portrait lens for the Nikon1 !

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

+1

Very nice combination Carsten Very Happy