24 Jun
2012
24 Jun
'12
4:23 p.m.
On 6/24/2012 1:04 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
The motorized
F body is the F-36. The body can be converted by drilling
holes in the bottom plate of the camera. I don't have one that has a
modified plate there, the plates all match on my F's the difference
being that the motor requires the holes.
there is an electrical release mechanism for the F-36 via a two pronged
connector on the right side of the motor.
I have several of the F bodies, and they show up regularly on ePay. I
don't know whether the motor on the F has any
A nice page for the F-36 is shown below.
http://www.mir.com.my/michaeliu/cameras/nikonf/fmotors/f36/index.htm
Does look like the F approach would be in the 200 dollar range minimum
maybe 400 if you really don't want to hunt for a long time (assuming you
have the body).
>If it has
provisions for both a motor winder and an external shutter
>release, I'd suspect you'd find a way to interface it nevertheless, were
>you to try...
There was a motordrive for the Nikon F, but it is very dififcult
to find.
And it requires a diffenrt base casting under the shutter to pring out
various cotnrol levers to the motordrive (to indicate, for example, when
the shutter has copmpleted its open/close operation). That part is ever
harder to find.
Have you treid looking for a service manual for the camera on the web?
Some Niko ncamera man aulas are there. THe 'electronic' one I looked at
(F3) didn't include full schematcs, but it did have a wiring diagram and
soem theory of operation. It's a possible source of information.