Nexus for Nikon D70s -

I have some questions about Nexus D70 housing

1. If you whant to use it with a Nikon 16mm or 10,5 mm lenes witch port do you recomment? They say that the NEXUS FP-160-5 glass dome port is O.K.160mm diameter

2. Have one use a nexus multi finder model

The are two pick up lens included.

1. x0.7 reducer lens for wide angle

2. x1.2 magnifire lens, for macro

3. Nikon TTL Suport with Nexus

Is it true that a Nexus D70 Housing with NCC-TM circuitry can actuate the Focus Light? Have Nexus Nikon TTL support? Is a Nikonos sockel that we need ?

Hi,

I got new Nexus D-70 housing last week & they come up with newer D-70s model this week........Anyway,

1.I use FP-170 for 16mm & 10.5mmDX & no problem. Not sure about FP-160 though.

2.My housing is even withgout any lens on view finder & like it very much. I mainly use for Macro pics.

3.I use Subal housed SB-800. That is only true I-TTL solution. Works great.

Re focus light control, I am not aware of any solution. It has dual standard N5 sockets.

Sam

Thanks Sam

Is it not the 170 dome from Acrylic Glas?

If you have the nexus Housing tell me please about the Front and Rear Main Dial controls.

Are they easy acess and use without mutch efford? can you turn them with one finger or thumb without to take away you Hand from the handle?

How is the normal viewfinder? is easy for easy & full frame viewing?

I've used the Nexus acrylic 170mm dome with the Nikkor 10.5mm: it's pretty good, but big. I wouldn't dream of using it without the aluminium shade because of (a) scratchy underwater things that seem attracted to acrylic domes, and (B) flare.

I've just borrowed the amazingly tiny 160 glass dome, but since I've only photographed my toes in the bath, I can't say much useful at the moment.

I understand that the Nikkor 16mm works with the same ports, giving a distorted 120 degree image, and that several other lenses can work. I have a cunning plan, vide Blackadder's Baldrick, to find out if the Tokina 17mm rectilinear lens will work with the 160mm glass dome. Baldrick's plans never worked, so perhaps this is wishful thinking, too.

The 170mm dome is very flexible, and I've used it with a 40mm extension to house both the 12-24mm and 18-70mm Nikkors (using +3 and +4D close-up lenses, respectively). Compared to my Coolpix 5000 with supplemental lenses and a glass dome both of these lenses are good, and the controversy over the 12-24mm (soft edges at 12mm) seems a bit misplaced. I keep many more images than I ever did with an optically superior Nikonos system!

Tim

The wide-angles won't, of course, work behind a flat port.

I think that for me the NEXUS FP-160-5 glass dome port is the way to go.

But I dont know how whell the dome will work with the 10,5mm

I shoot only WA & CFWA and the lenses will be 15 or 16mm & 10, 5mm

btw the dome come with a Metal Protector hood. OLYMPUS selected this hood for their new port PPO-E04

But this is only if I go with a Nexus housing I havent decide

Hi,

Re front & rear dial control, One of reason I changed from Ike to Nexus

was these dials. It was just so difficult to change in underwater. I think Nexus & S&S put a gear on these dials & gear ratio helps to tern dials so easily. As result, I change f-stop more often than before & get different pictures. Re normal view finder, I think it is easy to see at least for me.

Sam

Thanks Sam

Its look like Nexus is for me!

I was woried about Nexus ports but they have build now exclusively for the Nikon 10.5mm Lens a Glass Fisheye-port, the FP120-7.

It is great becauce is exactly what I whant. A small port (ca 113 diameter) that weight not mutch (ca 320gr) and can focus close (ca 134mm)

NEXUS D-70S The Nexus housing has two "Nikonos 5P" compatible connectors

Later I whant to install the Heinrich TTL converter but the housing is made so small, just sixe for the camera, and maybe is hard to find to place this part.

Hi Lambis-

The Heinrich iTTL converter will work in the Nexus housing with d70... I have one installed.

M.

Great the Heinrich iTTL converter is working withe Nikon d70 ttl

Witch strobes cables and connectors you need? Do you need to make asjustments to the housing?

A picture inside the housing with the Heinrich iTTL converter will help a lot

I have not yet started receiving the Nexus D70S housings yet. I expect to see them soon.

As to the use of Inon Z-220F strobes with Nexus housings, the main side of the Nexus Y cord hotshoes will suport triggering the Z-220 and the newer Z-220F strobes' focus lights with a half press of the shutter release. The secondary side (with one less wire in the cord going into the hotshoe) will not. Nor will it work with "other brand" SLRs. The Z-220 F can be configured to work with the secondary side by switching the light on with the left side switch on the back of the strobe. This focus light switching configuration works with "other brand" SLRs as well (you Canon guys know who I am talking about ). This configuration is not immediately obvious since the Inon documantation is in Japanese. Not a lot of help to us provincials who do not read Japanese. I hope to get a .pdf manual in English for the Z-220F strobe soon which I can provide to my customers.

As to which port to use for wide angle with Nexus, if you want to shoot only the 10.5 lens then get the specialty dome port (the dome is glass and includes a shade). If you want to shoot more than one wide angle lens get the 170mm dome port and shade (which is acrylic and less expensive) and works well with a variety of wide angle lenses including the 10.5, 16mm, and others fixed focal lengths and including zooms that are suitable for underwater use. I personally use the 170mm dome and optional LH-170 shade and recomend it to most of my customers. Some lenses due to their physical length also require port extensions (such as the 12-24 Nikkor zoom).

As to the pickup lens used in the Nexus housings, corner to corner viewing is possible while underwater with the shooter wearing a dive a mask. It provides a very sharp and bright image. One lens goes on the camera body (after removing the rubber eyecup) and it works together with a lens on the housing back to provide this full viewfinder image with the increased eye relief when underwater with the camera in the housing and the shooter wearing a dive mask.

Woody

I have also found the Nexus dome port choice confusing -

The acrylic FP-170 is the port that has been around a while and seems fine for both the 16mm and 10.5mm Nikkor as well as the 12-24mm zoom with a port extension ring. It's a shame the lens hood is an extra though.

The nice and compact glass FP-120 is aimed at the 10.5mm but I can't tell if it's OK for the 16mm also? The nexususa web site seems to list both these lenses against this port?

The glass FP-160 is a bit more confusing. Is this just a compact dome aimed for the 12-24 zoom?

It's surprising how difficult it is to me to find this kind of information out from Nexus related websites. Wetpixel certainly helps.

Lambis-

You may want to contact Ryan at Reef photo and video to do the conversion for you. He has been working on mine to get everything assembled....it is not a job for everyone....you need some good working knowledge of electronics/soldering/etc. to get these controllers to work...

M.

Thanks M

btw I have send you a P.M