Re: Nikon Diaphot 35mm camera mount = Nikon F?

I don't have any experience with this scope, but the photo sure looks
like the mounted camera is a standard F series. That woul make sense,
as they have been pretty good about standardizing with the AI
interface for the past 4 decades (except for their stand-alone non-SLR
microscope camera - can't remember the model -M maybe?).

If that's the case, the lens mount would be the same. I have used my
manual-focus lenses on a D100 with good results.

Joe

On Thu, 29 May 2008 19:46:08 -0500, Richard J Kinch
<kinch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The Nikon Diaphot inverted tissue microscope:

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/museum/diaphot.html

Is the 35mm camera port on the lower part of this a standard Nikon F lens
mount? Which would make it compatible directly with current Nikon digital
SLRs which also use F mount?
.

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