{"id":1967,"date":"2012-03-30T19:44:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T10:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-03-30\/1967"},"modified":"2012-03-30T19:44:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T10:44:21","slug":"adding-a-cpu-chip-to-a-nikon-mount-voigtlander-125mm-f2-5-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-03-30\/1967","title":{"rendered":"Adding a CPU Chip to a Nikon-Mount Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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“Chipping” my Nikon-Mount Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n
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UPDATE: Sadly, the procedures reported on this post ended up not working.\nMore info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

I'll leave the whole post, including the inline updates, but be warned\nthat it was all for nothing. )-: <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

As most folks guessed correctly in my\ngolden bumpy “What am I?” quiz<\/a>, the object is a lens<\/span> CPU chip\/contacts set. I'm surprised<\/span> so many people knew what it was because I had<\/span> no idea they existed until recently. It allows<\/span> one to update an old lens with\nmodern electronics that tells the camera body a few<\/span> particulars about the lens.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 1400 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nTiny “Dandelion” Lens CPU for Nikon<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

By far my favorite and most-used lens is the “Cosina Voigtl\u00e4nder Macro APO-Lanthar 125mm F2.5 SL”, a mouthfull<\/span>\nof a name<\/span> for a gorgeous<\/span> lens described here<\/a>. My blog has<\/span> no end of\nposts that highlight some of what this lens can do, but here are a few<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n