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Samsung NX100 + Manual lenses

Started Aug 23, 2016 | Discussions thread
v12nut Regular Member • Posts: 293
Re: Samsung NX100 + Manual lenses
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DanielMaitheny wrote:

I've recently bought a Samsung NX100 (body only) because I like to play around with older, manual lenses. I also have a M42/NX adapter, but unfortunately the adapter's "claws" (sorry, I don't know the proper name of those three holder thingies) are not wide enough. When I put the adapter on the body one of the "claws" should press a silver button under the cameras mount which tells the camera there's a lens on it. If it doesn't depressed the camera won't allow you to shoot. My adapter cannot depress this silver bullet-looking button.

It was quite a problem first, but Google was my friend, so I found the solution, and entered the Developer Menu, enabled the NO LENS RELEASE, and voilá! now I can shoot pictures. So far so good.

But. Without that little silver button depressed the camera doesn't allow you to use the Focus Assistant. I don't want to buy another adapter (how should I know whether those "claws" have the appropriate size on the new one). So my question is this: is there any software-wise solution for this (i.e. "hacking" into the camera)? Because I couldn't find anything in the Developer Menu (I entered the advanced one)...

Forget the software fix, this is all you have to do to your adapter to make it work, epoxy or in this case plastic padding is your friend!

before anyone asks , this is an adapter I was making up for a russian lens.

cheers

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