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developer menu settings in firmware.

Started May 6, 2012 | Discussions thread
hunkreborn
hunkreborn Junior Member • Posts: 27
Re: developer menu settings in firmware.
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VoiidNX2000 wrote:

Hi! I use an NX2000, i'm really interested on using old canon FD lenses on my NX body, I have an adapter, but i couldn't use it because my camera doesn't allow me to take photos "without lens". I've been searching how to enable it, but i dont know how to get into the developer menu. Thanks for your attencion, i'll wait for your reply.

I was able to mod my NX2000 to use Manual lenses and adapters by removing and shorting the microswitch inside the lens housing! The one that is pushed by the silver pin when you attach a lens. It works perfectly! It'll record pics without lens and is still able to communicate with NX Lenses for Af and stuff.

I used the ifixit "LCD removal" Tutorial, but it does not show the procedure for the hotshoe screws!

If you have any experience opening electronics, it'll be really easy! Just be careful with the hotshoe! I broke 2 screw holes of my NX2000 for inexperience in this.

I'll post some pictures.

Hotshoe

Insert a pin or a thin screwdriver

Remove the plate, then remove the screws!

There are two options, first and simple, you can cut and short the wires, that way if for some reason you want to make the microswitch work again, you can simply revert the process.

Second option is more complex, (I chose this one because I didn't knew that the wires for the switch were so obvious in there), which consist in fully removing the microswitch, cut the wires and short them together!

I dont have a picture of the procedure, I failed to film the process, but I have a picture of the microswitch board in my hand.

Microswitch

Short these black wires!

It works fine, I'm currently using a MD-NX converter, with the MD bayonet changed for a CY bayonet, plus a Cy 2x Teleconverter macro focusing, with a M42 Female screw instead of CY, so I can use my M42 Lenses! That is surelly not the best aproach, but its hard to find those things here in Brazil!

CY-NX adapter, used to be MD-NX adapter

Cy to M42 teleconverter, used to be a CY-CY teleconverter

I love the macro of this combination, I like to play with my lenses a lot and sometimes I find some combinations that work like it was meant to be this way from factory!

Helios 44m-6 + 2x Teleconverter Vivitar + NX2000 @58mm f4 1/125 ISO1250

Helios 44m-6 + 2x Teleconverter Vivitar + NX2000 @58mm f5.6 15" ISO100

Helios 44m-6 + 2x Teleconverter Vivitar + NX2000 @58mm f2 1/40 ISO3200

Well, feel free to contact me and I'll do my best to help! I'll make a video of the process and post in youtube and start a thread in the forum with this mod to help my Samsung NX lovers friends

UPDATE!!

I was able to find a way to hack NX2000 and mod things that normally are only available in the hidden developer menu!

I made a github, for those interested in using NX2000 with manual lenses, no video cap and 1080p60.

https://github.com/hunkreborn/Samsung-NX2000-Moding-Hack

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