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Replace mount ring on Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Zoom Nikkor Lens
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<blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 678233" data-attributes="member: 7240"><p>Probably a mount ring from another lens will not be a good fit. It is possible Nikon uses certain parts in several lenses, but you'd need to find out exactly which which lenses share parts.</p><p></p><p>There are several possible issues if you try to fit a "wrong" part into your lens. The part might not fit physically, or as you mentioned some other part of the lens would be hampered by the wrong part even if it was possible to fit it in. Then again the screw holes might not be in the right place, and a more severe problem: if the "wrong" mount is of the wrong thickness to the lens, you might lose the ability to focus to infinity, or have severe cases of front/back focusing.</p><p></p><p>As the AF 70-300G is well known for it's distinctive lack of optical quality, I'd toss it. Why not replace it with something better that also autofocuses on your camera? There are plenty of options, only some here:</p><p></p><p>* AF-S 55-200 VR II </p><p>* AF-S 70-300 VR</p><p>* AF-P DX 70-300 VR</p><p>* AF-P 70-300 VR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pforsell, post: 678233, member: 7240"] Probably a mount ring from another lens will not be a good fit. It is possible Nikon uses certain parts in several lenses, but you'd need to find out exactly which which lenses share parts. There are several possible issues if you try to fit a "wrong" part into your lens. The part might not fit physically, or as you mentioned some other part of the lens would be hampered by the wrong part even if it was possible to fit it in. Then again the screw holes might not be in the right place, and a more severe problem: if the "wrong" mount is of the wrong thickness to the lens, you might lose the ability to focus to infinity, or have severe cases of front/back focusing. As the AF 70-300G is well known for it's distinctive lack of optical quality, I'd toss it. Why not replace it with something better that also autofocuses on your camera? There are plenty of options, only some here: * AF-S 55-200 VR II * AF-S 70-300 VR * AF-P DX 70-300 VR * AF-P 70-300 VR [/QUOTE]
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