I am just posting some reapair info which may or may not be of interest to any Nikon 1 users here. This comes from DPreview and it has helped many of us to keep our system ( mostly lenses going ). Shame if the info disappears.
I have used Nikon 1 since about 2016 firstly to get better reach with Nikon FX lenses ( via the FT1 adapter ) since about 2016.
Some time later, I realised that it is a very good and tiny ILC system that can cover a range from about 18mm to 810mm EFL in native lenses - longer with FX lenses.
Only in compactness ( particularly at the longer end ) and some cross compatibility with Nikon DX/FX does it beat m43 ( which I also use a lot ) and anyone who has used it will know of its capabilities and it limitations.
Although Nikon produced very robust bodies - they did make a pigs ear of their lenses.
The issue is that most of them can suffer from a "stuck aperture" which is caused by embrittlement of the small nylon iris gear. This seems to happen particularly if the lenses are left unused for some time.
Firstly, the lenses that seem most robust:
10-30 PD ( ie 27-81 EFL )
6.7-13 ( ie 18-35 EFL ) - this is the equal of the Olympus 9-18 which I also have
70-300 CX VR ( ie 189-810 EFL ) - this is the extremely compact - liked by Thom Hogan but as a "sunny 16 " lens but AI NR have shifted that limited capabilility a lot. It can suffer ribbon cable problems but is repairable
The ones that suffer from the stuck aperture are:
10-30 non PD - although Nikon had a recall on these but NOT for this issue - lenses ex this recall seem OK ?? - I have a couple.
30-110
10-100 non PD
32/1.2 ( less so )
The primes in the sytem are the 18.5/1.8 and the 10/2.8 which seem less liable to failure
We found that a guy in Taiwan can fix these: he replaces the naff nylon pinion with a metal one and our experience is that this works.
I have had 2x 10-100 repaired ( and a ribbon cable uprated in one CX 70-300 ). To the best of my knowledge, he has repaired a few dozen lenses of members of that forum.
I have a lot of Nikon 1 stuff now - used almost every day to "grab and go" while my Z6 and DSLRs are somewhat negelected.
The repair shop is at MYDC.com.tw. E=email repair@mydc.com.tw. The guy is Mr Huang
Richard Dutton AKA "Piper"
I have used Nikon 1 since about 2016 firstly to get better reach with Nikon FX lenses ( via the FT1 adapter ) since about 2016.
Some time later, I realised that it is a very good and tiny ILC system that can cover a range from about 18mm to 810mm EFL in native lenses - longer with FX lenses.
Only in compactness ( particularly at the longer end ) and some cross compatibility with Nikon DX/FX does it beat m43 ( which I also use a lot ) and anyone who has used it will know of its capabilities and it limitations.
Although Nikon produced very robust bodies - they did make a pigs ear of their lenses.
The issue is that most of them can suffer from a "stuck aperture" which is caused by embrittlement of the small nylon iris gear. This seems to happen particularly if the lenses are left unused for some time.
Firstly, the lenses that seem most robust:
10-30 PD ( ie 27-81 EFL )
6.7-13 ( ie 18-35 EFL ) - this is the equal of the Olympus 9-18 which I also have
70-300 CX VR ( ie 189-810 EFL ) - this is the extremely compact - liked by Thom Hogan but as a "sunny 16 " lens but AI NR have shifted that limited capabilility a lot. It can suffer ribbon cable problems but is repairable
The ones that suffer from the stuck aperture are:
10-30 non PD - although Nikon had a recall on these but NOT for this issue - lenses ex this recall seem OK ?? - I have a couple.
30-110
10-100 non PD
32/1.2 ( less so )
The primes in the sytem are the 18.5/1.8 and the 10/2.8 which seem less liable to failure
We found that a guy in Taiwan can fix these: he replaces the naff nylon pinion with a metal one and our experience is that this works.
I have had 2x 10-100 repaired ( and a ribbon cable uprated in one CX 70-300 ). To the best of my knowledge, he has repaired a few dozen lenses of members of that forum.
I have a lot of Nikon 1 stuff now - used almost every day to "grab and go" while my Z6 and DSLRs are somewhat negelected.
The repair shop is at MYDC.com.tw. E=email repair@mydc.com.tw. The guy is Mr Huang
Richard Dutton AKA "Piper"