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Will a Nikon Labophot Optiphot trinocular head fit on an Olympus BH-2?
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:04 pm
by Terry Mc
Any info appreciated!
Re: Will a Nikon Labophot Optiphot trinocular head fit on an Olympus BH-2?
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 7:47 pm
by Scarodactyl
Natively no, the nikon dovetail is 49mm in diameter while the bh2 is 42mm. Rafcamera sells an adapter (
https://rafcamera.com/adapter-d48-5-to-dt42mm) for putting nikon s series heads onto olympus bodies, s series have a 48.5mm dovetail and with some dremeling I got it wide enough to accept the 49mm dovetail of my labophot head. You might want to request he make a custom adapter instead, his prices are very affordable.
Plus side, the labophot head wants to sit a little higher than a bh2 head on a bh2 base, so the adapter doesn't ruin anything and parfocality can be maintained.
Re: Will a Nikon Labophot Optiphot trinocular head fit on an Olympus BH-2?
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 2:52 am
by Terry Mc
Scarodactyl wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 7:47 pm
Natively no, the nikon dovetail is 49mm in diameter while the bh2 is 42mm. Rafcamera sells an adapter (
https://rafcamera.com/adapter-d48-5-to-dt42mm) for putting nikon s series heads onto olympus bodies, s series have a 48.5mm dovetail and with some dremeling I got it wide enough to accept the 49mm dovetail of my labophot head. You might want to request he make a custom adapter instead, his prices are very affordable.
Plus side, the labophot head wants to sit a little higher than a bh2 head on a bh2 base, so the adapter doesn't ruin anything and parfocality can be maintained.
Thank you x 1000 (or should I say thank you 1000x)!!!!!