List of 'Dandelion' metering chipped Nikkors

Update: Ooops, almost forgot 'Rodeo Joe' !
A cursory search on a few Nikon groups yielded the following list of lenses and adapters successfully converted with 'Dandelion' AF metering chips. Unless indicated otherwise lenses are Nikkors.
[g] means gluing only required, [m] means machining needed, (1),(2),... are the references below.

generic T-mount adapter (1)
AI-s Vivitar 2x macro focusing TC (7)
20/3.5 AIS [g] (2)
24/2 AIS [g] (4)
24/2.8 N.C. [g] +AI conversion (5)
28/2 AIS [g] (3)
28/2.8 AIS [g] (2)
35/1.4 AI [m] (9)
35/2 AIS [g] shim, but no machining (1)
35/2 [m] (8)
35/2 'MIR 24-H' [g] (4)
35/2 ZF 35mm f.2.0 Zeiss [m] (6)
35/2.8 AIS [g] glue+radial shim (5)
50/1.4 AIS [g] (5)
50/1.8 AIS [m] (2)
55/2.8 macro {micro?} [g] (8)
55/3.5 Micro-Nikkor [g] +AI conversion (9)
70-210 Angenieux [m] (8)
75-150/3.5 E [m] (2,11)
85/2 AIS [g] (4)
85/2 [g] (8)
100/2.8 E [m] (1,2)
105/1.8 AIS [m] (11)
105/2.5 AIS [m] (5,8)
105/2.8 micro AIS [g] (3)
135/2.8 AIS [m] (5)
200/4 AIS [m] (5)
300/4.5 AI [m] (5)



References:
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from dpreview.com:
1) 'jl22182': "I've used these chips on a 100E f/2.8, a 35 f/2 and a generic T-mount adapter." (same thread as below)
"AI-S Nikon 35 f/2. Bit of a tedious process as I had to shim the chip to get the contacts in the right position, but not really difficult. No surgery was necessary on the lens." (different thread)
2)'Jpig': "I have chipped the following lenses and use them on a D40: 20mm 3.5 AIS, 28mm 2.8 AIS, 50mm 1.8 AIS, 100mm 2.8 E, 75-150mm 3.5 E. The 20mm and 28mm were easy and only needed to have the chip glued on. The others required some cutting to make room for the chip. "
pics (axial view of mount): http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1030&parent=37326759&thread=37302515
3) 'Alain x': "The only lenses I own that did not require any cutting are AIS 28mm/2 and Micro AIS 105mm/2,8. I installed the chip on the 28mm/2, and am happy with the result."
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1030&parent=37334086&thread=37302515
4) 'chimpden' - 11/16/2010 : "I've chipped 3 lenses for use with my D90: Nikon 24mm F2 AI-s, Nikon 85mm F2 AI-s, and a Mir 24-H (35mm F2 Russian lens in Nikon mount). They were all quite easy to do as the geometry of their mounts was a perfect for the Dandelion without any modifications at all - just glue and go."
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1034&parent=36932522&thread=35577832
5) 'Toby' NYC - 1/14/2011 : "This is my install of the "dandelion" chip on a Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AI-s lens. The install involved taking the mount apart and machining a piece of the mount center. The dandelion chip is epoxied to the mount center.
So far I've chipped the following Nikkors, 24mm f2.8 N.C. (along with converting it to AI) , a 50mm f1.4 AI-s, and a 35mm f2.8 AI-s."
one pic in http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1030&parent=37456165&thread=36532158
Pictures of more chipped Nikkors:
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/9084241701/photos/944489/105f2-5_ais ff.
lenses: machining: 105/2.5 AIS , 300/4.5 AI, 200/4 AIS, 135/2.8 AIS,
just glue: 50/1.4 AIS, 35/2.8 AIS (glue+radial shim), 24/2.8 NC,
6) Livio Spallone - 7/1/2010 : "This morning the chip arrived and i installed it: 20 minutes work , one small cutter, one screwdriver, black epoxy glue. Some things to know:
Zeiss made the bayonet ready for chipping ( two holes and screws already in the right place) but waited three years before coming out with the .2 version : they really SHOULD offer an upgrade part (black plastic lens "bottom" with chip installed). Installing requires good hands but ZF 35mm f.2.0 was easy to modify. ... Note the holes and the screws , unused in this series, to chip the lens Nikon style (chip screwed to the lens bayonet mount). Chip so small it goes out of the metal lens mount, cut the plastic "bottom" cover of the lens."
one pic in http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1021&parent=35698660&thread=35697997

from photo.net:
7) Sem Svizec , Nov 14, 2011; 10:44 a.m. : "I got my $30 Dandelion from tagotech and have successfuly epoxied it to an AI-s Vivitar 2x macro focusing TC."
http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00ZatY?start=10
8) Laurent Schuler , Nov 16, 2011; 06:10 a.m. : "I made the conversion with a dandelion chip on following lenses :
55 /2.8 macro
85/2 On thoses two lens, there was no need to plane the lensbarrel.
On the 105 /2.5, 35/2, and angénieux 70-210, I had to plane the lensbarrel (There is a kind of black wall that has to be planed in order to place the chip in the right position."
http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00ZatY?start=10
9) Stefan Gruenendahl , Feb 1, 2012 http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00Zx3Z and Feb 4, 2012 http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00Zx3Z?start=18
10) Pic showing Nikon chip circuits and connectors, taller than dandelion: http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00FKKC?start=13
11) 'Rodeo Joe' , Nov 26, 2011 http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00ZeqZ

Great list Stefan! Thank you for grouping here all the info! This helps me very much.

Checking AI aperture nonlinearity, from a Sep. 2004 post by 'Ro Ro' in http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/009KFX :
"Another thing: I had to adjust the aperture lever inside the lens to get correct apertures. This is easy to check: Set the camera to a known aperture and then press the DOF button and hold it. When you then rotate the aperture ring from 22 to open aperture the blades should start moving when the aperture values match."

Dpreview thread with posts by 'Toby NYC' (chipping w/ pics), 'Kent J' (AI aperture response) and Joseph S Wisniewski (aperture control, chip interaction with AF) : http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1030&thread=37838915

More chipped lenses at nikonian.org :
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9qcmJ90RXjsJ:www.nikonians.org/forums/dcboard.php%3Faz%3Dshow_topic%26forum%3D301%26topic_id%3D6334%26mesg_id%3D6334+

Updated list of lenses and adapters successfully converted with 'Dandelion' AF metering chips. Unless indicated otherwise lenses are Nikkors.
[g] means gluing only required, [m] means machining needed, (1),(2),... are the references below.

generic T-mount adapter (1)
AI-s Vivitar 2x macro focusing TC (7)
20/3.5 AIS [g] (2)
24/2 AIS [g] (4)
24/2.8 N.C. [g] +AI conversion (5,13)
24/2.8 AIS [g] (14)
28/2 AIS [g] (3)
28/2.5 AIS (14)
28/2.8 AIS [g] (2,14)
35/1.4 AI [m] (9)
35/2 AIS [g] shim, but no machining (1)
35/2 [m] (8)
35/2 'MIR 24-H' [g] (4)
35/2 ZF 35mm f.2.0 Zeiss [m] (6)
35/2.8 AIS [g] glue+radial shim (5,13)
50/1.4 AIS [g] (5,13)
50/1.8 AIS [m] (2)
55/2.8 macro {micro?} [g] (8)
55/2.8 micro [g] (14)
55/3.5 Micro-Nikkor [g] +AI conversion (9,14)
70-210 Angenieux [m] (8)
75-150/3.5 E [m] (2,11)
85/2 AIS [g] (4)
85/2 [g] (8)
100/2.8 E [m] (1,2)
105/1.8 AIS [m] (11)
105/2.5 AIS [m] (5,8,13,14)
105/2.5 'P' AI'ed [g] (14)
105/2.8 micro AIS [g] (3)
135/2.8 AIS [m] (5,13)
135/2.8 'Q' AI'ed [g] (14)
200/4 AIS [m] (5,13)
300/4.5 AI [m] (5,13)
300/4.5 'H' AI'ed [g] (14)



References:
--------------------
from dpreview.com:
1) 'jl22182': "I've used these chips on a 100E f/2.8, a 35 f/2 and a generic T-mount adapter." (same thread as below)
"AI-S Nikon 35 f/2. Bit of a tedious process as I had to shim the chip to get the contacts in the right position, but not really difficult. No surgery was necessary on the lens." (different thread)
2)'Jpig': "I have chipped the following lenses and use them on a D40: 20mm 3.5 AIS, 28mm 2.8 AIS, 50mm 1.8 AIS, 100mm 2.8 E, 75-150mm 3.5 E. The 20mm and 28mm were easy and only needed to have the chip glued on. The others required some cutting to make room for the chip. "
pics (axial view of mount): http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1030&parent=37326759&thread=37302515
3) 'Alain x': "The only lenses I own that did not require any cutting are AIS 28mm/2 and Micro AIS 105mm/2,8. I installed the chip on the 28mm/2, and am happy with the result."
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1030&parent=37334086&thread=37302515
4) 'chimpden' - 11/16/2010 : "I've chipped 3 lenses for use with my D90: Nikon 24mm F2 AI-s, Nikon 85mm F2 AI-s, and a Mir 24-H (35mm F2 Russian lens in Nikon mount). They were all quite easy to do as the geometry of their mounts was a perfect for the Dandelion without any modifications at all - just glue and go."
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1034&parent=36932522&thread=35577832
5) 'Toby' NYC - 1/14/2011 : "This is my install of the "dandelion" chip on a Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AI-s lens. The install involved taking the mount apart and machining a piece of the mount center. The dandelion chip is epoxied to the mount center.
So far I've chipped the following Nikkors, 24mm f2.8 N.C. (along with converting it to AI) , a 50mm f1.4 AI-s, and a 35mm f2.8 AI-s."
one pic in http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1030&parent=37456165&thread=36532158
Pictures of more chipped Nikkors:
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/9084241701/photos/944489/105f2-5_ais and ref.13 below.
lenses: machining: 105/2.5 AIS , 300/4.5 AI, 200/4 AIS, 135/2.8 AIS,
just glue: 50/1.4 AIS, 35/2.8 AIS (glue+radial shim), 24/2.8 NC,
6) Livio Spallone - 7/1/2010 : "This morning the chip arrived and i installed it: 20 minutes work , one small cutter, one screwdriver, black epoxy glue. Some things to know:
Zeiss made the bayonet ready for chipping ( two holes and screws already in the right place) but waited three years before coming out with the .2 version : they really SHOULD offer an upgrade part (black plastic lens "bottom" with chip installed). Installing requires good hands but ZF 35mm f.2.0 was easy to modify. ... Note the holes and the screws , unused in this series, to chip the lens Nikon style (chip screwed to the lens bayonet mount). Chip so small it goes out of the metal lens mount, cut the plastic "bottom" cover of the lens."
one pic in http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/message.asp?forum=1021&parent=35698660&thread=35697997

from photo.net:
7) Sem Svizec , Nov 14, 2011; 10:44 a.m. : "I got my $30 Dandelion from tagotech and have successfuly epoxied it to an AI-s Vivitar 2x macro focusing TC."
http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00ZatY?start=10
8) Laurent Schuler , Nov 16, 2011; 06:10 a.m. : "I made the conversion with a dandelion chip on following lenses :
55 /2.8 macro
85/2 On thoses two lens, there was no need to plane the lensbarrel.
On the 105 /2.5, 35/2, and angénieux 70-210, I had to plane the lensbarrel (There is a kind of black wall that has to be planed in order to place the chip in the right position."
http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00ZatY?start=10
9) Stefan Gruenendahl , Feb 1, 2012 http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00Zx3Z and Feb 4, 2012 http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00Zx3Z?start=18
10) Pic showing Nikon chip circuits and connectors, taller than dandelion: http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00FKKC?start=13
11) 'Rodeo Joe' , Nov 26, 2011 http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00ZeqZ
12) Checking AI aperture nonlinearity, from a Sep. 2004 post by 'Ro Ro' in http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/009KFX :
"Another thing: I had to adjust the aperture lever inside the lens to get correct apertures. This is easy to check: Set the camera to a known aperture and then press the DOF button and hold it. When you then rotate the aperture ring from 22 to open aperture the blades should start moving when the aperture values match."
13) Dpreview thread on chipping with posts by 'Toby NYC' (chipping w/ pics), 'Kent J' (AI aperture response) and Joseph S Wisniewski (aperture control, chip interaction with AF): http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1030&thread=37838915 ;see also ref. 5.
14) More chipped lenses (some done by legacy2digital.com, but with integrated chips) at nikonian.org :
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9qcmJ90RXjsJ:www.nikonians.org/forums/dcboard.php%3Faz%3Dshow_topic%26forum%3D301%26topic_id%3D6334%26mesg_id%3D6334+

I forgot to add the lenses in this thread: http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00WVip?start=10

• 300/2.8 ED-IF AIs [g]
• 200/4 Micro AI [g]
• 24/2.8 AIs [g]
• 300/4.5 ED-IF AIs [g]
• 180/2.8 ED AIS [m]
• 105/4 Micro-Nikkor AI [m]

50/1.2 AIS [m] (16) (janiksela - 10/29/2010) : ""Where did you remove material from in order to get the chip in; from the side of the rear element or the back side of the chip?"-- from the side of the rear element and a little bit of the chip." (link) (with pictures)

I chipped my 85/1.4 AIS: http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00a463 .
Clearances are a bit tight, but it's doable.
I also started reshaping a chip for the 50/1.2, but I don't think it can be done without modifying the rear element mount. Does anybody know whether the rear element can be rotated, to gain some clearance at the chip location?