Name: Nikon DF-M1 Dot Sight
Brand: Nikon
SKU: INKDFM1
Price: 185.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.6 (16 reviews)

Nikon DF-M1

Nikon DF-M1 Dot Sight

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Nikon DF-M1 

Enhance your Nikon photography with the DF-M1 Dot Sight. Enjoy rapid target acquisition & improved accuracy. Compatible with Nikon cameras. Shop now!

With the DF-M1 Dot Sight, elevate your photography experience with select Nikon cameras. This innovative device, when affixed to your camera's hot-shoe, acts as a powerful targeting tool, enabling you to effortlessly acquire and track distant subjects. Whether you're capturing birds in flight or tracking other rapidly moving subjects, the DF-M1 Dot Sight simplifies the process by providing a zoomed-out perspective.Unlike other devices, the DF-M1 Dot Sight does not project a laser or any light onto the subject. Instead, it offers a bright sighting reference that is only visible when your eye is centered with the device. This feature ensures minimal disturbance to your subjects while providing you with a clear, precise view.The DF-M1 Dot Sight boasts three different reticles, available in either red or green illumination, offering you versatility and adaptability in various shooting conditions. Before use, the device needs to be sighted in or adjusted for alignment. This process involves placing the sight-mounted camera on a stable surface or tripod, targeting at a similar distance to the expected subjects, and adjusting the horizontal and vertical reticles to align the Dot, Circle, or Circle with Center Dot.Additionally, the DF-M1 Dot Sight offers an adjustment for five levels of brightness of the reticles, allowing you to customize the device to your specific needs and preferences. While it was initially released with the P1000, it is compatible with a range of Nikon cameras, including the Z7, D850, and D500. As long as your camera has a flash shoe above the lens, you can leverage the benefits of the DF-M1 Dot Sight.Whether you're using a large telephoto lens, capturing the International Space Station, or tracking far-off moving objects, the DF-M1 Dot Sight is a handy device that enhances your ability to reposition and focus with precision. Experience the difference in your photography with the DF-M1 Dot Sight.

Finder

An awesome device for superzoom cameras! Have you ever zoomed way in, then jiggled the camera and lost sight of the target? It is really hard to reacquire the target in superzoom. So you have to zoom out, find it in a wider angle view, then zoom back in. With the DF-M1, you first calibrate the device. Then, when zoomed in, if you lose target, merely shift your eye to the DF-M1 (which retains wide-angle view) and tilt the camera to put the red or green dot back onto the target. Bam! Your zoom is recentered on the target, while still zoomed in! The dot site is a lifesaver on Coolpix P1000, but will work on any camera with a flash shoe.

A MUST for Superzoom Cameras, such as P900, P950, or P1000

This is excellent product from Nikon it help me a lot capturing fast moving 
subject.

Fantastic highly recommended!

Really helps with zooming. Nice product to have when taking pics of objects that are far away.

Great product. Really helps with zooming.

While I felt that Adorama's packing and warehousing process with this item was less than stellar, I've really enjoyed this product. It is one of the most fully featured dot sights for cameras I have seen. Calibrating for parallax is quick and easy with the two wheels. I really like that you can change the dot colors to make them stand out from the background. Another nice touch is being able to change the type of the dot. There are three options that you can easily change between. This item is weatherproof and opens and closes smoothly and turns on when you open it and off when you close it. I used it with one of my 500mm Nikkors, and it was such a time saver since I don't have to hunt as much for my target. I can hold it to my eye, find it, then I can easily compose in my viewfinder. If you shoot long lenses, this can be quite a time saver. It works on any camera body with a hot shoe or cold shoe. It doesn't have to be Nikon. I have used it on my Olympus bodies also, and it works well

Time saver and very useful with long lenses

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This item is an absolute must for a bird photographer. It allows you to quickly spot and follow a bird in motion, while your lens is completely zoomed in.

Pros: fits into any brand that has a standard shoe. Does not require having a Nikon camera.

Con: the calibration knobs are too easy too move. so you should calibrate every time you plan on using it.

Best tool for bird photographers

I am using this with the 500pf and so far I love it.  I will take a little getting used to but its a good addition to my bag.  It stays with my 500pf.

Its a great addition to your gear bag.  Works well on long lenses to hit that target

Much better than the Olympus competing model.  The Olympus wiggled around it its base, would never stay sighted.  this one is firmly seated, and once it is sighted, it stays sighted
this is really good for shooting football games zoomed out.

You need this for football games!

When using 400mm or longer focal length lenses, It become extremely difficult to acquire and track small and fast moving objects in the distance. The new Nikon DF-M1 Dot Site completely solves the problem. Once you calibrate the red or green dot on the sight's finder screen with the center point of the camera's view finder, the frustration of finding your subject ends. This new devise is so accurate, you no longer need to watch the subject in the camera's view finder. Simply continue to track the subject with the red or green dot on the sight's finer screen and your subject will be captured within the image frame.

Solves a Very Real Problem

This is a great addition to a large lens for capturing birds in flight.  Before having this device I could not find the bird in the view finder most of the time with my 500 lens.  Now I'm on target most of the time and what a great feeling it is to get the subject on target.  The scope is easy to adjust and mounts easily on most cameras in just seconds.  The scope lets you have a full view of your surrounding area and works best with your head a short distance from the camera.  I have also used this scope without a tri-pod on a 300mm lens and was pleased with the results.

This is a handy device for repositioning when using a large telephoto lens or something like the Coolpix P1000. I've used to track and capture the International Space Station with good results, and for other far off moving objects with larger telephone lenses.

Telephoto lens repositioning

Dissapointed...

The alignment can be a bit tricky.  Plan on using a tripod.  Once done, it works really well to focus a (very) long lens on what you want, while you can keep situational awareness on a very wide area (normal sight).

Works very well

Was pleasantly surprised with design and quality build of this dot site. I have used the red dot gun site method but this has taken the concept to a higher level. I purchased it to use with the Nikon P1000, and it works great.

Easy way to follow a moving object while using a telephoto lens

This is a very intuitive device that will be a great aid for quick subject motion and acquisition of Birds in Flight and other rapidly moving subjects. It does not project a laser or other light onto the subject, the bright sighting reference is only visible with your eye centered with the DF-M1. It has three different reticles in either Red or Green illumination. It needs to be "sighted in" or adjusted for alignment before use by putting the sight mounted camera on a stable surface or tripod with a target at a similar distance to the expected BIFs. Adjustment requires the camera to be on and the DF-M1 to be open with battery installed so the Camera Monitor can be viewed and aligned to the reference subject and then the controls for the adjustment of the horizontal and vertical reticles turned to align the Dot, Circle, or Circle with Center Dot. There is also an adjustment for five levels of brightness of the Reticles. It was released with the P1000, but I have been using it with my Z7, D850, and D500. It should work with any camera with a flash shoe above the lens. Please, forgive my feeble attempt to illustrate how it works.

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