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Post by Stan on Dec 11, 2013 18:36:16 GMT -5
That's exactly what I think I would do as well. The 30D sits in a pretty similar place in the Canon line-up as the D200 for Nikon. It's pretty astounding what you can get for your money on the used market these days, and you should be able to get something for the broken camera to help defray the expense.
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Post by Stan on Dec 10, 2013 19:12:16 GMT -5
I absolutely agree. Here in the colonies (North American that is), anything that's not "SP" seems to go for below $50. They are very hard to resist and seem to give great value for the money. I'm very much looking forward to the arrival of the 28-50mm and adding others as well, such as the 24mm, and 28mm.
I would also love to eventually get a Tair 300mm as well, preferably attached to a Fotosniper! I recently had to get the lube replaced on a 55mm Micro-Nikkor, so I feel your pain on that.
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Post by Stan on Dec 4, 2013 18:36:05 GMT -5
I'm in the process of moving more toward manual focus lenses myself. This started with a "chipped" Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 that my brother sent me. I have a D300 which can meter with most manual lens, but I'd like to be able to do that with my D40 as well. So, I'm in a bit of the same situation as you are. There's a Tamron Adaptall 300mm on the way, so I'm interested in checking that out on my Nikons much like yourself.
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Post by Stan on Jun 14, 2013 0:14:50 GMT -5
These photos remind me of ones I took when I took a photography course one summer.
Oh, back on the original subject; I'm trying to learn a new lens my brother gave me. A Nikon 50mm/f1.4, converted to AI AND "chipped"! It's a fun lens, but I'm learning to hate the screen on my D300 though!
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Post by Stan on Jun 14, 2013 0:08:11 GMT -5
After a couple of months, I still really like the Tokina a lot. The extra length (about 750mm) on my D300 is nice, but ROUGH to handhold! I do need to find somebody locally who can get rid of the fungus for me though!
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Post by Stan on May 20, 2013 21:35:55 GMT -5
The Vivitar 70-150mm/f3.8 CF lens arrived recently. Unfortunately, it's arrival coincided with our busiest time with, state and national exams, followed by prom and banquets, etc. So there's been no time to shoot with it. However, I'm struck by how small it is!
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Post by Stan on Apr 27, 2013 9:52:50 GMT -5
I just wrote a blog piece about my little mirror obsession and discussed the reduction in size from the MTOs and what the Japanese ended up doing with them in the next few years. I kind of suspected that this reduction might have something to do with the filter situation since I've never run across anything saying that it was necessary for the Russian lens. However, I certainly didn't have the technical knowledge, much less the expertise to explain the issue!
Thanks; this helps a lot. I always like to know "why" I'm doing something!
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Post by Stan on Apr 25, 2013 23:48:15 GMT -5
The Tokina RMC 500mm Cat lens arrived today. I promptly put it on my D300 and shot a few test shots down the street. It's in excellent condition complete with case, hood, caps and the 3 35.5mm filters, but no instructions. So I have a couple of questions and hopefully some one has some experience with this lens.
* What is the front filter thread size? I've seen it listed as 72mm, but it's bigger than that. I tried a 72mm filter and it was too small, but not by much. So it's not 72mm, but certainly not 77mm either. I don't intend on putting an actual filter there, but I want a lens cap for it. The one that comes with the lens fits over the lens hood which is bigger than the barrel of the lens, and I can see myself not wanting to use the hood at times, but will want a cap.
* I've read before that mirror lenses are designed to always have a filter on them. It came with the 3 original 35.5mm filters (1 Skylight, and 2 ND). But I don't have the instructions so I can't confirm whether that's the case on this lens.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Stan
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Post by Stan on Apr 25, 2013 21:14:14 GMT -5
Fixed now.
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Post by Stan on Apr 25, 2013 20:06:11 GMT -5
Just arrived today. I suspect it's going to take me awhile to get any good at it, but it'll be fun AND I just like the look of it! The image was shot this afternoon of a house down the street. 1/1250 f8 (of course), ISO 800
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Post by Stan on Apr 24, 2013 22:04:55 GMT -5
At the time I thought this was about the coolest camera I would ever own. But I sold it so it must have been less cool than I thought. I think I paid $300 for it used when I bought it in about 1972 -- that was a lot of money in those days. The Nikon F in black was absolutely the reason why I fell in love with the color! There are a few camera I prefer in chrome though, like the Miranda G.
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Post by Stan on Apr 24, 2013 21:18:44 GMT -5
VERY nice! That's a very impressive camera.
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Post by Stan on Apr 23, 2013 21:42:01 GMT -5
Back in a former life, I worked in IT for universities. Since these were relatively smaller entities being a "department", guys like me did everything. I was the technology budgetary person, as well as the support guy who cleaned out the mouse. One of the things I got to do was buy digital cameras which we used a lot for all manner of things like facilities maintenance documentation to images for in-house desktop publishing.
I bought a lot of Kodak "DC" series cameras in those days because they were dead simple to use, performed well and relatively inexpensive. It even led me to my very first digital, a Kodak DC4800.
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Post by Stan on Apr 23, 2013 0:35:27 GMT -5
The 35/1.8G is a decent lems but boy my old 55/2.8 micro manual focus lens blows it out of the water for sharpness on digital. One of the success stories with older glass making the transition to digital. Hopefully, I'll be able to say the same thing when I've gotten the hang of using the 50/1.4 Nikkor! Of course, all the Micro Nikkors are legendary regarding their sharpness!
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Post by Stan on Apr 23, 2013 0:16:45 GMT -5
Greetings yashica1943, I too have just recently joined, but I see you've already gotten off to quite a good start! We've own many of the same cameras such as the Vito B. I bought one some years ago because I "cut my photographic teeth" on a Bessamatic Deluxe. It sounds like you got a great deal on the Yashica FR1, which I think of as the "poor man's" Contax RTS and it appears that the Tamron Adaptalls are developing a following.
I'm mostly in possession of digital "shooters" right now, but am looking to get into "user" collectors more in the future. I've already enjoyed my first week on this forum quite a bit and am certain that you will too.
Stan
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