Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> > > Awhile recuperating from the flu earlier this year, I passed the time on > eBay and somehow found myself in possession of 2 Nikon Fs, and a 35/3.5 > PC-Nikkor, all of this for a bit less than the cheapest M-camera. According > to Peter Braczko's Complete Nikon System, this lens was a historical > milestone, being the first-ever perspective control lens for 35mm. It's a > 1962 design and resolution seems pretty low near maybe the outermost 1/4th > of the image circle (and it's a big circle) but contrast seems decent > throughout. Loads of fun for snapshooting in the city because buildings no > longer look like they're collapsing, and I can PC my way right out of plate > glass reflections; all this with an itty bitty handheld 35mm camera! It's > not incredibly lightweight though: A Nikon F body with meterless prism > weighs a lot more than an FM10 or F80. Can't wait to demo the new 45/2.8 > pancake lens, and the 85 PC Micro tilt/shift lens sounds whacky but in a > very interesting sort of way. > > Jeff S > NO ARCHIVE I love how you made this on topic by writing "all of this for a bit less than the cheapest M-camera"! Why not put such Nikon ecstaticisism on the Nikon list? Is the 2,8/28 PC Super-Angulon not worth saving up for? I think it would be! THAT is on topic and something i can get excited about. And I'm sure that for the price of one you could get all kinds of cool cheap Nikon/Canon gear… BUT HOW CARES!? Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/