Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vince, I am down to 3 Nikon zooms for most of my photography - 17-55 f2.8DX, 70-200f2.8 and the 200-400 f4, with the 1.4x and 1.7x teleconverters. I also have the 50mmf1.4, 85mmf1.8 and 180mmf2.8 which I use as a travel kit, and my son (who also shoots Nikon) basically uses the 24mmf2.8, 35mmf2, 18-70 kit lens and my old 80-400 zoom. Between us I would say we have the Nikon primes pretty much covered as well! I have the two MF lenses I mentioned before and the Leica R 100mm APO converted to Nikon mount. There is really too much equipment even after getting rid of a cupboard full of stuff. If I get the full frame D700 or equivalent, I suppose I will have to get the new 16-35 to go with it and replace my 17-55 which is a DX lens, and maybe upgrade some of the primes. I also converted my old D70 to IR, but have not given it a workout as yet. 40 years of lethargy in selling camera equipment really comes home to roost - better to keep selling as you buy! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com>wrote: > Jayanand, > That's an amazing list. > If you get the D700 (and I can only cheer you on since I love that camera > and hope to buy one or whatever its next generation may be and have > researched it a great deal and can say, from my researches at least, you > cannot get a better full frame camera for that money) then I'd consider > holding on to a few other pieces of your Nikon glass. MF on these cameras > is > extremely easy and even working without meter is extremely easy since your > experienced guess will be close and you get immediate info on how to fine > tune it. Of your Nikon glass, if you have these, I advise keeping: any of > the 20mm lenses, the 24/2.8, the 28/2.0, the 28/2.8 if it's the AIs > focusing > to .2 m (which is the one I have; I've heard that the other is not so > good). > The newer 35 AFS and 85 AFS beat out their brilliant MF counterparts but > none of those other primes do. > > That's my opinion anyway. > > Vince > >