Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ooohhhh. i thought you said the only nikon MF lenses you were keeping were the 105 and the 55 macro. you mean all those primes you named (50/1.4, 35/2, 85/1.8, 24/2.8 etc) are MF lenses or you have them all in AF? I'm confused. But that's nothing new. My main point was if you have the wide angle primes you should hold on to them. From 35 on up you'll do just as well or better with the newer AF and AFS lenses but I don't think that's the case among the wides. All those f2.8 zooms are the size of Folger cans ain't they? No matter. After 40 years of course I wouldn't blame you for keeping one camera and one lens and letting it all go. Interesting thought: what would it be? Oh, and if you're spending a little money on the Nikon folks they got a new 24mm f1.4 (I think it's 1.4) that looks oh so fine. On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >