CGrindahl wrote:
This is an old photo... Spring of 2016 and I doubtless posted it at the time... but it came to mind this morning and I had to search it out... So I'll share it again.
CGrindahl wrote:
This is an old photo... Spring of 2016 and I doubtless posted it at the time... but it came to mind this morning and I had to search it out... So I'll share it again.
Heads up, Tempe Camera in Arizona has a brand new, never sold F3 HP with motor, boxed NOS. Unit came from an estate of a late camera shop owner. Priced about $1,600 . Their phone is 480-966-6954, ask for sales.
Harry Palmer
See that puff of smoke? That was Rafael’s credit card coming out of his wallet
Kingfishphoto wrote:
Heads up, Tempe Camera in Arizona has a brand new, never sold F3 HP with motor, boxed NOS. Unit came from an estate of a late camera shop owner. Priced about $1,600 . Their phone is 480-966-6954, ask for sales.
Harry Palmer
My theory of life is based on the principle of “have, want & need!” If you don’t have it want it and need it…. Get it! If you have it, don’t want it or need it! Sell it!
This work for cameras, cars, and any other thing you can collect, consume or covet!
I have a Z6, I want a Zf but do I need it?
Now the only rub I’ve encountered in this theory is if it is a good deal and on sale. The decider then is between want and need.
SiMuMe wrote:
This plant yields beautiful flowers I've never seen before but is so unwieldy. It's too big and tall for its own good. A more uniform pink version on the other side of the garden.
rafaelcasd wrote:
I get excited about old lenses and old cameras, F3 not so much. Maybe an F3P or F3 titanium.
I love my F3/T "champagne" as representing the best-looking and most functional of the old-school Nikon professional/film cameras, and over time I gradually acquired "the complete set" of the MD-4, all the finders, and even the exotic MD-18 data-back, but the value of this investment has plummeted. Unless you're a collector, I'd say even an NOS F3/MD-4 setup is not worth $1600 as you can easily get near-mint examples for a fraction of that.
Contemplating that F3/T setup still brings a smile to my face, but its place in my heart (and camera bag) has been replaced by a chrome DF, which still fits all my lenses. For film, I stick to my Plaubel 670..
grantgoodes wrote:
I love my F3/T "champagne" as representing the best-looking and most functional of the old-school Nikon professional/film cameras, and over time I gradually acquired "the complete set" of the MD-4, all the finders, and even the exotic MD-18 data-back, but the value of this investment has plummeted. Unless you're a collector, I'd say even an NOS F3/MD-4 setup is not worth $1600 as you can easily get near-mint examples for a fraction of that.
Contemplating that F3/T setup still brings a smile to my face, but its place in my heart (and camera bag) has been replaced by a chrome DF, which still fits all my lenses. For film, I stick to my Plaubel 670.....Show more →
When I bought an F3/T, I considered heavily whether I wanted the F3/T (HP) vs a standard F3 or F3HP. I ultimately went with the F3HP and didn't want to justify the extra $$$ for a good copy. It was the right decision, but I do love the look of the titanium body and the black/silver smaller Nikon bodies. A still life shot of that F3/T setup would be lovely I need to dill a still of my F3 soon.
Here is a shot on the Z6 with the 28/2.8 AI-S from Sunday evening as the sun was setting between two of the five storm cells that hailed on us that evening and overnight. We were very blessed to dodge the hail larger than 1.5" and the high straightline wind damage; some of my coworkers were not so. Sunlight Through The Storm by Alan Hudson, on Flickr
The Zf looks lovely. Ergonomics of the body itself look great.
I think mounting any of the native Nikon Z lenses is going to be a complete UI/UX mismatch.
I don't want to turn my AI-S lenses into AI-P lenses with chips and lose the ability to use the aperture ring on a Z body.
Nikon will probably NEVER make manual focus Z mount compact primes/zooms with real helicoids and aperture rings that match this body
I already have the 58/1.4G which I dearly enjoy and like several others here, I don't want to acquire another expensive ~50mm lens (would be the Voigtlander 50APO Lanthar for sure) in order to get the UI/UX I want.
Feature wise, this body doesn't really give enough features to move the needle from my Z6.
My Z6 has been an admirable upgrade from my D700 and I enjoy both the Z lenses and Nikon AI-S lenses even with the missing EXIF data. My killer features to move an upgrade already exist in the Z8 and Z9 (shutter to protect sensor from dust during lens changes, blackout free VF, improved AF tracking is nice but not super important to me right now). I won't bother upgrading until a used Z8 is $2000 or less though. I'm very happy with my Z6 for now, even though I have to clean the sensor frequently.
mjgphotoz wrote:
Oh, yes it IS a flower! The MOST beautiful kind! Love it!
Mary
For a flower(s) person, I think it's worth telling the world when I'm straying to other genres. Thank you very much, Mary. I had fun. School is off for a bit and people have permission to have some fun. Then I get to sneak up on them with my hobby.
