p.2 #1 · After an AF Nikon body for manual focusing
panos.v wrote:
Yup. Plus it means I buy two cameras. I just bought a F65 for the grand sum of £15. I'm sure I'll get by with the 18-35 and 50G on it. The manual focus stuff can stay with the D810. I'm pretty sure I'll eventually get an F3...again. I really need to stop rotating gear like that...but the mrs won't let me have more cameras than fingers in the house.
I also have the F65 for my AF needs - can't really beat it for the price. I used to have an F80 couple of years ago - it's a nicer camera overall, but mine had a slightly sticky grip which was annoying to use and it was 3-4x as expensive as the F65
p.2 #2 · After an AF Nikon body for manual focusing
fjablo wrote:
I also have the F65 for my AF needs - can't really beat it for the price. I used to have an F80 couple of years ago - it's a nicer camera overall, but mine had a slightly sticky grip which was annoying to use and it was 3-4x as expensive as the F65
The stickiness rubs off with a cloth and isopropyl alcohol. Did that to my 2 N80s, my N75, two F100s....
p.2 #4 · After an AF Nikon body for manual focusing
Desmolicious wrote:
(you did not specify rangefinder or SLR)
Mea culpa. TP said about Nikkor lens compatibility.
For different systems there is different options (F3 were great tool too, though) - XD/X700 for MInolta, OM3/4 for Olympus, MX for Pentax and so on...
p.2 #5 · After an AF Nikon body for manual focusing
panos.v wrote:
Hey folks, I'm after a Nikon AF film body that will also work with G lenses (currently 18-35, 50/1.8) and is good enough to manual focus as well (50/1.2 and I've got my eye on the CV 58/1.4 too and may revisit the ZF50/1.4 too). Yes yes I know, I want everything.
I had a F5 and F100 and I don't want to down that weight and size. The F80 is the obvious choice for G lenses but is it any good to manual focus a fast 50?
The other choice that looks maybe better for manual focus is the F/N90? What do people think about it? G lenses seem to work, if with a bit of faff...?
Or should I really go back to the F100? F6 is out of budget.
N90S. I kinda went crazy last year buying six of them. They have great metering, shutters, accurate AF, program modes, auto bracketing etc. The N90 and N90S were the basis for the first portable professional digital camera. (NC2000AP),and have focus confirmation for manual focus lenses. The sticky stuff comes off with naphtha and a microfiber cloth. Look for working units that still have their backs, and battery caddies. Ebay is full of spent shutter ones used on digital backs which are missing as are the battery caddy. Also look out for corrosion inside and on the caddy. Shutter life lasts about 150,000 actuations. I kept two, gave two away, and sold two. All six were keepers.
p.2 #6 · After an AF Nikon body for manual focusing
q-w-z wrote:
Mea culpa. TP said about Nikkor lens compatibility.
For different systems there is different options (F3 were great tool too, though) - XD/X700 for MInolta, OM3/4 for Olympus, MX for Pentax and so on...
Sorry if I came over as 'head strong'. They all are awesome, at this point it is which one feels best to you to use.
I really want a black OM2n, but have yet to find one w/o desilvering prism etc. In the past I had an OM4 which technically is 'better', but the OM2 just felt better in hand and through the VF.
p.2 #7 · After an AF Nikon body for manual focusing
James Markus wrote:
N90S. I kinda went crazy last year buying six of them. They have great metering, shutters, accurate AF, program modes, auto bracketing etc. The N90 and N90S were the basis for the first portable professional digital camera. (NC2000AP),and have focus confirmation for manual focus lenses. The sticky stuff comes off with naphtha and a microfiber cloth. Look for working units that still have their backs, and battery caddies. Ebay is full of spent shutter ones used on digital backs which are missing as are the battery caddy. Also look out for corrosion inside and on the caddy. Shutter life lasts about 150,000 actuations. I kept two, gave two away, and sold two. All six were keepers.
p.2 #8 · After an AF Nikon body for manual focusing
Well boo my F65 arrived faulty, shutter release was intermittent. I tried some contact cleaner, worked for a bit and then died. Anyway, back it goes. Looking at a F75 now on ebay...at least that has an AE Lock button, didn't even cross my mind to check that the F65 didn't have it. I guess I'm a bit spoiled by my bargain basement EOS 300 which has both manual ISO setting and AE lock!
I just bought a F65 for the grand sum of £15. I'm sure I'll get by with the 18-35 and 50G on it. The manual focus stuff can stay with the D810. I'm pretty sure I'll eventually get an F3...again. I really need to stop rotating gear like that...but the mrs won't let me have more cameras than fingers in the house. 
