1. You can just get one zoom lens to cover these focal lengths - then again you can use that argument against any prime lens.'
2. Manual stop down metering, need to focus wide open, then manually stop down to your correct aperture. Easy enough on the F2AS as you just watch the meter leds and adjust until they show correct exposure.
3. Pretty much can only focus wide open on a film SLR. On a digicam w EVF the EVF takes care of that, but who shoots digital cameras anymore now that everyone has a smart phone?
4. Focus ring is ill defined, and the closer you get to infinity, the less of it there is to grip! Plus it is smooth! So often you accidentally turn the aperture ring instead.
5.Really stupid metal spin spin spin on lens caps. I just replaced them with snap on 52mm caps and left the metal ones at home.
6. Don't do what I did and drop in the additional shaped aperture plates (I picked the star! lots provided). Unless you have a very specific close to you background - back lit highlights etc - all it does is kill your max aperture and make it much harder to focus.
Upsides?
1. Er the optics are shockingly good. So much better than I would have imagined. Great sharpness and 3d pop. Super flare resistance - again did not expect that.
2. The lens units really are small, so you can have all three in one pocket (but figure out how not to let them get damaged by smacking around). Actually it would be two in a pocket and one on the camera.
3. There is a 15mm lens - which I have but did not bring along because I had little faith in the regular lenses!
4. See #1
My conclusion? These lenses are great optically but you kinda use them for the same reason you decide to drive a car that has a manual gear box with no syncromesh. If you practice I'm sure you can get really good at it, but there are much easier ways to get great results!
More to add... the focus action is actually very smooth and even, with perfect weighting. No slop or play in it at all. The step-less aperture mechanism is ok - pretty smooth but you can feel some grittiness.
The base unit that the lenses plug into (which has the focus and aperture mechanisms) attaches very securely to the camera - again no play. There is a little play in the lens bodies when they are attached to the base unit. Not terrible but it is there. It has a lock mechanism so they can't come loose by themselves.
1. You can just get one zoom lens to cover these focal lengths - then again you can use that argument against any prime lens.'
2. Manual stop down metering, need to focus wide open, then manually stop down to your correct aperture. Easy enough on the F2AS as you just watch the meter leds and adjust until they show correct exposure.
3. Pretty much can only focus wide open on a film SLR. On a digicam w EVF the EVF takes care of that, but who shoots digital cameras anymore now that everyone has a smart phone?
4. Focus ring is ill defined, and the closer you get to infinity, the less of it there is to grip! Plus it is smooth! So often you accidentally turn the aperture ring instead.
5.Really stupid metal spin spin spin on lens caps. I just replaced them with snap on 52mm caps and left the metal ones at home.
6. Don't do what I did and drop in the additional shaped aperture plates (I picked the star! lots provided). Unless you have a very specific close to you background - back lit highlights etc - all it does is kill your max aperture and make it much harder to focus.
Upsides?
1. Er the optics are shockingly good. So much better than I would have imagined. Great sharpness and 3d pop. Super flare resistance - again did not expect that.
2. The lens units really are small, so you can have all three in one pocket (but figure out how not to let them get damaged by smacking around). Actually it would be two in a pocket and one on the camera.
3. There is a 15mm lens - which I have but did not bring along because I had little faith in the regular lenses!
4. See #1
My conclusion? These lenses are great optically but you kinda use them for the same reason you decide to drive a car that has a manual gear box with no syncromesh. If you practice I'm sure you can get really good at it, but there are much easier ways to get great results!...Show more →
I knew you would pull it off. Thanks for giving it a go!
Winter has lasted longer this year, last year the daffodils had come and gone by now. I saw the very first one come out today. Nikon n90s, c200, pakon scan, most likely the nikon 28-80 zoom.
Thanks for giving it a go! 
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