bruni wrote:
Reagan - ha ha ...I went past "needing" to buy about 50 lenses and 6 cameras ago. And I'm more tragic than you - I don't buy and sell, I just keep them all.
Curtis - love the baseball pics cropped wide horizontally.
Ken - great to see the 75 - 150, it's a sentimental favourite of mine.
George - George, George, you're evil, seriously unhinged. That 8.5 is too beautiful, and luckily it's so cheap.
ben
Great minds or weak wills... something we share Ben. I've sold a lens or two but either because I've replaced it with a cleaner copy, or it was a lens I bought simply to salvage an AI aperture ring or because I've bought it for someone else and subsequently shipped it along to them. I've done that for Jose, David, Rinie and Chris. Of course, after finding my way to Nikon's amazing collection of manual focus lenses I had to sell first my Canon kit, then the Nikon AF lenses with which I started my Nikon adventure. I still have two AF lenses, but they reside with my partner Sue who also has my D700. She is capable of turning the focusing ring but prefers AF, so I kept a 50 f/1.8 and the venerable 85 f/1.4 D. Nothing wrong with holding onto lenses if you don't NEED to liberate the cash. With these lenses there generally isn't a great deal of cash to liberate, so it is more trouble that I'm willing to entertain.
CGrindahl wrote:
I hope you guys all have your cameras ready so we can see some photos of YOU as well as the market. The market has been on this thread dozens of times but we don't often get photos of you mugs... especially Samy, who has been incognito for years...
Have a great day guys... wish I were with you.
I am just a little jealous too! Should be a great time for you both but will Staunton survive?
I've got a passel of lenses packed up and ready to head out the door to shoot some unusual items that come out once a year. Just going to leave that teaser here
CGrindahl wrote:
Great minds or weak wills... something we share Ben. I've sold a lens or two but either because I've replaced it with a cleaner copy, or it was a lens I bought simply to salvage an AI aperture ring or because I've bought it for someone else and subsequently shipped it along to them. I've done that for Jose, David, Rinie and Chris. Of course, after finding my way to Nikon's amazing collection of manual focus lenses I had to sell first my Canon kit, then the Nikon AF lenses with which I started my Nikon adventure. I still have two AF lenses, but they reside with my partner Sue who also has my D700. She is capable of turning the focusing ring but prefers AF, so I kept a 50 f/1.8 and the venerable 85 f/1.4 D. Nothing wrong with holding onto lenses if you don't NEED to liberate the cash. With these lenses there generally isn't a great deal of cash to liberate, so it is more trouble that I'm willing to entertain.
I prefer to rent them for a month or a year or so and then move them along
I usually only lose the shipping cost and sometimes make a few bucks
Never really collected anything since I was a kid and then it was Marvel Comics and baseball cards
Gave them up when I discovered girls I would have been much better off financially with the comics and cards
Girl after girl, woman after woman Until 1994 when one finally stuck
Love you Diane
CGrindahl wrote:
Well done Glen, on both counts! It seems Nikon isn't capable of making bad lenses at 135mm. Since you're not shooting a silver Df the Q.C. version of the f/3.5 lens should serve you well, especially so since it has the Nikon AI conversion kit installed. Definitely the price is right. Now all you need is a bit of patience, though in my experience, lenses coming from Japan can get here faster than items shipped from the East coast.
Thanks Curtis. I, for one, appreciate your enabling skills, especially when they guide me towards such a bargain as that 135! And now that I'm also in negotiations for the 180 f/2.8 Ai-s on the B&S board -- to replace the one I have, which has a minor scratch on the front element -- I find myself appreciating Laura's enabling skills too! (On the other hand, this little spending spree of mine really needs to end now. )
I've started to do some processing of my more recent files, so now I can start to gush and wax poetic about my wonderful new home on Vancouver Island. Here are a few photos taken with the 50 f/1.2 Ai-s on my D800E from the top of Sugarloaf Mountain (it's really just a tall hill) within a few blocks of my house in Nanaimo. The first image shows Departure Bay, with the ferry terminal toward the upper left for ferries going to and from Vancouver on the Lower Mainland of BC. In the lower right corner of the photo, you can see a bit of the roof of the 7-Eleven at the end of my street, about 50 metres from my house. The second shot shows the ferry entering Departure Bay, and the third shows a dying arbutus tree on Sugarloaf Mountain, with a bit of Nanaimo in the background.
We finally get to meet Samy! He and Ken, along with Ken's wife Robin, visited Barbara and I at the market. Thanks guys for coming, it was great to meet you.
bruni wrote:
Leighton here are some samples of the nikkor S 50mm f1.4 on the XT2 as requested.
(Please indulge me exceeding the limit - it's for Leighton. I doubled up on one to show the difference between Lightroom and ON1 RAW for X-Trans files.I think ON1 is generally sharper).
This was an interesting experiment. I don't think the 50mm f1.4 S shines on the XT2, not like it does on the A7RII. It's hard to beat that Sony sensor.
I'm feeling very "lens gendered" now - somehow the nikons don't feel right on the Fuji to me.
Now if that's quite a lineup Leighton, I'd have to say they're ALL guilty...
I see Samy's got a big camera bag to handle his collection of gear. I'm seeing a Df and what appears to be the early rangefinder he's been using. I didn't know there is a camera museum in Staunton. That is a treat. Sorry it wasn't open.
Thanks Samy for letting us get a look at your mug. You are no longer incognito on this thread.
And Ken, you gotta say something about that Detroit Tiger's cap. That has to be leftover from your youth. Dedication to sports teams tends to begin when we're young and carry on for decades. What's your story?
We'll expect more photos from the day's festivities... once you get to your respective computers.
CGrindahl wrote:
Now if that's quite a lineup Leighton, I'd have to say they're ALL guilty...
I see Samy's got a big camera bag to handle his collection of gear. I'm seeing a Df and what appears to be the early rangefinder he's been using. I didn't know there is a camera museum in Staunton. That is a treat. Sorry it wasn't open.
Thanks Samy for letting us get a look at your mug. You are no longer incognito on this thread.
And Ken, you gotta say something about that Detroit Tiger's cap. That has to be leftover from your youth. Dedication to sports teams tends to begin when we're young and carry on for decades. What's your story?
We'll expect more photos from the day's festivities... once you get to your respective computers. ...Show more →
Samy had a little bit of everything with him. He's got so many lenses he can't count them all.
Don't yell at me, but I think I have Ken interested in a Fuji.
Ron was born and raised on a farm he later purchased from his parents. He worked the farm during vacations from his job as a high school civics teacher. He gave me this steady stare as I focused the 55 f/1.2 S.C. AI. Looking at the image, I'm reminded of the man in the Grant Woods' classic "American Gothic." See what you think. Ron is a good guy, but a bit constrained emotionally.
Ron was born and raised on a farm he later purchased from his parents. He worked the farm during vacations from his job as a high school civics teacher. He gave me this steady stare as I focused the 55 f/1.2 S.C. AI. Looking at the image, I'm reminded of the man in the Grant Woods' classic "American Gothic." See what you think. Ron is a good guy, but a bit constrained emotionally.
leighton w wrote:
Samy had a little bit of everything with him. He's got so many lenses he can't count them all.
Don't yell at me, but I think I have Ken interested in a Fuji.
I've reconciled myself Leighton, to the fact we have a slew of polymorphously perverse camera aficionados on this thread. Since we made the decision to open this thread to other cameras, I can hardly complain when people actually BUY other cameras. I know your intentions were pure when you suggested we entertain that idea, though I was a bit worried when you jettisoned most of your Nikon lenses and effectively disappeared from the thread. But you didn't completely disappear, no doubt because like me you've made so many good friends here. And now you've actually added a second Nikkor and are talking like someone who might actually buy more when the time is right. I have to say though that I'm surprised Ken could be led astray. He and Reagan were the two regulars most disturbed by the decision to accept other cameras. But since Reagan has wandered himself, there is little reason for Ken to stand alone in his resistance. I likely won't join you but I am impressed with Fuji offerings. I'm simply happy enough with my Df to let that be my camera for the foreseeable future.
CGrindahl wrote:
I've reconciled myself Leighton, to the fact we have a slew of polymorphously perverse camera aficionados on this thread. Since we made the decision to open this thread to other cameras, I can hardly complain when people actually BUY other cameras. I know your intentions were pure when you suggested we entertain that idea, though I was a bit worried when you jettisoned most of your Nikon lenses and effectively disappeared from the thread. But you didn't completely disappear, no doubt because like me you've made so many good friends here. And now you've actually added a second Nikkor and are talking like someone who might actually buy more when the time is right. I have to say though that I'm surprised Ken could be led astray. He and Reagan were the two regulars most disturbed by the decision to accept other cameras. But since Reagan has wandered himself, there is little reason for Ken to stand alone in his resistance. I likely won't join you but I am impressed with Fuji offerings. I'm simply happy enough with my Df to let that be my camera for the foreseeable future. ...Show more →
I'll never stop using these old Nikkors. They are so easy focusing with these mirrorless cameras. Who knows, Nikon said they're coming out with a new mirrorless offering in the relative near future. If they will accept F-Mount lenses, I may have a look.
Samy, Ken and I were talking about how great of a community we have on this thread. It's for this reason that I and my fellow "polymorphously perverse camera aficionados" will always have a Nikkor or two in their bag.
I love how putting Nikon lenses on Sony or Fuji bodies went from "lens gendered" to "polymorphously perverse". Huh? Reagan, Curtis, yes, you too Leighton, you need to get a grip. I wish transcending sexual categorisation were as easy as swapping lenses on my A7RII.
Good to see Ken and Samy (and Leighton). I noticed Samy had different cameras too.
Curtis - thank you for the wide baseball shot ( didn't pass unnoticed)
Lestor - really lovely colours in your set, especially the blues. Are you doing anything in particular?
Leighton - I think the 50 f1.4 was a bust on the Fuji. You probably don't see it so much on screen, but when I was pixel peeping I could see the images were not good. I think the Fuji lenses sre much better with that sensor. My Leica 50 lux is also much better on the Fuji than my beloved nikkor.
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