I recently picked up an A7rii. Seems like my Nikon lenses work pretty well even with a cheap adapter. #1 & #3 are with the 24mm 2.8 AIS at f8. #2 is the 200mm f4 wide open.
Nikon Micro-Nikkor P 55mm f/3.5 (non-compensating with factory Ai conversion).
Seller has a rather good feedback rating and offers a 30 day warranty! I have no association with him just pointing the auction out due to the recent interest in the lens.
You know you want it... you know you're going to go look at it....
Otherwise you wouldn't have been cruising Craigslist
ramkumar999 wrote:
There is a 400mm f2.8 AIS that popped in my local CL. Please convince me that I dont need this lens. I own a 400mm f3.5 and 500mm f4 P.
ramkumar999 wrote:
There is a 400mm f2.8 AIS that popped in my local CL. Please convince me that I dont need this lens. I own a 400mm f3.5 and 500mm f4 P.
you need that 400mm f/2.8 AIS boat anchor like you need a hole in your head.
The only reason I am browsing is to look for used D7200. I have a Nikkor 300mm f2.8 AF-New that doesn’t get used. May be if I sell it, then I can justify the f2.8
Plus I am sentimentally attached to my bargain 400mm F3.5 that I found for $600. It’s sharp at f5.6, handholdable and gets the job done.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
You know you want it... you know you're going to go look at it....
Otherwise you wouldn't have been cruising Craigslist
pburke wrote:
you need that 400mm f/2.8 AIS boat anchor like you need a hole in your head.
ramkumar999 wrote:
The only reason I am browsing is to look for used D7200. I have a Nikkor 300mm f2.8 AF-New that doesn’t get used. May be if I sell it, then I can justify the f2.8
Plus I am sentimentally attached to my bargain 400mm F3.5 that I found for $600. It’s sharp at f5.6, handholdable and gets the job done.
pburke wrote:
you need that 400mm f/2.8 AIS boat anchor like you need a hole in your head.
The thing is, you NEED several holes in your head. Especially nostrils and mouth, but also ears. But I would agree, you don't need that lens, if you already have another big fast manual focus lenses. Not really sure how 2/3 of an f-stop at the expense of more weight is going to make any difference.
Jay, cool cave shot. Was the Ronald Reagan also shot with you PC24? Nice one too!
Curtis, nice to see some vintage shots of you.
Ram, really nice 55/3.5 shots. I really have to learn how to stack.
José, love those lichen shots. There is something special about how they grow, forming interesting structures..Really nice bird shots as well.
Peter, awesome pano from your hike. I would love to hike there.
Sar, so much beautiful colours in your golf course shot.
Glen, nice shots of those sea gulls.
Bill, really like your 200mm shot!
Steve, can you beam ober one of those rhum barrels? My mouth is watering. And yes, there was a bit of confusion about the micro-55 lens, but I cleared it out (I hope). We´ll see in a couple off weeks when mine have arrived...
Took a few shots with the 28/2.8 ais today. I realised today that mine is not very sharp, in fact not at all very sharp when taking distant shots to infinity. I know this lens is better close-up than infinity, but I think that something has happened to mine cause it was very unsharp...
DougJGreen wrote:
The thing is, you NEED several holes in your head. Especially nostrils and mouth, but also ears. But I would agree, you don't need that lens, if you already have another big fast manual focus lenses. Not really sure how 2/3 of an f-stop at the expense of more weight is going to make any difference.
First 2 shots with Sony A7RII + Fotasy adapter + Reflex-Nikkor C 1000mm f/11 + tripod, ISO 1600, f/11 at 1/1000-200s; 19-21% cropped (8-9/42.2MP).
Last shot with same camera setup + Nikkor 600mm f5.6N ai-s EDIF + TC16A (=960/9), f/9 at 1/3200s.
DougJGreen wrote:
The thing is, you NEED several holes in your head. Especially nostrils and mouth, but also ears. But I would agree, you don't need that lens, if you already have another big fast manual focus lenses. Not really sure how 2/3 of an f-stop at the expense of more weight is going to make any difference.
There is that big lens coolness factor. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people call it a "bazooka" or asked "how far can that thing zoom?" I generally say "infinity" and move on. No time to explain fast aperture and light transmission and subject isolation to people who clearly don't know jack about lenses.
I still like my 600mm f/4.0, but I don't use it any longer. It is going to get sold this year for sure, because I am not a collector, and I don't shoot landscape with a 600 very often, and there's still some value in that lens for someone else I guess, although if it was me, I'd never buy a manual focus lens of that category again.
If you do "collect" these things, they are great lenses. Gotta have one of the big bad boys in your kit. I'd love to have that 400/2.8 AIS on the shelf for the occasional fun shoot, but the prices are just out of whack with real world use value when a modern VR zoom clearly outperforms these old monsters on every level except for max light transmission and subject isolation when shot wide open, but then good luck getting that f/2.8 shot in focus
The guy is asking $1250 for the 400mm f2.8 AIS with box.
pburke wrote:
There is that big lens coolness factor. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people call it a "bazooka" or asked "how far can that thing zoom?" I generally say "infinity" and move on. No time to explain fast aperture and light transmission and subject isolation to people who clearly don't know jack about lenses.
I still like my 600mm f/4.0, but I don't use it any longer. It is going to get sold this year for sure, because I am not a collector, and I don't shoot landscape with a 600 very often, and there's still some value in that lens for someone else I guess, although if it was me, I'd never buy a manual focus lens of that category again.
If you do "collect" these things, they are great lenses. Gotta have one of the big bad boys in your kit. I'd love to have that 400/2.8 AIS on the shelf for the occasional fun shoot, but the prices are just out of whack with real world use value when a modern VR zoom clearly outperforms these old monsters on every level except for max light transmission and subject isolation when shot wide open, but then good luck getting that f/2.8 shot in focus
is it like new? it should be at that price. That's where the values have dropped for these lenses. My 600/f4 was $2800 in 2014, but now maybe $1600. Still a lot when compared to a 200-500mm VR, unless you see more than just a tool in this thing. If you're not worried about someone else snagging it up before you make your move, just for kicks go rent a 200-500mm VR for a few days, just to get a reference for what $1250 get you these days.
ramkumar999 wrote:
Peter,
The guy is asking $1250 for the 400mm f2.8 AIS with box.
