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CGrindahl wrote:
Sitting at home with a bit of a rash that makes distracting myself a priority, I reviewed the spreadsheet I'd created some time ago to keep track of lens purchases. On a whim, I decided to add the dates each purchase was made. If you think that is easy, think again. The purchases were made over six and a half years from a variety of sources. Unfortunately, Fred threw out private messages that wiped out some of the history for purchases made through FM. Also unfortunate, is the fact my recent change of computers, which included an upgrade of the operating system, made emails I've kept not readily available. I'd kept a folder I called "Internet Purchases" and another called "E-Bay" into which I dropped emails related to lens purchases. The folders are gone and the emails reside unsorted in a 13 gigabyte folder that is accessible but challenging to utilize.
By searching emails, reviewing photos taken I was able to find the purchase date for all but one lens... one of two 135 f/3.5 Q AI lenses I own. I bought quite a few 135mm lenses and not every purchase was clearly identified so I couldn't get there. I also was unable to find dates for Nikon extension tubes.
After finding the dates, I thought it might be fun to organize the spreadsheet so I'd know purchases made by year... just the sort of stuff every person needs to know, right... 
Anyway, indulge me... here is my history of lens purchases since I began this adventure...
2010 - 8 lenses - $1,739.24
2011 - 15 lenses - $4,749.98
2012 - 7 lenses - $1,512.32
2013 - 7 lenses - $1,080.72
2014 - 2 lenses - $375.24
2015 - 3 lenses - $365.02
2016 - 4 lenses - $763.19
I'm pretty certain the second 135 f/3.5 Q AI, which cost a paltry $65.60 was purchased in 2015. I also think the extension tubes and teleconverters that cost a total of $547.39 were all bought in 2011. I was seriously into kit building at that time.
So there you have it. I didn't try to document the two D700s or the Df. As has been noted, we invest in lenses but buy an occasional camera so we can use them...  ...Show more →
Now there would be a challenge. I started this manual Nikkor adventure back in 1995, and I did not have email back then.
I know that over the years I bought and sold quite a few lenses. I think that if I gave it some thought, I would be able to puzzle most of that back together to a coherent story
This was the camera I bought in 1995, then for US$200
 DSC_5944-Edit by b j, on Flickr
With it came this very 50mm f2 Ai
 _DSC8790-2 by b j, on Flickr
Later that year I picked up a Tokina 17mm f3,5. Can't exactly remember what I paid for it, but it was somewhere around US$150
In 1997 I then bought a Nikon FM2 body (the one Kristina uses now), an MD-12, 80-200 f4 (sold in 2015) and 55mm f3,5 Ai micro Nikkor which I still own today
Another 2 years went by where I spent all my money on film and paper, but then I walked past a shop (1999 or early 2000) that had the 200-600 f9,5 zoom Nikkor in it's display. I went in and bought that lens, together with a 135mm f2,8 Nikkor-Q and a Sigma 28-70 f2,8 for Nikon for $450
2001 I met a nice person, sold him a mountainbike and a few weeks later he gave me a Bronica SQAi with 50mm f3,5 PS, 80mm f2,8 and 150mm f3,5. He didn't even want any money for it.
In 2001 Nikon released the D100. I borrowed one whenever I needed a digital camera. That was my kit until 2006 where I traded the Bronica for a Nikon D70s and an SB-600.
In 2008 I found the D70s to be fairly limiting (even though the 1/500th flash sync is still amazing by todays standards) and bought a used D200 for $800, and a few weeks later I bought 2 (yes two) Nikon 14-24 f2,8 zoom Nikkors in a special offer (buy two photography items, get the cheaper one for free). I sold the 2nd lens and spent the money on a 105mm f2,8 VR micro Nikkor, an SB-700 and a new camera bag. That's $1950 spent on a 14-24 f2,8, 105 f2,8 VR, an SB-700 and a LowePro holster bag. Not a bad deal.
Between 2008 and 2010 I bought an 85mm f1,8 AF-D, 70-210 f4-5,6 AF-D and a Sigma 28mm f1,8 EX for $350, $140 and $170 resp.
In 2010 I then sold the D200 for $900 and bought a D300 for $850. I spent the $50 on pizza most likely 
With the D300 I also wanted a faster tele lens and I bought a nice 80-200 f2,8 AF-D two ring zoom after trying a 180mm f2,8 AF and 3 Tokina 80-200 f2,8 lenses. Paid $650 for that one.
The Sigma lens started bothering me. It was too big to carry alongside the 14-24 and the 80-200, so I sold it and bought a 28mm f2,8 Ai in 2013. That was the year in which I registered in this forum and started posting in this very thread.
I bought a Sony NEX in 2014. Sold it soon after though. Other purchases in 2014 were a 50mm f1,4 Nikkor-S.C for $100, 105mm f2,5 Ai-S for $100, 105mm f2,5 Nikkor-P.C for $150, a 24mm f2,8 Nikkor-N.C for $140 and a 135mm f3,5 Nikkor-Q for $50. The 135mm Nikkor-Q, 105mm f2,5 Ai-S and the Sony all left in 2014 for about the price I paid for them. To make up for the disapointment of the NEX I bought a Nikon F3 for $140. Sold the 200-600 f9,5 that year as well.
I also sold the 14-24 f2,8 and bought my Nikon D3. Pretty much a straight trade. The most significant purchase of 2014 was the 55mm f1,2 Nikkor-S.C. I loved that lens straight from the start. Paid AU$ 172 for it.
In 2015 my 80-200 f4 Ai-S was sold, along with the 28mm f2,8 Ai. I bought a 20mm f3,5 Nikkor-UD for $28. I further sold the 105mm f2,8 VR because Kristina also owned one and spent the $550 freed on an 85mm f1,4 AF-D. Also bought a 28mm f2 Nikkor-N.C for $100. Sold the 28mm later because it did not focus to infinity, even after adjusting. I also picked up another 135mm f2,8 Nikkor-Q.C for $50 and a 135mm f3,5 Nikkor-Q.C for $75 until Curtis pointed me to a really nice 200mm f4 Nikkor-Q.C which I bought for $140. After the 200mm I bought a 50mm f1,4 Nikkor-S, sold my 105mm f2,5 to Kristian, bought a 105mm f2,5 Nikkor-P Sonnar from Eike, sold my 50mm f1,4 Nikkor-S.C. The 16mm f3,5 for $250 was the last lens purchase of that year.
In regard to cameras, I bought a Nikon F2 in 2015. Paid $200 for the camera, with DP-3 finder and a 50mm f1,4 K series. I gave Kristina the 50mm and we converted it to Ai for her then new D800. I also bought a Nikon FE2 for $33. It came with a 50mm f2 Nikkor-H.C. Sold the Nikkor for $100 and the FE2 for $140. I bought my 1st Nikon F for $140, which turned out to be a red dot F. Nice bonus there.
I was given a Nikon F3 towards the end of 2015. In 2016 I bought another Nikon F for $200. This one came with Photomic finder and a plain prism finder. I sold the camera body for $100, but kept both finders. In th epackage was also a 5cm f2 Nikkor-S.
In April 2016 Nikko visited us, and NMFGAS struck hard. I gave in and bought another 80-200 f4 Ai-S
That's about the time where I lost my job. I have not purchased anything Nikon since, but now that my D3 is failing fast, I am considering selling the D3 and 80-200 f2,8 AF-D to fund the Fuji. The same person that gave me a Nikon F3 also gave me a lik enew 50mm f1,8 Ai-S.
I really should do an updated version of this one of these days:
 DSC_5777-Edit-Edit by b j, on Flickr
Edited on May 23, 2017 at 05:47 PM · View previous versions
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