AdaptedLenses wrote:
Opposite end of the spectrum from Rafael’s collection… wanted to help out a guy that runs the local lab and has had a rough year. He was trying to get rid of stuff and needed cash. A bit of fungus and no beauty queens, but they all work and glass doesn’t effect IQ. The 55/1.2 I’ve been looking for and the 105/1.8 he almost insisted I take, plus a miraculous 80-200 f/4.5 that doesn’t have zoom creep! I have about 10 other misc lenses including some decent Minoltas, etc. so I’ll have enough to pay with for a bit.
It is all good, it is our hobby and entertainment. We each do it as we like. I should start a collection of user lenses! Legend is that the worse a Nikkor looks cosmetically the better an image it makes and that is how it got used so much.