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    AF 70-210 old - is it OK?

    I just paid 55 bucks for a Nikon AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 Used on a small shop in Tokyo, ebay It looks stunning! As new! So, is this old 1990ies lens a good lens per se? Maybe not up to 80-200 level, but as a daily snapshooter?
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    How do You clean big eyes?

    After 40 yrs using only kind and small lenses like 55 micro nikkor, I believe knowing a few tricks to clean them ;.) Them big eyes, 14-24, 14mm, 16 mm fish scares me in the topic of cleaning.... And as I now own one of these, that wonderful 14mm samyang/rokinon, I do need to perfect my skills...
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    Nikon F4 with Sigma 17-70 contemporary ???

    What happens when I put my DX lens, a Sigma 17-70, on my Nikon F4?? Well the F4 AUTO focuses and it looks like it also has AE, the meter gives me sensible readings But, as I have to use expensive film to really know for sure, do you know if this IS usable on F4? PS You see -- I have two...
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    Nikkor AFS 80-200 2.8 - no AF with the TC-17 ??

    This is a photo of MY lens, an AF-S 80-200 2.8 The MOST important thing is that TC17 works perfect with my 105 micro nikkor. WHich is does -- I have tried it and it is perfect, giving me a 180 mm macro lens, just what I needed! I really dont care anymore if my 80-200 works with my TC-17, this...
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    Nikkor AFS 80-200 2.8 - no AF with the TC-17 ??

    Its this one. The latest afs. Discontinued. Nikon still sell the older d version thanks ken for the photo
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    Nikkor AFS 80-200 2.8 - no AF with the TC-17 ??

    Sorry for the bad picture q, alas this is the weather and light conditions I shoot in with my newly acquired used 80-200 afs 2.8. This lens works perfect! What a lovely lens! This is at 200mm; Alas, when I attach the TC-17E converter the AF doesnt work. Why doesnt it work?? maybe no surprise...
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    In field; Sigma 12-24 ART vz the old one

    This matters three lenses of Sigma, full frame DG for my Nikon D750 (not DX) - the 12-24 4 ART - the 12-24 4.5-5.6 HSM II and the old -- 12-24 HSM mk I We know the first one the Art is fantastic. Alas it costs a months salary The next HSM II costs the half And the ooold HSM costs the half of...
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    Countdown with TC-17

    I feel embarassed. So many new photo gadgets, and yet knowing almost nothing how to use them..... Was about to take photos of my latest investment. Put on my d750 that expensive brand new Nikkor 105 micro VR and the TC-17 i just bought used for 30% off It would not autofocus, not at all...
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    How to shoot with Nikon F4

    I was at my best, a spring chicken youth at the age 40 :-) Shooting with Nikon F4, on a Nikkor 55 micro. No trouble with eyesight. Now almost 30 years later, I barely can handle a d750. I dont see the settings in the field, I have to adjust them before I head out. I know reading glasses, but...
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    Supermoon!

    I need to learn something new. How to shoot that moon..... I used a Sigma C 150-600 and my d750 What is the recomended settings on the lens? I really stuggled with this one last night, it was pitch dark, it was midnight, heavy rain clouds passed infront of it, I was hungry... What is the...
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    Nikon F3 HP with a Nikkor 55 micro - refresh my memory

    In the summers of 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 I was out on vacation to shoot rare plant species on a remote island in Scandinavia Me not beeing wealthy, infact "broke", could I still have used the same Nikon F3 HP I bought used back om 1987? I really cant remember, I was shooting on Kodachrome 64...
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    G lenses on an nikon F4

    Yep, way to go friends! My F4 is on its way from Tokyo to the cold and hostile darkness of Norwegian Mountains..... I bought a 80 200 2.8 /the very latest afs/ to my d750 just for these harsh conditions. CAnt understand why I spent anotheer 170 bucks on a FILM camera?? Well I have grown up with...
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    Why???

    First, read my post Sorry There I ve used some shiny new zoom lens them plastic G lenses of todays. These two are shot with an OLD lens, approx 20 yrs of age. Why do I feel getting better photos with them OLD primes?? I did also do som photos with that 1990ies 50 1,4D -- fantastic! Having...
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    Sorry

    Sorry, Its my schizoph all acting up. It will happen again. Dont try to understand, keep some distance.
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    A shoulder to cry on /Nikkor primes

    I said all is lost, evrything has gone over the bord; well maybe not? Today, I sent a large PayPal moneys as payment for these, from some photo stores in Tokyo, ALL of them 100% rating. - Nikkor 85 mm 1.8 D . Nikkor 50 mm 1.4 D - Nikkor 105 mm micro 2.8 D - Nikon AF-S ED 24-85mm F3.5-4.5...
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    I am sooo happy!

    Snowbed willow. A shrub. Just about the size of Koenigia. Heavy overcast, som rain, at 1500 hours tiday I am sooo happy. The light is Nisson i40 I never dreamt of being able to get shots like this The Nissin was set on ground one meter away My farewell to d7200. Now evrthing like this will be...
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    I am sooo happy!

    Aaaahole
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    Ohh what have I done ?

    Only the lonely Know the way Only the lonely Know this feeling isnt right.
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    Ohh what have I done ?

    It went overboard. Lost it all ,.(
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    Better covered?

    Lets try this first, I have ordered a yellow one, to easier find my camera in them misty mountains.
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