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<blockquote data-quote="crycocyon" data-source="post: 123263" data-attributes="member: 13076"><p>So in case I am called upon to do videos at my work, I ordered a Rode VideoMic Pro <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]29349[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So I was thinking about my recently acquired D800 and how it is too bad I have to wait to save up to get all the nice Nikon glass. So I did some reading and thought that maybe it would be fine to just get old good quality glass (some of the old glass matches the latest glass in terms of quality and sharpness) at a bargain price and just have some fun with the camera. So then I was looking through Ebay for old Nikon Ai-s lenses that work on the D800 in Aperture priority and Manual mode (naturally not autofocus but I worked for years with manual focus lenses and I am pretty comfortable with that). Anyway, I have a Nikon buddy who is crazy about birding (that's all he shoots, just birds), and he recently got a Tamron 70-300 f/4-5.6 VC zoom lens for his Nikon D90. So that I could keep up with him for the time being, I found and just ordered a next to new Nikon Nikkor Ai-S 100-300mm F/5.6 zoom lens and below are photos of the exact lens I ordered. This kind of lens brings me back to my beginnings in serious photography as after I got my Minolta X-700 back in the early 1980s, the first extra lens I bought for the camera was the Minolta 100-300 f5.6 MD zoom lens and that lens, like this one, had close focus macro capability. The utility of that lens and its quality is so memorable to me, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how this vintage Nikon equivalent works with the D800 and I'm hoping to be nicely surprised <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]29350[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]29351[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]29352[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]29353[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]29354[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]29355[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]29356[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And guess how much it cost? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crycocyon, post: 123263, member: 13076"] So in case I am called upon to do videos at my work, I ordered a Rode VideoMic Pro :) [ATTACH=CONFIG]29349._xfImport[/ATTACH] So I was thinking about my recently acquired D800 and how it is too bad I have to wait to save up to get all the nice Nikon glass. So I did some reading and thought that maybe it would be fine to just get old good quality glass (some of the old glass matches the latest glass in terms of quality and sharpness) at a bargain price and just have some fun with the camera. So then I was looking through Ebay for old Nikon Ai-s lenses that work on the D800 in Aperture priority and Manual mode (naturally not autofocus but I worked for years with manual focus lenses and I am pretty comfortable with that). Anyway, I have a Nikon buddy who is crazy about birding (that's all he shoots, just birds), and he recently got a Tamron 70-300 f/4-5.6 VC zoom lens for his Nikon D90. So that I could keep up with him for the time being, I found and just ordered a next to new Nikon Nikkor Ai-S 100-300mm F/5.6 zoom lens and below are photos of the exact lens I ordered. This kind of lens brings me back to my beginnings in serious photography as after I got my Minolta X-700 back in the early 1980s, the first extra lens I bought for the camera was the Minolta 100-300 f5.6 MD zoom lens and that lens, like this one, had close focus macro capability. The utility of that lens and its quality is so memorable to me, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how this vintage Nikon equivalent works with the D800 and I'm hoping to be nicely surprised :D. [ATTACH=CONFIG]29350._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]29351._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]29352._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]29353._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]29354._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]29355._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]29356._xfImport[/ATTACH] And guess how much it cost? :cool: [/QUOTE]
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