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<blockquote data-quote="johnwartjr" data-source="post: 10302" data-attributes="member: 2176">While the lens lacking an aperture ring is disappointing in some aspects, I have nothing but positive things to say for the 2 G lenses I picked up this year, the 70-200 2.8 VRII and 24-70 2.8.I thought about that fact, because just buying those 2 lenses was a substantial investment, and decided that if I got to the point where I wanted to shoot film again, I would have to shoot with a F5 or F6 to get 'full' functionality out of them. While I have many great memories of shooting film with a F3 and FM2N, they are memories. If I wanted to shoot with one of those cameras again,&nbsp; I could find a 43-86 or other old lenses as a novelty relatively inexpensively. If I was going to be a serious film shooter, I'd want one of the latest Nikon film bodies. Yeah, I'd be dead in the water if the batteries were dead with those bodies. Same situation I'm in with digital.So, I guess what I'm saying is, it's a cost-cutting measure that I'm not losing any sleep over.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="johnwartjr, post: 10302, member: 2176"] While the lens lacking an aperture ring is disappointing in some aspects, I have nothing but positive things to say for the 2 G lenses I picked up this year, the 70-200 2.8 VRII and 24-70 2.8. I thought about that fact, because just buying those 2 lenses was a substantial investment, and decided that if I got to the point where I wanted to shoot film again, I would have to shoot with a F5 or F6 to get 'full' functionality out of them. While I have many great memories of shooting film with a F3 and FM2N, they are memories. If I wanted to shoot with one of those cameras again, I could find a 43-86 or other old lenses as a novelty relatively inexpensively. If I was going to be a serious film shooter, I'd want one of the latest Nikon film bodies. Yeah, I'd be dead in the water if the batteries were dead with those bodies. Same situation I'm in with digital. So, I guess what I'm saying is, it's a cost-cutting measure that I'm not losing any sleep over. [/QUOTE]

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