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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 27698" data-attributes="member: 6548">I'm am grateful for your post Mr. Tuazon. Thank you sir! All day long I have been excited about this thread. The D700 with 300/4.5 Ais mounted is absolutely beautiful and you have made a few very nice pictures with it. I can't wait to see what you come up with in the future with this combination! The F mount and the Nikkors that have been made and are still being made today (including some good old-fashioned MF primes in Ais still made brand spanking new to this very day and in Japan proper I might add) are in my opinion the main reason Nikon is what it is compared to all other manufacturers. &nbsp;I have a good buddy who is fortunate enough to shoot digital with old MF lenses. He tells me he typically has to snap a lot more photos with the MF lenses than he does with the AF lenses to get good clean photos. I was wondering if you have encountered this as well? It seems a very long focal length lens like the 300 would be even more challenging to focus than say a short telephoto like the 85 or 105...what are your thoughts sir?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 27698, member: 6548"] I'm am grateful for your post Mr. Tuazon. Thank you sir! All day long I have been excited about this thread. The D700 with 300/4.5 Ais mounted is absolutely beautiful and you have made a few very nice pictures with it. I can't wait to see what you come up with in the future with this combination! The F mount and the Nikkors that have been made and are still being made today (including some good old-fashioned MF primes in Ais still made brand spanking new to this very day and in Japan proper I might add) are in my opinion the main reason Nikon is what it is compared to all other manufacturers. I have a good buddy who is fortunate enough to shoot digital with old MF lenses. He tells me he typically has to snap a lot more photos with the MF lenses than he does with the AF lenses to get good clean photos. I was wondering if you have encountered this as well? It seems a very long focal length lens like the 300 would be even more challenging to focus than say a short telephoto like the 85 or 105...what are your thoughts sir? [/QUOTE]

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