erichsande
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Not sure if anyone has talked about Lex in a while but I just saw an X/Twitter post with "Boxxy" and it reminded me of him. He'd "Rick Roll" you with a link to a Boxxy video in the early days of YouTube. Look up the name on YouTube. Did anyone on photo.net actually know & hang out with him? Or stay in touch now? He was knowledgeable but had such great dry humor in his posts. Eric Sande
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Not sure how well film is made these days but it could be the film cartridges themselves. I recall some that advanced a little rough with my FE2 but it was rare when film was king.
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The macro feature on the 28-105 is handy but it doesn't really achieve 1:2 as advertised. I bought the 28-105 back in 1999 and eventually got an AF-D 105 - compared them at 1:2 and the zoom fell short. The Nikon 60 still fetches a fairly high price used - there has already been mention of going longer for more working room. I sold my 105 a while back but wanted a macro again recently and Tamron's old 90mm screw-drive AF macros are as good as Nikon in my opinion and run under $150 on eBay.
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I love a good zombie thread! I handled an F6 in a shop in 2004 when I'd already had an F100 since 2000. I had money to burn at that time and I think the F6 was ~US$2,400. As nice as that camera was, the tech inside it wasn't going to make me a better photographer. Eric Sande
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I shot some T-Max 3200 with my FE2 in 1998...not sure if I ever hit 1/4000.
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Seems like the lens is OK if it works on an AF film body. Do you have any other screw-drive AF lenses to try on the D7000? I have a D7000 but don't recall any settings that would affect any difference between AF-S and screw drive lenses. Could be a classic case of cleaning contacts. Eric Sande
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Don't bother with the DK-19. I'm not sure how recent cameras are but it is intended for the eyepieces that were found in the F3HP, F4, F5, F6 and pro DSLRs. I have an old Nikon Full Line Product Guide that specified a DK-2 (same as DK-19) for the F100 so I bought that 20 years ago. It sort of worked but wouldn't stay on. I used to like eyecups when I could shoot without glasses. I see a new DK-6 on eBay right now for $10. That's what they have always cost. Eric Sande Genuine OEM Nikon DK-6 Rubber Eyecup For N8008, N90, N90s, F100 New!! | eBay
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It sure sounds like an electronic issue. Are you enough of a long-time Nikon user to have a manual focus body? If I were to experience this issue I'd want to see if the lens was at least still mechanically sound by running it through apertures on the B setting and looking to see if the blades closed down incrementally. Eric Sande
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The N90/N90s bodies have the same diameter that started with the F3HP and has continued up to today. A DK-17M will thread onto an N90; don't know what the view is like, though.
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We've got two terms mated together that define different products - diopters are for eyesight correction and a magnifier enlarges the viewfinder image. When I had a D2x I used a DK-17M to enlarge the DX view. It was an item that was available before the D3 came out to improve the view. In the time I had my D2x/DK-17M I never put the magnifier on one of my film cameras to see how it affected the view. Eric Sande
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Excellent! Good to hear. Eric Sande
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"I did read something about contacts and tried to clean it. Any tips on what exactly should I look for and how to clean the contacts?" I've really only had to clean contacts once with any of my cameras (back button on an F100 wasn't behaving). A quick wipe with rubbing alcohol and a lint-free cloth fixed things in that situation. Eric Sande
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When pressing the other buttons on the top row (MODE - SELECT - ADJUST) does the command dial do what it is supposed to do? Likely the old "clean the contacts" issue. I bought an N90s with MF-26 back in 2005 and quickly gave up trying to make use of the back. I would have needed to use its features constantly to be able to remember how to utilize it. Or carry a printout of the manual everywhere I went! Eric Sande
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Do you still have old Nikons that you no longer use?
erichsande replied to RaymondC's topic in Nikon
I sold a lot of gear a while ago while it still fetched some decent prices. I had two F3 bodies that were given to me but I never warmed up to them; not sure about 2022 but eBay prices were hot for awhile and got $180 each for them. A D2x I bought new still held some value and KEH gave me $1,300 for it in 2009 (paid $4,000 after rebate in 2006). The film AF bodies I sold could barely be given away - one N90s I put on eBay sold for about $25. I bought it used myself for way less than its original $899 price when it was #2 in the Nikon lineup. -
I used to have a Nikon 18-70mm DX lens that was fine for its basic image quality but the distortion at 18mm was horrible. If I took a photo at a beach the horizon would be noticeably bowed when in normal areas of the frame for good composition. Eric Sande
