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    Nikon 28 f2.8 AIS vs others

    <p>Nice to see the old thread revive. 28mm is my favorite focal length in 35mm photography. I've come to prefer the 28mm/1.8G AFS Nikkor for my...
    Post by: keirst, Nov 17, 2015 in forum: Nikon
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    Zeiss ZF.2 CPU failure - is this common?

    <p>I did buy a used 50mm/2 Makro Planar ZF.2 a couple years ago that had a loose contact pin, due to a bad spring behind the pin. Intermittently,...
    Post by: keirst, Sep 16, 2015 in forum: Nikon
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    Is this Leica real or a Russian copy?

    <p>It's funny that the artisan who did the engraving did nothing to oxidize the bright brass. A WWII vintage camera would not have bright metal in...
    Post by: keirst, Jan 28, 2015 in forum: Leica and Rangefinders
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    Is this Leica real or a Russian copy?

    <p>Hah, Totenkopf is the name of the mysterious German scientist behind the robots in the 2004 SF movie "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,"...
    Post by: keirst, Jan 26, 2015 in forum: Leica and Rangefinders
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    Nikkor 500mm P backfocus?

    <p>AF Fine tune is really for calibrating your camera's viewfinder focus to your lens, and unless you can't dial in enough units of correction on...
    Post by: keirst, Jan 26, 2015 in forum: Nikon
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    Potential Savings for Nikon F4 Users

    <p>Actually, I did put an F4 screen in an F3 screen frame, and I still had focusing problems that I never had with a genuine F3 screen. I also...
    Post by: keirst, Jan 15, 2015 in forum: Nikon
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    Potential Savings for Nikon F4 Users

    <p>I think you will find that F3 and F4 screens are the same size but optically different enough that focus will be inaccurate with an F3 screen...
    Post by: keirst, Jan 13, 2015 in forum: Nikon
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    I need help with Focus!!

    <p>You may need to AF Fine Tune your lens and camera. If the camera is focusing behind the target, you need to try negative AF fine tune values...
    Post by: keirst, Dec 3, 2014 in forum: Nikon
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    Macro lens, Sigma 105 OS or Nikkor 105/2.8VR?

    <p>Lenses usually have flare not flair.</p>
    Post by: keirst, Nov 14, 2014 in forum: Nikon
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    D600 battery usage, absurdly short.

    <p>Probably a short circuit somewhere in the camera is draining the batteries. If you&rsquo;ve had previous problems with the body perhaps Nikon...
    Post by: keirst, Nov 7, 2014 in forum: Nikon
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    What's going on

    <p>Could be a bad spring on the pin contacts on the body side of the TC. If one of the pins is loose, it might make intermittent contact and...
    Post by: keirst, Nov 1, 2014 in forum: Nikon
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    Nikon tethered shooting software [Mac]

    <p>Unfortunately, I&rsquo;ve never got Sofortbild to work with my MacBook Pro and my D800E. Maybe it woks for some people, but not me.</p>
    Post by: keirst, Oct 4, 2014 in forum: Nikon
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    Nikon DF tethered - no images recorded to memory card

    <p>Lightroom 5 is incapable of having cameras record to the card, it only imports the photos to your computer. You can set it up to record to an...
    Post by: keirst, Oct 3, 2014 in forum: Nikon
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    New 20mm f1.8 (Bokeh)

    <p>I&rsquo;m waiting on how well the 20mm/1.8 does at really real infinity, that is astrophotography. I wonder how much coma and chromatic...
    Post by: keirst, Sep 29, 2014 in forum: Nikon
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    Nikon tethered shooting software [Mac]

    <p>You can still buy LR5 stand alone, and Adobe promised they will continue offering updates to it. Go to...
    Post by: keirst, Sep 29, 2014 in forum: Nikon