eric_.

Your photo won't convince me to buy one.

The Tamron lens is a class in itself and certainly is in a different league compared to the kit lens. Where the kit lens is horribly soft wide open at close distance, the Tamron is tack sharp at all apertures.

There is literally no corner sharpness when one uses the kit lens wide open and distortion is considerable. But it is a cheap lens though...and certainly a sweet deal when bought as a kit lens. Build quality is at equal standard.

If you need a wider angle on a DSLR than I suggest you consider the Tamron 17-35/2.8-4 and Tamron 28-75/2.8 combo. Of course it is more expensive than the kit lens but as a Dutch saying learns us: "you get what you pay for". I am pretty sure that this is an International saying though...:-)

Thanks Tony.

 

I heard of AF problems with some older lenses on DSLR, but do you know if the Tokina will work properly on a D70?

Gianvincenzo,

 

If you type in "download f801s" in Google you'll have as a first result:

 

http://www.hugorodriguez.com/download.htm

 

Bingo!

Hello all,

 

Can anyone please tell me if the Tokina AT-X 300mm f/2.8 AF II SD

will work on a D70? Do you know of any incompatibility issues?

 

How does this lens compare quality wise to the original Nikkor 300mm

f/2.8 or f/4 lenses?

 

Thanks.

I agree with Al. I dealt with several regulars of this forum already and I was never disappointed. Please note that I am European and that the majority of transactions was overseas.

I am in the market for a new lens to fit my Nikon D70.

As my main interest area lies in nature and portraits I am

considering a zoom in the range of 24-90mm (35mm equivalent). I

searched the internet but I cannot find a review of Nikkor 17-

55/2.8G.

How does this lens compare to the kit lens 18-70mm f/3.-4.5 DX? Is

the extra US$ 1000 worth the investment? Is the quality (performance

wise) equal to the 28-70mm f/2.8?

Thanks for sharing your insights.

We were lucky dogs...<div></div>

I live in Amsterdam. Don't worry about your gear and bring it with you. You won't have any problems in Amsterdam. Period.

Hello forum,

 

This maybe slightly off topic, but here goes: is there any of you

that has/had such a camera with this lens? How does the quality of

the combo relate to Leica quality? Is a Leica M3 with Noctilux a

better combination? What would be a fair price for this set in exc++

condition?

 

Thanks!

<i>What Derek said</i><br><br>

Perhabs someone that boosted the amount of members, not to mention the cash flow?

Thanks Mike, excellent service.

Ray,

 

You may want to have a look here:

 

http://www.nikonlinks.com

Todd,

 

The N90/F90 needs a modification to make it work, and I was told that Nikon Corporations will do the service. I have no information as to the cost or what is modified. In my opinion it is well worth to give this a try as the camera handles so much better with the grip attached to it, especially with the heavier lens types.

Yaron, because I just bought a nice F3HP with 85/1.4 AIS from someone you know well...;-)

So many people, so many opinions...:-)

 

I personally love my Nikon F3HP with 85/1.4 AIS lens: it is very flattering for portraiture wide open with nice possibilities of limited depth of field. A choice you won't regret...

<i>It has little to do whether I like the modification, or not. And it has little to do with Andrew, it's just that his actions of uploading (twice, after being asked not to do so) and threats of doing similar acts in the future caused me (and perhaps Tony) concern. </i>

<br><br>Brad, as far as I understand this whole pizza it is you that catalysed Andrew to upload a second modification. So indirectly, and maybe not completely unintentional, you asked for it. Now stop whining and start photographing.

<i>Troll? Explain, please</i><br><br>

Read the archives to understand what Jay meant.

The ones that take pictures.

Paul ,as they use to say in Italy: you wrote a real pizza!

<i>Eric if you want to see pictures go look at em.. sheesh. <br><br>

 

In any case your missing the point. From the same people that brought us AP autoexposure in.... what was it 2002?.... we'll get a behind the times camera but at least be able to salvage some glass. </i><br><br>

 

Who is missing the point here? What is the use of having a 25mp sensor when 10mp is sufficient? Show us your pics that need 25mp and amaze us all.<br><br>

<i>Great, so in two years, or so, when the world is using 25mp-30mp sensors, Leica will unveil their 10mp wonder. </i><br><br>

 

Charles, please show us some of your photo's that would require a 25mp-30mp sensor to get equal quality in a digital image.

A Summicron or Elmarit 90mm will give you the same depth of field when stopped down to the same aperture. I would say that in between f/4 and f/8 you won't notice any difference in between the lenses you mentioned. You might notice some difference if you shoot with the latest 90mm APO ASPH Summicron. If you don't need the speed than the Tele-Elmarit is the better lens IMO. The older design of the Summicron blocks a bigger part of your view finder and is much heavier than the Elmarit.

a no-brainer: get the 0.85 and make great portraits!

Nice example, Roger!