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I bought the 35-70mm F2.8 non D in my case b/c I was after a lens for times when I needed it but it's not something I use often. I did shoot it side/side with my 50mm F1.8D and it is just as sharp. Maybe it was not at wide open but probably at F4 and F5.6. F2.8 I didn't have any real concerns either. The only issue that bugged me is that at night or if you have sunlight direct into the lens, the 35-70mm would flare. Also in the daytime if you are in a community hall for example or like a garage. So you have a darker room with light spilling into the room then you can get lens flare. Or likewise inside a hall or a garage that is a bit dark and then you have side windows with the light spilling inside. Edit. With the current prices of the 28-70 and the older 24-70mm. I think it is not going to be my own walkabout lens but for times when I need it like indoors at an event or with people I would prefer the 24-70 just more versatile also the FL. If I were to play evil advocate; if one was contemplating the Z cameras, I would go with the 24-70mm F4.0 I think it is. F4 should be plentiful for most people but there is also the F2.8 I think. For myself again it is not like I am printing posters anyway.

Go to this Facebook group, there are 2 individuals in the USA that accepts parcels within the USA or international they fix stuff even some 3D printed parts. 2 fellas by the name of Frank and Gleb. I am a customer from NZ and my CS 4000 now works. Nikon Coolscan Users There is also a guy Alex, who is a ex Nikon tech? But quite expensive. Not from the FB group. Gleb's webpage. Service and Repair of Nikon Coolscan Scanners Frank doesn't have one but he has a eBay seller account.

Yep, your call. You can get them to repair it, or you may consider to replace the seals yourself. Not that hard to do just needs patience. If it is the Pro or Pro S film back professionals used to do them each year or two. For amateur use prob a lot longer. The Pro SD film backs don't need foam replacing. It's also not just the film backs, it could also be the back of the RB67 body and around the rotatable unit. http://aki-asahi.com/store/html/Mamiya-RB67/Light-seal/index.php

If you are looking for something without need to buy it. There is a free trial version for the mean time .... Camera via USB and uses a software?

I had an issue with this lens before. Were you a bit closer to the subject? I sent mine to Nikon but it was checked out OK. So at the time I went back to the cheapie 80-200mm AFD F4.5-5.6 and later I got a 70-200mm F4. Stopping down the aperture helped of course but to me it was still never really tack sharp. When I focus the lens at a longer distance maybe 10m or something at all apertures it was much sharper including wide open.

Being started photography with a D70. I got into film afterwards. Pre-owned equipment. Just got my first manual 35mm F2.0 lens recently. Yep, I only use it on my manual film body. I can understand specific places where one might use it. Like we had a seminar and someone went from a Canon 5D to a Sony and he uses Canon's T/S lenses. I wouldn't adapt lenses as a everyday outing.

I agree. With Nikon and Canon now having a completely new lens mount, myself and others can now go back to the drawing board and have an opportunity to try a different manufacturer. Ideally and in the long term it is about having a Z body with a Z lens. One could use a Z body with a F lens but it is less ideal. Remember also to autofocus the adapter requires AF-P/AF-S/AF-I lenses. So the AF-D will not retain autofocus ability. Some might be OK to manually focus but the most would not. If I already have a Z body and I am going to buy a new lens, why would I buy a F lens if a Z lens is available? It might be a bit cheaper but ... If one is really going to use this on a Z body, while you could mount a F lens, the resale value would take a hit. You can wait for the review but it is pretty sure that the Z lenses are superior but they do cost more and are newer.

I don't mean all those 400 lenses. I mean from a practical point of view, ie - what the modern offerings are available today brand new apart from some outliners. Outliners meaning super telephotos and some specific lenses like the DC and T/S lenses which Nikon haven't updated them to AF-S anyway. The most modern lenses the majority of photographers need - from 14mm/17mm to the 200mm mark in zooms (and a 80-400mm) and the common primes ie the 20mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 300mm. Lenses outside of these may be the less popular (more specialised) ones they can use the adapter but the most of the Nikon customers would be catered for. If a person has a Z camera body already and is either thinking of buying a new 20mm F mount lens or a Z mount lens. I would just swing for the Z lens. The F lens with the adapter will together add more size / weight. One could also wait a bit more for a promo. OTOH if one already has a 20mm F lens that they want to use on the Z camera then using with the adapter is OK for the time being.

The future of NIkon lenses IMHO is really the Z lenses without an adapter. The adapter is just a temporary measure and for those lenses Nikon may not place a priority on. In 5yrs from Nikon's Z lenses would be more complete than now. I also think that the dSLR will be faded out if not discontinued. Also from what we see with the current Z lenses so far they perform better than F mount lenses.

Nikon interview: "We’re at a transitional stage" Well ... they say: At a certain point, we hope that all DSLR customers will [ultimately] be satisfied by the features provided by mirrorless, and will shift to the Z system. That’s the goal.

Well one needs 8GB now anyway, I had 4 or 6GB with a 2009 system Intel 2.33 Quad Q8200 and I could not stitch panormas with my 24MP FF dSLR. With 8GB, SSD is very important yeah. I had it with my previous system also. Now with a Ryzen 2400G yes with the builtin video card (freebie) for my hobby it is OK. Could be faster but it is OK for my hobby work. Using the same 250GB SSD from 2015.

YMMV. FWIW you nailed it as GAS. All the cameras you listed are eye level cameras rather than a classical medium format WLF look down approach. For someone who has a dSLR, a Nikon FM2 for film and a Hasselblad 500CM and 2 RB67s. For myself I found over these years since mid 2016 for medium format film and 2006 for 35mm film after getting into dSLRs first (other than the family film SLR from 2000 and didn't know anything about photography). To me it is kinda so what .... It loses the novelty. If you enjoy the different approach with film, operating such camera - that is OK. The battery issue a personal call but don't let a stupid battery stop you. I am still using the original battery on my Nikon FM2 since 2006 (bought here photo.net second hand). Even if you buy 2 batteries a year for hobby what ..... so what. I used to have the same thing with digital earlier ago when it was exciting. Ie I got the Nikon D70, but I never bought anything else but I always on the lookout to read reviews, download brochures, watch videos by product ambassadors, downloading product user manuals, the Nikon lens brochure database sheet. D70? Then it was the D80, D90, D200, D300, D2h/x, D3 ..... LOL. The thing with film is you get a different look, it has a different approach to it, you can do different things with film or digital more easily. I used to also shoot film and digital alongside and come home and compare but don't do that anymore. They are just different. Also unless you have a dedicated medium format film scanner or outsource your scans to have them done by an Imacon you have to reason to yourself many or most people out there probably just use a flatbed scanner. Yep, I have a 35mm Nikon scanner and I have also outsourced scans (Imacon X5).

D700 only goes for $300US on the big auction site, that's not much more than a comprehensive CLA. With modern cameras there is not that much more to worry about like the past - seals, foams, bellows.

Yes why repair a D700 Nikon if one could just get a D800 for maybe $600US or just another D700. Or another D70 or D90 for that matter (!). To be a bit fair with film cameras while proper CLA can last quite a bit for a hobbyist, CLA are not exactly cheap. But if cheap was the goal they wouldn't be using film. Here in NZ we have 1 guy left here who does medium format camera repairs (and large format). Possibly a total of 2 or 3 that does 35mm not including the less reputable places. In this city, they have all retired, I did try to visit one at his home, he was said to be repairing on a selected basis but he went into a retirement home 3yrs ago.

I sent my battery free medium format cameras for a CLA service. Wondering about newer cameras, does a CLA service exist and to what level? If you take a modern Nikon F5 or a Canon EOS 1v / 3, or a Canon EOS 5D / Nikon D810 camera film or digital, full of electronics, apart from adjusting the mirror, the aperture lever and 1 or 2 foam seals what else is there? Is there a lot less to do than a battery free camera? How important are they on these cameras? Many thanks.

With Nikon and Canon going to the latest mirrorless systems. It's got me speculating what could happen in the future and how far into the future who knows. I only got into photography 15yrs ago .... When Canon went from the FD system to the EOS system in 1987 how was the mood like and how quickly or slowly did customers went over to the EOS system? Were dealers discounting new stock, I imagine back then eBay may not had existed then. What did the Canon FD owners did? Did they hold onto them and was it over time they slowly sold/given away their items? Cheers.

I am a saturation addict maybe that is why I like slides and sunsets but sunrises are more potent. I pretty much have to research my spot, get there set up my camera and tripod and pretty much shoot it within that 15mins.Yep the grads. Thing is thou if you are in a city peak lookout even using a grad, you may find the two split ends - the background and foreground. Within the foreground you are going to have things a bit brighter and a bit darker still like whiter stones and darker stones, or the tree trunk some darker tones and some brighter tones or the building (skyscraper) you'll have brighter rooms with lights on and then you have the outside of the building and the side of the building that is darker. Likewise with the background you may have the area with the sun a bit more brighter to the other parts of the sky. Due to the dynamic range slides renders the image in their own ways. I have a Flickr. It's still free up to 1,000 images. I didn't have that many photographs but I did use the free camera upload backup service which I have now deleted and disabled that feature on my phone. I find that with my own township Flickr group, the activity has really dropped off both with photo uploads and discussion topics. We have not had a topic in the last 12 months. Also if you have images you kinda can just rely on your flickr friends or your own friends and give them a URL link b/c you can only share about 30 or so .. photographs into a group. So if you have shot Fuji Velvia or Kodak Tri-X you can't upload more than 30 unless you delist some previous images. Some may disagree feeling it should be your top top images or a portfolio you wanna share. As a more hobbyist more casual more fun sharing platform it isn't that easy ... But for me living in NZ. Slides I might do the occasional one but a lot less than before. Here too expensive, even if I import from the USA the labs here charges $20US equiv.. In the past I have exported them to a USA lab and paid post but it's tiresome to send a batch over each 2 years and pay the post.

Every item for me apart from film since 2013 have been second hand. I got a Ricoh GR just to be much more portable esp when I am not out just to photograph, the Sony RX100 or the Canon G7x are way more popular, a number of my camera club members have them also, one went to Washington DC with it and left her dSLR at home, I am in New Zealand :) I OTOH can do with just a prime lens, I got the GR over the X100F Fuji due to the size, no viewfinder but that is OK.

Camera club Christmas function. Some people were trying to get rid of stuff, quite a bit really from just a few individuals, most unsold. I bought a fella's expired 120 format BW film. I have been thinking about my own stuff as well. One other guy family life now more priority he's sitll keeping his Canon 40D or something with a few lenses but he was selling all his darkroom stuff and film stuff, his TLR, his 35mm film SLR, and 2 earlier dSLR, also a Epson flatbed scanner. Other had Minolta film SLRs and lenses, various camera bags. Most were unsold ... There were even a Mavic drone on sale prob the smaller one in grey color.

Yes I'm with some Facebook groups also. Again few people shoot slides. Most of it is bw and then color negs. From what I seen after scrolling down 20 Instagram pages. Color slides I didn't see one national park landscape or sunset cityscape. With bw they weren't just walking around many were half body portraiture and head shots etc and there were also street shots. I would thought surely at least some slides would have been a family camping vacation. Or just the local beach or fishing wharf. As one sees online with color digital.

With Kodak planning to increase the prices. I went on Instagram to search for various film images. Trix400 has like over 280,000 images. Color slide film only 2,000. I have always thought BW is way popular in this digital time we are in now. BW images also seems to be more seriously done to me, whereas color slide film a number of them are kinda walk about photography, few done with sunsets and sunrises which a bit surprised me b/c color slide film was used a lot in that regard at least in the film days. Maybe they used a lot more digital with that ...... Views?

Yep, I looked at the stats before. Instagram really has much more a viewer audience and family and friends that most know. One can also hashtag various cameras, locations, film stock etc. Yes, I think it is if you search for iPhone groups only some thousands are in groups - ie members that is part of the groups. Stepping back and thinking about it. Camera nerds may think different (some of them not all). I've been to exhibition and conventions and smartphone we see a lot of them. They are clearly suitable for the task required. I find for myself more and more often I don't need to shoot it with a ILC with 2 extra lenses in my bag for EVERYTHING. Even for a lot of traveling and fun times with people. I don't think I necessarily need a ILC with a hot shoe flash and a diffuser. I can live without a zoom and yes I can have my Ricoh GR. I have camera club members who have one of the RX100's and she went to Washington DC from New Zealand here for a holiday and it worked well for her, she did take some hobby photographs also. So it wasn't just pure vacation. I find that with a ILC a fast prime lens is wonderful but I could just live with my Ricoh GR as well. Esp when I am busy with people but really in honesty if I am doing my own photography like sunset etc ... with a tripod I am probably out by myself while they hit the restaurants and the shops. From what I have seen yes most people go out in the afternoon a phone is adequate for that. Again we are talking about snaps not serious photography. I have also seen mobile phone images printed to an A3 at an exhibition and they came out pretty OK also.

In terms of most of my images including many I share with people online. I just use Lightroom ONLY. At the time of import I attach a "develop" template so the photos get a gentle edit automatically when they are added to my LR library. When I export I also have a online website template. Seriously after going thru and adding a flag to the ones I like. For many of my digital images, I might spend 0 seconds or 45 seconds per image.

FWIW I have a few grad filters. With digital, less mucking around I just shoot 2 consecutive images at different exposures, me also not liking the HDR look too much. I just use Photoshop and blend the two files with the gradient tool. Then the single image is back into Lightroom where I do some overall (global) editing adjustments.

I agree to get now and don't worry. In general most things have gone down if you take brand new in-store prices. Exceptions are the Hassie XPAN, Mamiya 6 and 7's maybe, maybe the Contax T2 etc .. and Ricoh GR film cameras etc. and the Makina 67. Then my response would be yes they have gone up but how much more can they go? Do we take this upward trend line and it heads infinite? I have bought all my film gear second hand. My Nikon F100 is valued now lower than my FM2N. I suppose people might prefer a compact user friendly tactile experience. Maybe that is why they prefer the more portable medium format cameras as well esp the rangefinders ILCs. Having said that, even many of the Hassie lenses are not that much more than a RB67 lens. Your run of the mill, dime of a dozen Hassie lens might go for 2x to a RB lens and the RB lens is sooo affordable. $200US for a medium format RB lens under $300US for the latest version. One time I did look at the Leica M6 but I've noticed the prices have dropped down a bit also ....