papa_john

<p>If you need that focal range I will stick with 24-70 but I have a 14-24 and it does not make that noise. To me it sounds "sick", as in a defective. I might be wrong. Any users of this lens on line?</p>

<p>Now, if you have couple expressos and shoot at 1 sec to 1/125 and your subject is moving really fast in his environment, they are not going to be very sharp. The price of the lens (28/1.4) is not going to make it very sharp, although the aspheric glass might improve it...</p>

<p>Stay away from Best Buy; use that place for cables, CD-s, cheap stuff....</p>

<p>At f8 about every lens listed is going to be pretty sharp.</p>

<p>Now you just have to see how prices are going up on ebay for used equipment! Can you guys keep quiet. Let them unload those awesome cameras and lenses for a song, would you?</p>

<p>I agree that some manual lenses perform well, sometimes, even better than modern lenses!</p>

<p>You better stop man... the more details you give me the worst is going to be for you if you get caught!!!</p>

<p>Soeren, I love it, it's so funny!!!!! I like your gallery too...</p>

<p>If you are on DX, rent a 17-55, 105/2.5 it might be too long on a DX. 24-70, sb 600-800-900 and a D700 is the best I think.</p>

<p>Is hard to relate with your experience; I've been shooting with a D3, FM3a, ETRSi Bronica, FE2, Leica M3. All I know is FX. This year I put a DX on my D3 (I don't remember the focal length) and I didn't liked the results. Out of all these cameras, M3 is been the smoothest, and quietest camera that I ever had... very good for travel. Same with FM3a or FE2. When I pulled the D3, the traffic stops... you get those "deer in the headlights" looks like that is something else. Great combo with the new lenses (G technology) but too bad that you can't use them for the old, film cameras. You can use them on DX. So, "downgrading" as you call it, is more like adaptation. I think is a good thing! </p>

<p>You have a little LED on your viewfinder that tells you when you are in focus, even with a manual lens. It works great on my D3. <br>

80-200 AF-D (aprox. $1000 new) is not bad, even for D700. I use it on D3 and is super sharp! 17-35 is OK, better for film camera and is kind of flaring on my D3 ($1200-1400 new). I just discovered the manual 35/2 AIS that is cheap and great ($200 used). No need for the expensive 35/1.4 unless you want to pay $$$$$... There are a lot of choices and good glass that you can get cheaper on the used market from known dealers.</p>

 

<p>35mm/f 1.4 I've seen it at $900!!!!!!!!! Oh boy!</p>

<p>Because there are more FX lenses produced since 1950's than DX....</p>

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<p>"Even if that were true, that would be another 5 years. What is the OP going to do with those weddings in the next 5 years?"<br>

If I wouldn't know better... That was funny.</p>

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<p>In about five years, that 51 AF points camera will sell for $200-500... or less. In 2006 I got a 17-35/2.8 brand new for $950+ tax, in DC. Today you can't find a new one without $1400-1500+tax.</p>

<p>D90 doesn't take better pictures... you and a great lens does that. I would buy good lenses!!</p>

<p>Zooms are convenient, good ones are not cheap. Define good and cheap!</p>

<p>Thank you guys, you reinforced what I observed with these little MF lenses... I am so sick of these monsters (14-24, 24-70, etc), G technology, Nano molecular crap when there are so many other cool choices by using old '50s,'70s, '80s technology. Another lens that I learned to adore is the AIS 105/2.5. Yeah, there are people that wrote numerous "reviews" about other "magical" lenses but a cheap, smooth, clean, manual glass is magic to me...<br>

Thank you!</p>

<p>I am not sure if is the coating or the glass but it looks like an image produced by a Leica lens (early glass); not too contrasty and pleasant. I am sure that a pre-AI has a similar formula but my lens is multicoated for sure...</p>

<p>I would use a manual AIS 50/1.4... no examples but this is my opinion after many years of use. </p>

<p>I use a 14-24 and this little 35/2 manual is great! It produces a clean image, not too contrasty but very pleasant.</p>

<p>There is a F100 for $150 here: <br>

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php/product/17316/limit/recent</p>

<p>I just came across this little lens (Nikkor MF AIS 35/2), clean and solid. I had it on a D3 and the results are fantastic... Sorry, no cable to download my images on my computer but what is your opinion about this lens?</p>