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Does anyone know this lens? How about IQ comparing to 80mm/2.8 PS and 150mm/4 PS?

I agree with Paul. You have to teach this kind of guy a lesson that they will pay price if they try to cheat people. I don't let

him get away so

easily.

Thanks John.

I try to find a flash and accessories for my BRONICA SQAi that I could use when I make portrait photo. But I have no

ideas for this? Could someone give an idea? Thanks,

Sounds you misled the buyer. If i was a buyer, I would ask the same thing.

My F6 looks like a digital one and few people know it.

I enjoy both of my F6 and D3. for film photography you do need to worry about filters when most people set auto white balance when they use digital one. Luckly, my local store only charge me 3 dollars for a roll film develop plus scan to a digital format and I don't know how long they will keep this service. I really like F6 more than D3 for photography. But D3 is more powful and convenient in most time. Hope you enjoy your film camera.

My one does the same thing on my D3 and F6.

thanks everybody. I will buy nikon micro lens and forget this one.

I have both of D3 and F6 with several nikon lens. My friend has a canon

100/2.8 EF USM micro lens. Can I put this on my nikon D3 or F6? What kind

adtapter I need and how much it costs? Does it effect on IQ?

You have to go to big city, such Shanghai and Beijing to find poeple who can do repair job and it may cost pretty much. If you really want to keep using F100, you should find some used sets with reasonable low price.

http://www.fengniao.com/secforum/420185.html :98% new F100 + MB15 4000RMB ($560)

http://www.fengniao.com/secforum/426668.html : all most new F100 3888RMB ($550)

I use Nikon Transfer which comes with D3 when you buy it. It works well.

I used the same lens with filter to take the picture with all apertures and most ISO and I have not vignetting problems even I set ISO 6400. I had similar vignetting problem with my 70-200/2.8 VR lens that I posted sometimes ago.

If you just use it as shutter release, you do not need to pay so much for Nikon product. I use a $10 third party one for my D3 and it works perfectly.

I am living in Shanghai, China now. The price you pay here is almost same as you pay in US. For current exchange rate (rough 1:7.4 of US dollar:RMB) I payed 35500 RMB for my D3 that about $4800 in Dec. 2007. I also bought three lens 14-24/2.8, 24-70/2.8, 70-200/2.8 at the same price 13500RMB (about $1800). I did not find fake Nikon cameras and lens in Chian and there are no more or less quility issues as in US since all Nikon products come from the same manufactures. You can find a lot of fake filters in China but not cameras and lens. As other poeple mentioned, if you buy here, the warranty does not cover them back to US. Grey market cameras and lens (usaully from HongKong) have no warranty and if something is wrong, you have to go back to store and it could be very tricky so I would not consider to buy grey market product for any thing over $300.

I just tested the demo one in Nikon show room. Unfortunate demo was used badly and it can not tell anything. I will find another one to do a comparision and tell your guys what is the result. I am very dispointed for this lens performance.

Yes, Shun and Tom, we discussed on Jan. 3. and that time I thought it was caused by filter and hood. But after i read Jerry's post I rechecked my lens and found that problem was not actually caused by filter and hood (sometimes it produced a picture without dark corners, but sometime it does). My question is if this len performs in the way it is surposed to be. If not, what I can do since Nikon service center people said there was nothing wrong with this lens.

yes, I did use B+W MRC UV filter and lens hood on it. But I believe it didn't impact too much. Here is another photo I took indoor without the filter and hood.<div></div>

After reading discussion about 70-200mm VR, I sent my one to Nikon service

center in Shanghai, China last Saturday. Today I called them and was told

taht the lens has no any problem. I can see dark corners even at F6.3. My

question is:

Does this lens perform normally? (dark corners at F6.3 86mm)

Where I can complain about this except service center in Shanghai?<div></div>

thanks Jerry, I will follow your instruction to test my D3.

Jerry,

Could you describe the method in details how you test focus with those lens? I like to do the same test. thanks,

I own both of D3 and F6 and I think the built-in meter is very good for most cases, especially for portrait. A good flash is nesessary and may be multiple sets if you are very serious. SB800 is the best choice for both of them.

I will also try on my F6 to do a comparision.

yes, I think my one even worse on my D3. Sometimes even at F6.3 I could find strong regretting. I will go to South Africa and Kenia where I will shoot more pictures and then send them to Nikon service center to do an evaluation.

Shun, you are right. I rechecked the images and found out that the effect of the filter was much less than that of the aperture. At f5.6 I still can see a trace of vignetting and at f8 it disappear.