I know this is a digital forum, but I was interested in getting some opinions on what you guys think.
All taken with a nikon F, 24mm prime.
Much appreciated!
All taken with a nikon F, 24mm prime.
Much appreciated!
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Damn, i need some new prime lens for my Nikon FE2.
They are hard to come by these days without mold in the glass.
The mold can be cleaned off. An expensive repair but it can be done. I've had to do it on three of my old Nikon lenses. They came back like new. Nikon needs to do the work, however.
My FE2 is still working too!
Greg
I started getting into film as well. I scored me a Nikon FM2n but have yet to finish my first roll. I like the color of the dog photo... it has a "film" feel to it. Did you scan these yourself?
I know this is a digital forum, but I was interested in getting some opinions on what you guys think.
All taken with a nikon F, 24mm prime.
Much appreciated!
Well, some times I would find lens like the 50 1.8 with mold on them for about 50 bucks. And some third party quoting for cleaning such an old lens is just about 50 bucks! And they wont be responsible if they break it since they claim it 'its too old, something could be broken inside and when we open it, it may seem that we broke it'. And old lens seems to be harder to take apart and/or clean it, too.
My FE2 is in near mint condition!
I have no idea where your looking for glass sir, but there is a plethora of cheap Nikon AI Primes, that have no mould for silly cheap prices. If your paying 50CND for a standard. Your looking in the wrong places.
Maybe I should go dig out my F2.
My next film camera will be a 4x5 view camera.
Naw, it's about using film for photography (a novel idea!) and then possibly scanning them into your computer for the usual digital manipulation. You are talking about film, albeit real big film so you still are on topic, in my humble opinion.I've had a Nikon F for 35 years, and it still works great. A few years ago I picked up a F2 as a backup, and I've come to actually prefer it a bit over the original F.
Check out the offerings of Shen-Hao and Chamonix. They're Chinese, but quality productions, not cheap crap. My most recent camera purchase was 4x5 Shen-Hao field camera, and it's a ton of fun to play with. There's a lot of decent stuff for relatively cheap on the used market as well (this is rather off the original topic, isn't it?)