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As I mentioned in another thread, I visited my friend in Barrow who eBays Nikon cameras this afternoon.
What a lovely afternoon, we had a good chat and his wife had prepared a great spread of nibbles and seasonal treats.
Then we went into his den leaving the boys playing on the games console...
I have handled a really clean D100, several D200's, a D300 which is in nice condition, a very clean D700, a couple of D3's and looked at various film cameras like F6's.
He has a clean but faulty 28-70 f2.8 AFS lens which apparently hunts uncontrollably in AF mode. Works perfectly in Manual, tempting... I seem to remember Eric mentioning it's a very good lens for IR? I could live with MF for that.
He also showed me a current pride and joy, a Nikon spotting scope, 82mm?, like the one Graham mentioned recently complete with a 60, 40, 20? zoom eyepiece AND a camera mount. Absolutely superb optics, beautiful to handle. Perfect for anyone interested in birding, I would say.
As for 80-200 AFS zooms he has 3, or 4? two as new, mint condition. Just fondling these was a real pleasure.
Sadly he doesn't have any manual lenses at present, nor any EL lenses.
I did come away with a nice present:
We all had a wonderful time and stuffed with food.
Robert....your memory of my 28-70 assessment is better than mine.
I don't remember testing it. That's not saying I didn't ....can't recall it.
I do recall the 24-70 is absolutely awful for IR. Suspect using the coffee cup would be a definite improvement.
Maybe its overshadowed my 28-70 recollections?
Last edited on Sat Dec 28th, 2013 18:35 by Eric
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