dtcls100
Well-known
Seems like I upgrade my equipment every 7 years or so. Recently purchased a used Sony A1 -- appears virtually new, very clean and in original packaging. Saved about $2300 over new price.
AlwaysOnAuto
Well-known
What's the shutter count on it and who did you buy from?
Color me green with envy (except for the file sizes you're going to be dealing with).
stephen_lumsden
Well-known
Sigma 60mm f2.8 lens for mft to complete a small 15/30/60 mm travel set for a holiday in Granada next week
oldhaven
Well-known
Just got in a pair of Contax mount FSU lenses. One is a regular Helios-103 with a 1984 serial, and the other is unusual in that it is a Jupiter-8M housed in a Helios-103 body, serial number from 1981. There anre slight differences in the focus ring treatment . According to some research I did the J8 hybrid was one of a batch done in 1981 as a special, and may be transitional. Perhaps someone here knows a bit more about this. Both lenses appear to be new and never used. No cleaning marks or other problems. Different sources on the auction site, one from Ukraine and one from Kazakhstan.
hap
Well-known
Agree. MUch better 28-70afs better for my many other Nikon bodies which are not capable VR.
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
I wanted a 'standard' focal length lens for my Nikon Zf that was reasonably light and small, had an aperture ring, produced good image quality, and was inexpensive (to me that means under $500). Nikon hasn't yet produced this kind of lens for the Z mount. The three little pancake lenses (26, 28, and 40mm) are all nice but with no aperture ring. All their other lenses are BIG and expensive. So I settled on adapting the Sigma 45/2.8 Sony-mount lens. So far, I like it. Image quality is looking good.
shawn
Veteran
The Sigma 45mm is a very nice lens. Renders beautifully.
What adapter are you using @Jamie Pillers ?
dtcls100
Well-known
Yep, I am stoked. Bought on eBay from highly rated seller. The shutter count was listed as being around 4700 and the price was negotiated down from $4,375 (see attached eBay listing) to $4,230 before taxes and with free shipping. Came with box, charger, battery, accessories, manual, and warranty card, all of which had not been opened. Wasn't really planning on getting it, but deal seemed really good (compared to the $6500 selling price at B&H photo and most other reputable sellers) and item was delivered early. I already am used to dealing with large files, having a Nikon Z9, d850 and Sony A7Riii. Camera really looks new and clean. Had to take a few hours to change the default settings to my liking. Tested with SD cards, but ordered dual OWC CFE Type A, 480 gb Generation 4 cards at just over $300 apiece before tax, which also is a good deal. I use OWC CFE Type B Generation 4 cards in my Z9 and have been very much impressed by the quality and price. While no current cameras can fully exploit the CFE Generation 4 speeds, the blazing speed of these cards can be realized in transferring files through a OWC Generation 4 card reader, which can also measure the remaining life of the cards with the included Innergize software. OWC isn't talked about much, but they make a fantastic product.
Since I primarily use Sony E lenses (12-24 f4 G, 24-105 f4 G, 50 f1.2 GM, 70-200 f2.8 GM II) and also have a MegaDap ETZ21 Pro adapter to use these lenses on the Nikon Z9 (they work perfectly together), I can use both bodies with the same lenses on trips, etc. I prefer the Sony E lenses to many of the Nikon Z equivalents because these Sony lenses are much smaller and lighter than the Nikon Z and have performance at least as good. The only exception is the Nikon 135 S f1.8 Plena, which I find to be a very special lens and preferable to the Sony 135 GM f1.8.
Love that the silent mode (electronic shutter) of Sony A1 and Nikon Z9 are truly useful because of their stacked sensors having really fast readout speeds, unlike the electronic shutters of so many other cameras (like Sony A7R series and Nikon d850) where the readout is really slow, prone to rolling shutter effects, with horrendous banding under artificial lights, rendering the silent modes fairly useless.
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Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
I bought the NEEWER Sony to Nikon Z adapter. It fits the Zf nicely, but attaching the lens to the adapter is super snug. Thankfully I only have the one Sony-mount lens, so I’m able to just leave the adapter on the lens. The adapter transmits all the exposure and focusing info perfectly.
dab
Electromagnetic waves sensor
Nickel Elmar F=50mm 1:3,5. From the first numbered batch (as I understand from online data), serial 159XXX.
Now need to learn how to CLA it. Do you aware about good service manual?
Now need to learn how to CLA it. Do you aware about good service manual?
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JohnGellings
Well-known
Fujifilm GF 63mm 2.8
mrtoml
Mancunian
I bought this recently. It is an excellent lens. I also just acquired the GF 30mm f3.5, but haven't had a chance to try it yet.
JohnGellings
Well-known
I´ve only been using the 50mm 3.5 and 35-70mm zoom. I tend to use the zoom at the long end, so...
Harry the K
Well-known
... after a couple of weeks following this Leica MP 0.85 clad in blue leather on ebay, I finally pressed the button.
The only sign of use is the dent in the leather near the rewind release lever, stemming from the hand grip the camera was wedded to. I pleaded for instant divorce.
The rigid Summicron I had before.
Leica Ms work best for me with 50mm lenses and sometimes with 35mm, depending on the scenery: I hate the hot shoe finders for (ultra) wides, and the vf patches for 90 and 135 are ridiculously small.
My other MP (black paint 0.72) is now for the 2.0/35mm.
The only sign of use is the dent in the leather near the rewind release lever, stemming from the hand grip the camera was wedded to. I pleaded for instant divorce.
The rigid Summicron I had before.
Leica Ms work best for me with 50mm lenses and sometimes with 35mm, depending on the scenery: I hate the hot shoe finders for (ultra) wides, and the vf patches for 90 and 135 are ridiculously small.
My other MP (black paint 0.72) is now for the 2.0/35mm.
CP93
Established
Handsome.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
The dent in the leather confirms that it's yours (in case the blue color wasn't sufficient!). Beauty!
ItsNottheFstop
Member
Canon RF 800mm F11. Wow. Just wow, never mind how inexpensive it was. Light, quick-enough auto-focus. Works with a tele-extender. Not especially fast but I've never run into a speed issue. Backgrounds are a non-issue doing head shots with the thing. Just get up to framing distance and the field and ground just melt away.
In the last few years I've kind of gone away from from the Nikon pro DSLRs. Sold them all and went over to the dark side. Mirrorless full-frame has really matured and I really like the Canon palette that comes out of their jpg engine after I've put on some very minor tweaks. I guess I traded Nikon's beautiful yellows for Canon's beautiful reds! (Former Ektachrome/Kodachrome shooter here. Not interested in working in RAW and nobody seems to notice or mind. But it allows me to regard the edit/select process in much the same way as I approached film. Go figure.)
I now shoot pretty much Canon R full-frame bodies with a 16mm, 24-240mm zoom, 85mm and the 800. That set up and a beat up Fuji X100F. There are other cameras lying around, of course. A RX100 VII from Sony which really probably could replace every camera, until the light gets iffy, but if you like the jpg output and enjoy the deep DOF of a "1-inch" (cough) sensor, it pretty much does everything. Not surpisingly I do more B&W conversions with that camera - probably because the Sony jpg isn't quite to my taste. Theres a Ricoh GR III that is pretty incredible, but again, it's all about the jpg output; the Canon remains my favorite. All the Nikon stuff - the single-digit D stuff, gone. Letting go of some of the lenses was a bit tough but it was just sentiment. Once I realized that, they all went to good homes.
I often work with just one R body (usually with the 24-240) and the Fuji.
But that 800, man. Wicked...
In the last few years I've kind of gone away from from the Nikon pro DSLRs. Sold them all and went over to the dark side. Mirrorless full-frame has really matured and I really like the Canon palette that comes out of their jpg engine after I've put on some very minor tweaks. I guess I traded Nikon's beautiful yellows for Canon's beautiful reds! (Former Ektachrome/Kodachrome shooter here. Not interested in working in RAW and nobody seems to notice or mind. But it allows me to regard the edit/select process in much the same way as I approached film. Go figure.)
I now shoot pretty much Canon R full-frame bodies with a 16mm, 24-240mm zoom, 85mm and the 800. That set up and a beat up Fuji X100F. There are other cameras lying around, of course. A RX100 VII from Sony which really probably could replace every camera, until the light gets iffy, but if you like the jpg output and enjoy the deep DOF of a "1-inch" (cough) sensor, it pretty much does everything. Not surpisingly I do more B&W conversions with that camera - probably because the Sony jpg isn't quite to my taste. Theres a Ricoh GR III that is pretty incredible, but again, it's all about the jpg output; the Canon remains my favorite. All the Nikon stuff - the single-digit D stuff, gone. Letting go of some of the lenses was a bit tough but it was just sentiment. Once I realized that, they all went to good homes.
I often work with just one R body (usually with the 24-240) and the Fuji.
But that 800, man. Wicked...
AntonioC
Established
Just arrived. Not a rational decision at all. Just love its simplicity, the image quality and what it represented for me some 20 years ago. It's an early SN, in surprisingly good conditions... just touching wood for the mirror to stay in place and the shutter to avoid self-destruction...
shawn
Veteran
Ditto.. found this body for a very good deal.
Annoyingly the SA mount Sigma 17-50 shown, bought for the SD1, turned out to be Sony A mount. Proper mount version has arrived.
Always loved my old DP2/DP3 Merrills but the AF and battery life, that was about equivalent to a 36 shot roll of film, and the somewhat dim LCDs drove me nutty on them. This gives me the focal lengths of the DP1/DP2/DP3 Merrills (and more), with much better battery life (comparatively), optical stabilization, a viewfinder and quicker AF.
Still a very quirky body though.
Good to use it more for a change of pace but also want to see how close the fp colors can get. Also as a monochrome camera using Iridient Developers x3f Monochrome extended dynamic range mode.