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It would make sense to me to get a digital Nikon body with the old Nikkor 35mm 1.4. I could use the lens on my old Nikon F2.
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I do exactly this. My AIS lenses work on all my film bodies. They are also programmed into my D750 so that the metadata is correct when I use one of them there. The majority of the time - at least recently - the lenses used on my D750 are: 20mm f/2.8 AIS, 35mm f/1.4 AIS, 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-D.

The 28-70mm AF-D deserves particular mention for digital. These lenses are dirt cheap because they are not super fast and do not autofocus as quickly as the new generation of VR AF lenses. Because people want the latest whiz bang stuff, these tiny zooms can be had for $50-75 US in great condition. They also work on any AI coupled film body like the F2 with a DP-12 finder, or the F3-F6.

That zoom is tack sharp. A camera that has excellent noise performance like the D750 can overcome the modest speed of the lens by cranking up the ASA. I went to Italy last year and shot all my monochrome film with a Leica IIIf and two lenses. ALL my digital was shot on the D750 and the 28-70mm zoom. I got wonderful results in a relatively simple and small package. Examples - note that these were downsampled from 24 Megapixel originals:


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(Now my fancy 24-300mm VR sits almost unused.)
 
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These days I’m really limiting my camera-related purchases. However I did just get a Canon T-50-2 clamp-on lens hood for a recently-acquired 120mm f/4.5 Rodenstock Imagon lens for my Hasselblad 1000f. The lens is a 48mm outside measurement and the Canon seemed to be the only hood that would work (aside from an original Rodenstock hood of course which would be tough to find on its own). It fits perfectly and makes the opening and closing of the Imagon’s ‘strainers’ a lot more convenient.

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I got one of them hoods....and several others from the Canon RF realm. I have no problem "cross pollinating" with other lenses.
Looks nice too Vince.
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It was one of those lenses I never thought I’d find. It was quite a stroke of luck that it just happened to pop up on eBay. It’s not ‘complete’ (missing one ‘strainer’, the hood and the box) but I’ll take what I can get and thankfully the Canon hood works.
 
Sear KS Auto Winder (rebadged Ricoh XR Winder 1)


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$39.99 plus shipping on eBay

For my recently purchased Sears KS1000 (Ricoh XR-1s)

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Mamiya 16 Deluxe, it actually works methinks, just a bit of shutter lag after the button press which a good clean may resolve but regardless it looks and feels lovely, inc case and strap, a small button missing from the back and no cartridges but 3D prints are available or I'll be patient and find an original.

Worth the £15 to me, even for shelf candy.

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I had some unexpected money come in from a friend settling an old debt. I picked up a Sigma sd Quattro with PG-41, 30/14 and 14/1.8. A Zeiss Ikon Contina Ia should be here today and a Sigma BF Wednesday. Plus a few accessory VFs for the Nikon RF kit to supplement the varifinder.
 
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I had some unexpected money come in from a friend settling an old debt. I picked up a Sigma sd Quattro with PG-41, 30/14 and 14/1.8. A Zeiss Ikon Contina Ia should be here today and a Sigma BF Wednesday. Plus a few accessory VFs for the Nikon RF kit to supplement the varifinder.
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That was some Super Bowl debt. ;o)
 
In Utah for my daughter’s graduation and stumbled on a IIIf red dial with a 5cm Summitar for a good price at Acme Camera. Looks like they just took it in. It was in a box with several other cameras. Great condition and seems to work but I’m not sure if speeds are accurate. Lens looks pretty darn good too. IMG_8480.jpeg
 
Yeah....Went for the £20 OM-10 and err.....well it was only £22 more for the rest!

OM-10 is damaged but actually works apart from meter but it's had a drop on it's head so could be a loose wire, all shutter speeds work on Auto and B and the 50mm is clean apart from a slight filter ring ding but I did only buy it for the pentaprism.

The Minolta SR-1 is fully working and is really quite clean, it did come in its original case, the 55mm has oil on blades!

The Vivitar 28/2.8 is OM and the Pancolar is M42 and is in lovely condition. [Took it off a Praktica MTL3 which I'm surprised he seperated TBH]

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Picked up this fella today locally. Graflex Norita 66 with an 80/2 Noritar. It's missing one strap lug/eyelet and it needs a really good CLA (it's been sitting in a camera bag for at least 10 years), but it's in relatively nice cosmetic shape and the shutter curtains look generally fine. The glass in the lens is perfect -- I didn't realize how well-regarded this lens was!

I have one feeler out for a replacement strap lug and my local repair fellow is willing to work on it. I purchased and downloaded a copy of the Graflex Norita service manual from the 'Learn Camera Repair' website to help him, as he's never worked on one of these before.


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