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$5 Telephoto I Found On KEH

Started Jun 3, 2019 | Discussions thread
jeffharris
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Re: $5 Telephoto I Found On KEH
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AminF wrote:

I love these shots. They have a wonderful feel to them, especially the flower shot. I bet that would look great printed to a good size and hung on a wall. Love the sunsets as well. Lots of atmosphere and feel to them.

I have the Nikon Z6 and 24-70 S F4 and it’s very sharp. Too sharp in some ways for portraits. I’d like to find a vintage portrait lens to use with it (or on one of my Panasonics), but so far I haven’t seen anything.

I’ve never seen a lens as low as $5, but I think I’ll go bargain hunting this weekend around some local secondhand stores. I might find something that is unloved and cheap!

Some Nikon AI-S lenses are quite wonderful. Certainly not thrift store cheap, but definitely worthwhile. Nice rendering and color signatures, too.

The 105mm f2.8 macro is an excellent lens, still in production by special order, too!

I’ve had my eye on the 85mm f2 for a while.

When traveling, I look for used lenses. I look for Leica mount lenses, so carry a couple of lens adaptors so I can try them out.

altjonny wrote:

I have an old Minolta SRT101 that my grandfather gave to me and a couple of lenses (Vivitar 28-90 2.8-3.5 & Rokkor 58mm 1.4) that go with that + a 2x teleconverter.

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