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Check this one out. This is serious stuff man, and yes, the noct is among them.
But seller got 0 feedback and only joined a couple of days ago, so I would be very careful if I wanted to get this.
Maybe escrow or something. But if it was me, I'd probably fly there to pick it up.
Thanks for the look - the Noc literally makes my mouth water, but this guy is just doing it wrong, selling it as a total package. It actually is a very good deal together, a camera shop will probably snag it. Why doesn't he split it up - he'll make more money. And yes, I wouldn't get it from an eBay newbie, unless there was escow...
Thanks for the look - the Noc literally makes my mouth water, but this guy is just doing it wrong, selling it as a total package. It actually is a very good deal together, a camera shop will probably snag it. Why doesn't he split it up - he'll make more money. And yes, I wouldn't get it from an eBay newbie, unless there was escow...
Yeah, if he do it separately, with each auction for the item loaded with lots of nice pictures, he will defenitely get much more than that.
I think AUS$3,200 for the whole lot is really cheap, but I don't have that kind of money for lenses.
It's so cheap, it's either this guy desperately needs money, or he inherited these from someone, or he's a fraud. But my feeling says he's a real deal and just wanna turn these lenses into cash.
By the way, I bought a screw-in rubber lens hood today, so I don't need to use the HN20 anymore. The size is very similar to HN20, and I did the test, no vignetting, phew. And most of all, now I can put my lens hood without having to remove the hood first.
But a new problem showed up, the slot in my camera bag is not wide enough to accomodate the lens with the hood attached (when the rubber lens hood in retracted position, the diameter becomes quite thick).
But I'm so sick of finding the perfect solution for this, and no, I'm not gonna buy a new camera bag for this. I guess I'll just attach the hood once my camera is out, and when I'm finished shooting for the day, I'll detach it again before I put it back inside the bag. Just a little bit annoying I know, but guess I have to suck it up.
Okay, my Gf bought the lenses already, but it turns out that they bs'd the prices the first time, and that actually the 50mm f/1.8 was 800HKD -__-'' She bought them anyway for me, but i geuss thats still an average price.
Im just annoyed now i needa fax through my credit card photocopies to B&H in order to make a purchase booo
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Okay, my girlfriend is goin out tonight to buy the 18-135 and a 50mm f/1.8 (oo i just remembered i need to remind her to buy a memory card for me)
But ill have to wait till i have more money to order the Camera body from B&H, which so far is the cheapest i can find.
Congrats on the lens. Please wait until next week - if Nikon announces a D200s, the prices will drop [eventually] on the D200.
Originally Posted by dj_mocok
Yeah, if he do it separately, with each auction for the item loaded with lots of nice pictures, he will defenitely get much more than that.
I think AUS$3,200 for the whole lot is really cheap, but I don't have that kind of money for lenses.
It's really cheap, I know!
Originally Posted by dj_mocok
By the way, I bought a screw-in rubber lens hood today, so I don't need to use the HN20 anymore. The size is very similar to HN20, and I did the test, no vignetting, phew. And most of all, now I can put my lens hood without having to remove the hood first.
Glad it worked out, just be careful that the new hood is long enough to prevent flare on the 85.
Yeah, glad I got that one. Although I got such a bad experience when buying that hood yesterday.
I went to the shop with my camera, and saw the rubber hood, and I asked the shopkeeper guy if I can try this one on first, to make sure it will screw perfectly on my lens.
Then the shopkeeper said, yes of course (in a patronising way), and he took the hood and my camera from my hand, and then you know what, he just "slapped" the hood on the front barrel of my lens, and tried to screw it so carelessly and roughly (think of plumber doing a rush job of screwing a nut or something).
As you know, the thread on the lens is very thin and the thread starts from certain point only, and you really need to carefully align the thread before you screw it in.
And guess what (I kinda saw this coming), he slipped the hood because he did it so carelessly, and the hood off-marked to the surface of my lens, and then I told him: "whoa, whoa, you gotta be more careful mate" and I took the camera and hood from him right away and I screwed it in myself.
So all good, it fits the lens, so I bought it. And when I was on the bus, I thought about the slip he did, and I checked my lens carefully, and to my shock, I found a 0.5cm scratch on my otherwise pristine lens surface.
I was so freakin pissed, and was thinking to go back to ask for him to be responsible (I don't know... buy me a new one or something, or at least I should get angry like hell in front of him), but then I thought there's no way on earth that idiot will admit he did it. So I pulled my lenspen, and after a few wipe with a bit of pressure, I was so relieved it actually came off. phew.
Damn that's the last time, I mean last time I will let a shopkeeper handle my camera, especially the one that seems to know nothing about camera. I'm sure if he's into camera, he wouldn't treat a camera like a butcher handling meat.
Lesson: don't let a shopkeeper who looks like he doesn't know anything to go anywhere near your camera. If you wanna try a lens with your camera, ask for the lens, don't give the shopkeeper your camera and let him attach it. If I let that guy to do it, he'd probably jam his finger inside the sensor area or something.
Then the shopkeeper said, yes of course (in a patronising way), and he took the hood and my camera from my hand, and then you know what, he just "slapped" the hood on the front barrel of my lens, and tried to screw it so carelessly and roughly (think of plumber doing a rush job of screwing a nut or something).
I've found that many people just don't care about the things we have, no where near they way we do about our own stuff, because it's not theirs.
I'm right there with you, I keep all my photo equipment in great shape (fortunately) so I can resell it confidently to others and I know they'll be happy.
Now you know to be a bit more careful ~ just let careful Head-Fiers use your equipment
On a whim I just checked out what the 28mm f/1.4 AF-D goes for lately on ebay, and found two auctions ending over $3k BIN. WOO.
The 28 f/1.4 was probably one of the best Photojournalist lenses on the market. Ever notice how PJ's take pix when the subject has a crowd around them? They simply hold the camera up, point down, shoot away, get another body, shoot more. That lens is the highest percentage chance you'll get a shot that's at least able to be cropped.
That said, it seems to be the sharpest, fastest Nikkor most useable wide open, other than the Noc. Above all, the view through it is just so bright and wide. Unfortunately, today's tiny digital imagers just don't do the wide justice, but I would expect Nikon to re-introduce this, once FF gets here in a year. Here's some pix of its substantial construction:
