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| Posted: Sun Aug 3rd, 2025 21:24 |
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Bob
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Preferrably without damage or dust/fungus
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| Posted: Sun Aug 3rd, 2025 21:59 |
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chrisbet
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Seems quite a rare lens - London Camera Exchange have a couple in stock around the £280 mark.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 4th, 2025 12:54 |
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Bob
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I have seen a few, but the sellers' comments all mention "dust inside the lens but it won't affect the images etc etc" . I won't know if this this true until I've bought one. I usually buy on ebay, which has a good returns policy.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 4th, 2025 13:25 |
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chrisbet
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I often buy lenses with faults and then repair/clean them and move them on unless it is a lens I want - but I steer well clear of the later lenses with VR and plastic bodies - they can be a total nightmare even just to clean - if there are issues with the VR or AF then they have to be seriously cheap to even consider for body parts! I started off by making a few pounds on each, reinvested until I could afford the serious glass I wanted - I now have a dozen or so professional level lenses including brand new lenses for the Sony FS5 - the Nikons are mostly AF D as I prefer the aperture on the lens rather than the G series. London Camera Exchange, Wex and MPB are all good sources with good returns policies.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 4th, 2025 13:48 |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:I often buy lenses with faults and then repair/clean them and move them on unless it is a lens I want - but I steer well clear of the later lenses with VR and plastic bodies - they can be a total nightmare even just to clean - if there are issues with the VR or AF then they have to be seriously cheap to even consider for body parts! I’ve bought and returned preowned lenses to WEX with no issue….they even arrange the return pick up. I don’t know about the other companies but WEX will give you the same price for a Cash transaction as they do for PX….so you don’t HAVE to buy something from them when you sell an item to them. It enables you to buy elsewhere if it’s cheaper than WEX price as they don’t seem to enter into price matching that much. Something I’ve taken advantage of several times.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 4th, 2025 14:00 |
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Eric
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I used to love my Nikon 60mm f2.8 Macro. Compact, light, with a protected deep set front lens and it worked perfectly for normal photography as an alternative to carrying about a 50mm lens. I tried the newer 105mm macro with image stabilisation….only to discover IS doesn’t work on subjects closer than 8”. Which is a bit of a howler for a macro lens! That went back to WEX.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 5th, 2025 21:35 |
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Bob
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Eric wrote:I used to love my Nikon 60mm f2.8 Macro. Aargh - I've just bought a AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Macro Lens from Park Cameras. I haven't received it yet. How would you know that was the case unless it's in the lens manual, without finding out the hard way. I almost bought the Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 VC USD instead. I will e-mail them tonight and ask the question. And I've sent the Sigma 70-200 back to upg24 - just within the 30 day return expiry date  ........so I am currently lensless!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 5th, 2025 22:01 |
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Eric
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Bob wrote:Aargh - I've just bought a AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Macro Lens from Park Cameras. I haven't received it yet. How would you know that was the case unless it's in the lens manual, without finding out the hard way. The 105mm is a lovely lens and optically, sharp as a tack.....and it may do exactly what you want. It was just that Nikon themselves said VR wasn't as 'surefooted' the closer you get to the subject. In fairness I didn't test its performance that close. I just felt a bit duped by Nikon... as if they only added VR because of the lens weight. And it may well be a perfectly acceptable addition when feet away from the subject. The lens was chunkier than I expected and having paid extra for VR, when my non VR 60mm worked perfectly without it ( being compact and lightweight), I ended up returning it. Hopefully it will work for you.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 5th, 2025 22:47 |
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Eric
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Found this on the net… Click here to comment on this image.
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