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Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 11:48
 
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Peter_LO wrote: ...focus down to 200mm with CFC...

I reckon you're talking about this (Ai-S 28/2.8), Robert?

It's my most often used lens indeed, sharp, easy to focus and very well built.

A word of warning though: as this is a CFC lens, sample variation can be a problem. In fact, the copy I bought in Tokyo is much sharper than the one I bought in HK.


Better be careful Peter.  With two copies of that lens Robert will be coming to visit you.
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Talking about coming to visit you........
I have a wedding to photograph in HongKong next February so I'll be across then.  Beware I might need your 24mm F3.5 PCE to take back to Spain with me.




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Peter_LO wrote:
...focus down to 200mm with CFC...

I reckon you're talking about this (Ai-S 28/2.8), Robert?

It's my most often used lens indeed, sharp, easy to focus and very well built.

A word of warning though: as this is a CFC lens, sample variation can be a problem. In fact, the copy I bought in Tokyo is much sharper than the one I bought in HK.


That's the one Peter, the sharp one please! LOL :devil:

Bj¸rn R¸rslet recommended it to me years ago when I got my PB4 bellows to use to copy slides ands negatives, I have enquired about one wherever I have been. My contact can get one... At a price. I checked various offerings out on eBay but none were actually the CFC version when it came down to it.

I think it would be a good lens for 'standard' on the DX, very roughly equivalent of the 45mm pancake, which is the classic length I believe, just short of the standard 50mm lens.

So is anyone is wanting rid of a 28mm f2.8 CFC lens I would be interested.



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What makes it the desirable version of the 28mm f2.8 ?
What manufacture dates and/or serial numbers?



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The fact that it's CFC.

Don't know about dates etc, I just look for the 200mm closest focus.

Will look that up later, minot crisis here, stupid PC (NOT mine) computers not reading USB memory stick > 4Gb. Grrrr.



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Robert wrote: The fact that it's CFC.

Don't know about dates etc, I just look for the 200mm closest focus.

Will look that up later, minot crisis here, stupid PC (NOT mine) computers not reading USB memory stick > 4Gb. Grrrr.
If it is Mac Journalled File System then a Windows PC hasnt a clue!!
In fact if it is not FAT32 then it may/will struggle if USB stick has been between a Mac and a Windows machine.



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jk wrote:


Better be careful Peter.  With two copies of that lens Robert will be coming to visit you.
  :lol:

Talking about coming to visit you........
I have a wedding to photograph in HongKong next February so I'll be across then.  Beware I might need your 24mm F3.5 PCE to take back to Spain with me.



You're welcome JK...beware of the PC-E 24 as it's addicitvely sharp and versatile and you may end up buying the entire series.:devil:

 




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in the end i bought a tokina 19-35mm f3.5 a/f .works perfectly on both my cameras and once you hit f4 its super sharp from then on .got it at a reasonable price to it stands me just over £50 .

so impressed with that one i took the plunge again last night and bought another tokina this time a SZ-X 80-200 macro zoom in AIS mount .so thats gonna be manual focus only ,but i got it for £25 so can't really complain .

 




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Robert wrote:
The fact that it's CFC.

Don't know about dates etc, I just look for the 200mm closest focus.

Will look that up later, minot crisis here, stupid PC (NOT mine) computers not reading USB memory stick > 4Gb. Grrrr.


It shouldn't be difficult to get the version that focuses down to 200mm as it's the current version Nikon still produces.

 




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I guess this is one Robert
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nikon-Nikkor-28mm-F-2-8-AiS-Manual-Focus-Prime-Wide-Angle-Lens-/321054815054?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item4ac05bb34e



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Yes that's the one JK, not a bad price bur with 40 bids i would expect it to go beyond £150 which is probably about right for a half decent example.

I thought that was the lens Jeff had found in the first post of this thread, I hadn't realised it was a cheap copy, it wasn't obvious. The original question was about the 'rabbit ears' and the ability to marry with newer cameras.



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