Portraits of Camera gear.

[John Geerts]

Moving from time series to focal length series: i.e. 4x 300mm lenses
from left to right: f5.6, f4, f2.8, f2
(750gr, 1450gr, 3100gr, 7100gr)

No f4.5?   

[Andy]

No f4.5?

First and second from the left

300mm

[John Geerts]

Ah, thanks.  I somehow missed that picture. A large collection, looks super.

[Jakov Minić]

Andy, Andy, Andy... 
What a collection!

[Bjørn Rørslett]

No 300 mm f/4.5 ED non-IF ??

[Roland Vink]

I bought a 300/4.5 ED non-IF on ebay three years ago. Tracking showed it got as far as Auckland airport, two failed attempts at delivery (?!?!), then returned never to be seen again. Got a refund luckily.

[Øivind Tøien]

The cute little 300 mm f/4 E PF is missing from that lineup...

[Øivind Tøien]

Very nice kit you have there ... CPU conversions all look very neat, maybe I should do the same with some of mine.
You seem to prefer short teles, I'd be tempted to add an AI 50/1.8 (the extra speed over the 55/3.5 is sometimes useful) and an AI 20/3.5 to fill out your wide range a bit more

Thanks Roland, adding cpu is really rewarding as the lenses are used, not only collected and allows freedom to use without limitations on both consumer and higher end bodies. Portability/compactness is cruicial for me in selection of the short teles; the longer range is now covered by the 300 f/4 PF/TC-14E, although I have so far kept my AF 300 mm f/4 as backup. I do have a 50 f/2 K which I left unchipped so far due to the non-linear aperture and also because I tend to use the AFS 50 f/1.8 instead, which will then exchange space with the 55mm in the bag when needed. The very wide end is covered by my 12-24mm workhorse; my AF 20mm f/2.8 sees very little use these days, nor the AF 60mm; these were dedicated to underwater photography in the film days.

[Andy]

John: You didn't "miss" anything. Haven't shown the picture before. Just responded to your question with this old photo.
Bjorn: No, I don't have the non-IF ED. The AiS IF ED is not in the photo. I probably forgot it.
Roland: What a story. Glad you got your money back.
Oivind: The photo was shot a few years ago. The PF wasn't around then. Today, I would definitely add it. It is a cute little and well performing lens.

If I find a decent Ai non-IF ED plus a F 300mm/4.5 P over time, I could do a little 300mm comparison - as all optical designs of 300mm Nikkor prime lenses over 52 years (1964-2016) would then be available (except the Schottky prototype ).

rgds, Andy

[Roland Vink]

This is useful to know...

I can tell my wife, "Yeah- but THIS guy has almost 1000 lenses!"

Not sure you can use me to justify your collection... I don't own all these, just collect info about them. I do have well over 100 lenses though...
If you want to see a big collection look at Richard deStoutz's site instead: http://www.destoutz.ch/nikon-f.html

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Not sure you can use me to justify your collection... I don't own all these, just collect info about them. I do have well over 100 lenses though...
If you want to see a big collection look at Richard deStoutz's site instead: http://www.destoutz.ch/nikon-f.html

I'm not showing her this part of the conversation....

I've visited the site above, very useful information. I started an Excel spreadsheet but need to update it. Need to break it down by mount, F-Mount, LTM, Contax RF, S-Mount, Retina mount, etc.

df_Xenon_50_f19 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

Retina lenses work on the F-Mount via the Deckel adapters, this 50/1.9 Xenon is a classic 1-2-2-1 double-Gauss.

Gunston Hall, Halloween by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

Classic 50s German rendering.

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Not sure you can use me to justify your collection... I don't own all these, just collect info about them. I do have well over 100 lenses though...
If you want to see a big collection look at Richard deStoutz's site instead: http://www.destoutz.ch/nikon-f.html

Wow - that's an insane collection!

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Apparently he collects a number of versions of the same lens.

I do noted quite a few lenses owned by me not in his collection Thus there is hope for the common man in the end.

[Frank Fremerey]

Images taken with the lens? Here we go.
D700, f2, 1/4 sec, ISO 200, Please don't ask which tripod it was on
<Click here> for full D700 resolution - unprocessed

Andy

WOW. This is a lens to own. Now I have to find some "assistant" to carry it for me... *ggg*

[Frank Fremerey]

WOW. I am not into collecting myself, trying to reduce my material possession to the bare minimum, focussing my time on knowledge, abilities and friendship...

BUT: I enjoy every post of this collector's thread very much. Keep them coming. I am really really fascinated!

Bjørn: I am so happy you finally found a 24/f=2 Ai to love ... I am not happy to have sold mine ... would sure use it more these days as the 1.4/24G is such a burden to carry (such a gem from the resuts side though):

Here are some of my past sales pages: http://fotokontext.de/vk_html/

The later one's are better than the earlier one's: http://fotokontext.de/vk_html/1.4_85mm.html