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Snoogly

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What the heck are we looking at here?
« on: March 14, 2021, 22:48:32 »
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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2021, 22:56:45 »
A 500/8 and 1000/11 mirror lens, a 135/2.8, and then two 300mm lenses...and old Nikkor-H probably and a more modern with IF and ED-glass......would be my best guess......
They look to be in a very good condition :-)
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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2021, 22:59:13 »
The price for the whole set seems to be fair.  I would only be interested in the 1000mm Reflex Nikkor, but I think that mirror lenses are more tricky to assess the condition than refractive optics.
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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2021, 23:00:43 »
I don’t really want or need any of them, but that’s about $1,100 for the lot. I think the ad is nearing the time limit, and the seller didn’t reply when I asked for a list of lenses ...

If I bought them .... they would need cleaning and servicing! A nice project for Richard H?  ;)
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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2021, 23:07:52 »
Careful: CRAIGLIST is known to be a place for fake ads and ripoff...
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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2021, 23:20:43 »
Quote from: Dr Klaus Schmitt on March 14, 2021, 23:07:52
Careful: CRAIGLIST is known to be a place for fake ads and ripoff...

Indeed! I was just poking around there.

This aberration is also in the Tokyo list. I want to believe this IS a fake!

A candidate for blackboard paint ...

 
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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2021, 23:28:26 »
I've never known that CRAIGLIST has become such an international platform.   :o
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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2021, 05:12:19 »
Quote from: Snoogly on March 14, 2021, 22:48:32
A truly terrible for sale ad, but what are the lenses?  ???

https://tokyo.craigslist.org/pho/d/nikon-vintage-cameras-and-film-lenses/7270430416.html?lang=en&cc=us
About the two Reflex-Nikkors:
the 1000mm/11 is an early version (1968?), the one with a filter turret (pretty useless if used on digital cameras). I have a recent version of this one (1977, no filter turret)

the 500mm/8 is also an early version (1968), optically less performing than the 500mm/8 N. Lots of vignetting, can be used successfully on a DX camera where vignetting is mitigated. I have two of these, one similar to this one (1973), and one of the more recent ones (1992). The performance gap is substantial (price too!). The N version has a very useful close focusing distance of 1.5 m (vs 4 meters for the old version), can be used to approach shy animals.

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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2021, 05:57:51 »
Quote from: mxbianco on March 15, 2021, 05:12:19
About the two Reflex-Nikkors:
the 1000mm/11 is an early version (1968?), the one with a filter turret (pretty useless if used on digital cameras). I have a recent version of this one (1977, no filter turret)

the 500mm/8 is also an early version (1968), optically less performing than the 500mm/8 N. Lots of vignetting, can be used successfully on a DX camera where vignetting is mitigated. I have two of these, one similar to this one (1973), and one of the more recent ones (1992). The performance gap is substantial (price too!). The N version has a very useful close focusing distance of 1.5 m (vs 4 meters for the old version), can be used to approach shy animals.

Ciao from Massimo

Thanks for that. So I guess they are really only of interest to collectors.
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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2021, 06:37:35 »
The ad is also inaccurate in the description of motor drives: there is a MD1-MB1 combo for Nilon F2, an MD-4 (for F3, they got this one right!), and they will have two finders for the Nikon F: an eyelevel plain prism finder and a waist level finder (late model, with the big F on top)

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Re: What the heck are we looking at here?
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2021, 19:02:43 »
135mm f2.8 Q Nikkor's go for dirt these days, good glass have two.. The ED 300mm is in good shape had one didn't care much for the balance of it.
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