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jim
18-07-2011, 7:42am
Just bought this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-AF-MICRO-NIKKOR-ED-200mm-f-4D-IF-Exc-/160620340083?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item2565b7e373

Very happy now though.

gqtuazon
18-07-2011, 8:03am
That is a very nice macro lens. Congrats on your new toy.:)

mongo
18-07-2011, 8:49am
At least you bought it from Mongo's favourite used lens shop !

Congrats and show us the goods in due course

PS after NI does kill you, can you please leave it to Mongo :D:D

jim
18-07-2011, 8:58am
PS after NI does kill you, can you please leave it to Mongo :D:D

I feel silly admitting this but if she kills me she gets it.

My favourite used lens shop too. Can't speak highly enough of them.

Lance B
18-07-2011, 10:26am
Great lens from a great EBay seller!

Sarge
18-07-2011, 10:43am
That looks like a beast of a lens, good looking though. Will keep an eye out for some pictures from you. :th3:

ving
18-07-2011, 11:27am
excellent purchase... quite green eyed. :)

arthurking83
18-07-2011, 9:55pm
"We are the Knights who say Ni!" .. Ni!, Ni! ... Ni! :D


(if you don't know what I'm referring too, then I won't explain their subsequent need for a shrubbery then! :p .. but be warned because you can't pass unless you've satisfied the Knights who say Ni!)

great lens!... I'm hoping to have one by years end too! :th3:

jim
19-07-2011, 2:38am
Well she didn't kill me, she laughed. I'm very lucky I think.

Arthur, you're mad.

ericimbs
19-07-2011, 6:47am
love to see some pics.

Nikkie
19-07-2011, 7:18am
I am so not game to buy any more right now or I would get killed for sure :D :rolleyes: :lol: you enjoy looking forward seeing what she can do yeah

Xebadir
19-07-2011, 2:13pm
"We are the Knights who say Ni!" .. Ni!, Ni! ... Ni! :D


(if you don't know what I'm referring too, then I won't explain their subsequent need for a shrubbery then! :p .. but be warned because you can't pass unless you've satisfied the Knights who say Ni!)

great lens!... I'm hoping to have one by years end too! :th3:

Haven't you heard, they are no longer the Knights who say Ni! ni They are now the knights who say Ecki Ecki Ecki Ptang Zuboing Shur. ni

Nice stuff on the lens, and surviving the wrath. Look forward to seeing some shots from it, very highly regarded that lens.

arthurking83
19-07-2011, 6:26pm
Haven't you heard.....

Yeah! I heard a rumour.. but I was so busy ROTFL .. I missed it forst time 'round! :D

jim
21-07-2011, 8:35am
It arrived this morning. How good is that?

75581

Lance B
21-07-2011, 11:10am
Wow, looks great, Jim. Congrats, mate!

arthurking83
23-07-2011, 12:55pm
Did you AF or manually focus?
If manually, did you use LiveView?

Good attempt, and there's definitely soem good resolution in this image, but as I can see it, a bit OOF in the central part(where you;d expect focus to be spot on to within a micron!) and there seems to be slightly more resolution at the upper far left, where there seems to be a better focus point.

ie. Looks to be slightly back focused.

One thing I've learned over my limited macro trials and tribulations, is to use LiveView at every 'possible' opportunity.

jim
23-07-2011, 1:53pm
Arthur, I focussed on the big bubble to the right, and it's pretty sharp. DOF is very small, but allowing for that the lens is capable of extremely sharp.

Hand-held, and my live view doesn't work (as explained to the point of exhaustion on another thread somewhere around here). All of which doesn't help, but I posted this about 30 minutes after delivery. Keen, see?

What am I saying? I couldn't handhold at 1/50 if my life depended on it. Tripod used.

arthurking83
23-07-2011, 3:22pm
Aha! I assumed it was on the two smaller bubbles to the left of it.
To me the second leaf down from the top, over on the far left still looks a tad sharper tho. So they'd have to be at least on a similar plane of focus, if not the same.

Didn't know about the Lv problems on your camera either.

Completely understand on the level of keeness to snap away as much as possible as quickly as possible as well, when it comes to using new gear! :th3: