[stevebrot]

The Gossen Lumasix:
Gossen Lunasix Electronic instruction manual, user manual, Gossen Lunasix F manual, camera manual

Oops! Wrong instructions! Those belong with another thread!

Glad you found the manual!

Steve

[AgentL]

Not outstanding, but a well-revered Pentax staple. It'll sit amongst my two MX's (though I'm hankering to take it out for a spin after changing some foams).

It's a legend anyway!

[Jonathan Mac]

My third Nikon F801S arrived this morning so I broke out the other two for a quick session.


IMG_4055 by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


IMG_4069 by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

[AgentL]

My third Nikon F801S arrived this morning so I broke out the other two for a quick session.


IMG_4055 by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


IMG_4069 by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

Colors are spot on!

[TwoUptons]

Did any of the older Nikon film bodies AF with the in-lens motors? or are they all limited to screwdrive?

I know there was some weirdness with functionality and older lenses (though that was the lower-end cameras, like the F401, IIRC...), but I don't recall how forward-compatible the F801 was...

-Eric

[tonyzoc]

Did any of the older Nikon film bodies AF with the in-lens motors? or are they all limited to screwdrive?

I know there was some weirdness with functionality and older lenses (though that was the lower-end cameras, like the F401, IIRC...), but I don't recall how forward-compatible the F801 was...

-Eric

Im pretty sure the F100 does and possible the N90s support AF-G and AF-S... not sure about other models... but I bet some of the late models, like the N75 might.

I found this chart on Ken Rockwell's site... "Nikon Lens Compatibility" https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compatibility-lens.htm

[steamloco76]

TTL flash macro! All recent purchases.
Pentax *1st DS (eBay)
Sunpak DX-8R TTL Ring Flash (eBay)
Elicar 90mm f2.5 1:1 macro lens in rather rare PK-A mount. (KEH)
Condition nearly like new on all. None were really great prices, however I still have less in the entire rig than a used P-TTL ring flash for my KP’s would have cost, provided I could even find one!
I didn’t need the Elicar lens, that said I’m often left cold by the rather clinical rendering from my DFA 100/2.8 WR.

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[tuco]

First roll trying out my new Mamiya C3. I have a 65mm for it on the way.




Crown Graphic by tuco, on Flickr

Delta 100

[Jonathan Mac]

Did any of the older Nikon film bodies AF with the in-lens motors? or are they all limited to screwdrive?

I know there was some weirdness with functionality and older lenses (though that was the lower-end cameras, like the F401, IIRC...), but I don't recall how forward-compatible the F801 was...

-Eric

I'm far from being fully versed in the compatibility of the different Nikon cameras and lenses - it's very complex, even more so than for Pentax. I think TonyZoc is right about the F100, and I imagine the F5 and F6, and maybe the F90/F90X, I don't know. I'm pretty sure the F801S can't AF lenses with built-in motors but it can use screw-drive G lenses.

I actually had an F100 briefly a couple of years back, before I owned any Nikon lenses, so I never used it. I found it at a good price and bought to sell on, doubling my money. I'd have liked to get a lens, even a kit zoom, to run a roll through it first but I didn't get the opportunity. One of the things I like about the F801S is that the rear door latch is metal, not plastic, as that's one of the principal failures of the F100 (and many other AF SLRs). I think it might be the last Nikon outside of the F* range to have a metal latch, so it's the most modern you can get without spending a fortune on an F* or risking a brittle rear latch. If you look online the biggest fault people have with the F100 is a broken rear latch and spare doors are very hard to come by plus repairs are extremely difficult. F100s go for quite a lot because they're wonderful cameras, but that latch is likely to break before long and you'll be left with nothing.

[ronnies]

Did any of the older Nikon film bodies AF with the in-lens motors? or are they all limited to screwdrive?

I know there was some weirdness with functionality and older lenses (though that was the lower-end cameras, like the F401, IIRC...), but I don't recall how forward-compatible the F801 was...

-Eric

The F4 will work with AFS and AFI lenses despite the fact they didn't exist when the F4 was released.

Ronnie

[K-Three]

Crown Graphic by tuco

Geez, That's gorgeous,
Beautiful camera, great lighting and composition,
Though I want that front focusing knob to be sharper, I know it's a stretch at that distance with the Mamiya

[tuco]

Geez, That's gorgeous,
Beautiful camera, great lighting and composition,
Though I want that front focusing knob to be sharper, I know it's a stretch at that distance with the Mamiya

Thanks. Yes, that's a lot of DOF to achieve not just for the Mamiya C3 but any camera with a fixed lens and film plane sporting a 80mm focal length so close.

[AgentL]

First roll trying out my new Mamiya C3. I have a 65mm for it on the way.




Crown Graphic by tuco, on Flickr

Delta 100

Oh man, I need to try one of those someday!

[TwoUptons]

Im pretty sure the F100 does and possible the N90s support AF-G and AF-S... not sure about other models... but I bet some of the late models, like the N75 might.

I found this chart on Ken Rockwell's site... "Nikon Lens Compatibility" Nikon Lens Compatibility

That's maybe the first time in over a decade I've found Rockwell useful. Thanks for that

I was thinking I remembered an early in-lens focusing motor (AF-I)... and I definitely remembered the stink around AF-S (I had a friend with a D40 about the time I got my K10) "What do you mean you can't autofocus with a 50mm lens?"

I also remember how proud Nikon was of AF-D in the early 90s... since it worked with "3D Matrix metering".
The Pentax rep took me aside at a photo show once and said "all the F lenses have done that since 1987..."

But I really liked the F801 when it was new. I remember it with the old 80-200 f2.8 AF. I think it came with an air tube that you'd yell in... "engine room, I need infinity focus!" then a cacophony of mechanical noises as it obtained the desired focus point. It was a good lens, but not very quick... I'll admit, though, I preferred the F601 for its form factor.

-Eric

[Jonathan Mac]

IMG_4061 by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr