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Very Helpful Advice (Reply to this comment)
by MILKYTHECOW233
As always, this advice was excellent. It helped me to buy my first lens, and I'm very happy with it. I'm now saving up for another, and I've read all of your lens reviews. The 85mm Nikkor sounds great. Thanks for the advice.
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Aug 08 '01
7:59 am PDT
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You know... (Reply to this comment)
by Ahab1973
...I'm glad I read this because it's been a while since I did any serious reading on photography. I was thinking of buying a 70-210 lens for my Minolta Maxxum. The prospect of shooting with ISO 400 film though (shudder). Think I'll stick with my 35-70...
--Brian
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Aug 01 '01
8:04 pm PDT
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Great review, Howard... (Reply to this comment)
by Christoff
It's taken me nearly 15 years to get my lens package together. I started with two Sigma lenses (a 35-70 zoom and a 400mm mirror). Later (7-8 yrs) i found a great deal on a Nikkor 105mm (super sharp). And just a few years ago i was able to afford a nice Nikkor ultra wide (20mm).
Your review is exactly what i'd suggest, too. The mirror lens - while not giving exceptionally sharp results - certainly fills my need for a longer focal length lens (and i can use mine without a tripod).
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Dec 21 '00
6:29 am PST
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Good Advice! (Reply to this comment)
by webguy
Useful information, I can see spoken from experience...thanks!
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Sep 03 '00
11:55 pm PDT
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Fantastic (Reply to this comment)
by Will.Stead
Great advice. I can tell by the amount of useful detail that you must have a real passion for photography.
Thanks for such a pleasurable read.
Wills
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Jul 28 '00
11:02 am PDT
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Man, I must be old (Reply to this comment)
by sweeper,  in Electronics
Howard,
How different from the "old" days. You used to buy a fast 50 as your "normal" and shoot and shoot and shoot. Then you'd bite the bullet and buy a 100mm or, in my case, a 28. And shoot and shoot and shoot. I bet if I were a newbie, I'd be tempted to buy the Nikon 24-120. Your advice makes sense to the new photographer these days. Zooms are in and I wonder if any newbie buys primes.
Another super review.
Dave
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Jul 07 '00
3:44 pm PDT
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Thanks (Reply to this comment)
by Lark729_89
I'm printing this information for future reference. I'm one of the people who still hasn't found the correct camera to purchase and will start again searching Epinions for it.
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Jun 20 '00
10:45 am PDT
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Name Brand vs Off Brand lenses (Reply to this comment)
by viper1963
If you are experiencing a high amount of battery drain on your autofocus camera, make sure you have BOTH the body and lens checked out.
In my experience, your lens may also be causing that battery drain. Most brands of lenses like Canon, Nikon or Minolta incorporates tiny motors within the lens which normally sends the lenses into a 'sleep' mode when you turn off the camera. Sometimes the microprocessors fail to shut off and thus cause unusually high battery drain.
Thought you'd like this tid-bit.
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Jun 16 '00
12:31 pm PDT
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Great article Howard! (Reply to this comment)
by d5kenn
You always keep it straightforward, flowing, and conversational, with examples and anecdotes. As usual, informative and fun to read!
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Jun 10 '00
1:39 pm PDT
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Helpful advice (Reply to this comment)
by AlexG
Very educational and really helpful for any amateur photographer. I went through all this a couple of years ago when I bought my Canon Elan IIe.
Best regards,
Alex.
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Jun 09 '00
7:14 am PDT
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Re: Good review (Reply to this comment)
by Howard_Creech,  in Electronics
Polarizing filters are an essential piece of equipment for advanced amateur and pro photographers, much less so with "snapshooters". In addition circular polarizers (which are required with most auto focus cameras) are quite a bit more expensive than linear polarizers. I seldom recomend that beginning photographers buy polarizers. Thanks for your comments.
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Jun 08 '00
8:38 pm PDT
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Good review (Reply to this comment)
by Rocketgirl
A polarizing filter is also essential! I recently lost mine on vacation; I feel naked without it! Thanks for a good review.
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Jun 08 '00
7:02 pm PDT
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I finally got some 100 film... (Reply to this comment)
by wavesandshells
so I will be taking pictures today. I will keep you posted. Thanks for all your help!
Great review!
Wendy
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Jun 07 '00
9:57 am PDT
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Great Review and.. (Reply to this comment)
by gpatters
excellent advice. I really enjoyed reading your review.
glo
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Jun 07 '00
8:01 am PDT
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Excellent advice (Reply to this comment)
by Home_Birther
I am an avid amater photographer and have invested quite a bit of money in my camera equipment and lenses. For years I operated under the delusion that I didn't need a protective filter for my lens. Well, since I take my camera everywhere you can only imagine what happened to it. One expensive zoom lens in the trash and I've learned my lesson. When I recently purchased my new lens, the first thing I asked for was a filter.
As always, excellent advice.
Miriana
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Jun 07 '00
5:26 am PDT
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