Cuz my wife let me!

MartinCrabtree · Nov 18, 2014

I like to use manual focus lenses on my F5. Digital too........ Have a couple chipped so I can use the matrix meter and other modes but always end up shooting manual anyway. You can buy some wonderful glass for a pittance since manual focus is so difficult.

spacer · Apr 7, 2015

I set the F5 aside for a while, concentrating on some of my other cameras, primarily my Canons and my Bronica.

I did find myself taking it out on occasion to just hold it, though. Not creepy at all...

Now, a friend and I are going to try out my new Tetenal C41 kit on some rolls he has, and I want to run a couple of my own at the same time (I mean, really. I bought the kit, ya know...)
So, I think I'll use the F5 with the current Kodak 80-210 lens to fire off a roll (the other one is complete, in my 1n).
After taking a few photos with this camera, I decided to go ahead and pick up a 28-105. I think I'm gonna use this baby a bit more than I'd expected. I'll still sell it if offered a fair price, but it'd be a shame to see such a pristine hunk o' hardware sit and collect dust.
The other thing was, the contents of the viewfinder seemed a bit blurry to me, and I finally figured out how to work the diopter... now it's great!

I also picked up the ingredients for caffenol, but that's another thread, and I'll probably use my Canonet more for that stuff.

RobC · Apr 7, 2015

MartinCrabtree said:
I've used the CH mode one time on my F5 just to see how fast it is. Dayum!!!! You cannot let go of the shutter fast enough. By the time I realized and let go it ran through 6 frames. Here's 5 of 'em.

Looking at image 5 there seems to be a man just about to come over that ridge who's forgotten his motorbike

Monday317 · Apr 7, 2015

Lucky stiff..! "Keep it", say I and start off with a Voigtlander 40mm Ultron as the perfect street lens. Or, if you can find a good copy, the old AIS Vivitar Series 1 zooms were highly considered--if the Nikon is too spendy. Good camera!

PS--Maybe you can score an adapter for your Canon glass?

parkpy · Apr 7, 2015

Favorite lens I have used with the F5 was the 85mm 1.8g...

Wow. Autofocus is fast and the F5 just nails exposures. What a great camera.

I sold mine as the heft was medium format territory. I now own a Pentax 645n

ciniframe · Apr 7, 2015

Wow, to an OM user that looks like a hernia about to happen. Sould be a stable platform for most lenses. With that much mass the shutter/mirror vibration must be about nil. Price sounds about right too, KEH has an 'EX' condition body for $299.

spacer · Apr 10, 2015

Weight isn't really an issue for me, and it just feels so *gooooood*.
Just got the pristine 28-105 lens in the mail today, with caps and a hood. Gonna burn a roll or three tomorrow for the Tetenal kit.
Compared to the old Kodak Gear 80-200 glass, this thing is right snappy!

RalphLambrecht · Apr 11, 2015

spacer said:
I was giving some advice to a fellow customer, at a large used bookstore (2nd & Charles), about a camera he'd been eyeballing, when I saw something else... I quickly smiled and handed the guy over to the clerk who'd just arrived to look at a Nikon under the glass. I've been mostly a Canon shooter since the '90s, but don't have a real sense of brand loyalty. It's just what I'm used to.
But... this was an apparently unused F5 for just over three bills, so I snatched it up.
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I took her home, checked her out inside/out... every bit as clean. No apparent wear on the hotshoe or grip material. Woot!
This can go either of two ways: If someone has a nice EOS 1v they're willing to swap, I'd gladly do so... or I'll just find a decent walking-around lens for the Nikon and use it for a while. Always good to be familiar with different systems, even if you already have a primary one.

looks nice;put it to good use!

TSSPro · Apr 11, 2015

Th f5 is one of my favorite bodies. Fits my hands nicely and it has a lot of nostalgia for me. I hope that you enjoy the camera and get a chance to shoot it often.

All the best-

MartinCrabtree · Apr 11, 2015

If I could only keep one camera my F5 would be it.

mweintraub · Apr 13, 2015

You can get the cheaper 50mm 1.8D to to make full use of the amazing in body focus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftV6QixYFNg

Or, the 50mm 1.8G, such a great lens.

Greg Heath · Apr 20, 2015

Personally I prefer the 35mm to the 50.

Cuz my wife let me!

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