Talk me out of an F4

[Horatio]

ATM's are how we refer to bank cash machines up here.
Coincidence?

How do you make a small fortune in photography? First, you start with a large fortune...

 

[tomkatf]

^^^^^
"The 80-200 F2.8 is another example"... Great lens, highly recommended!

 

[Horatio]

All depends on what sort of photography you want to do. Most of the first generation AF lenses are cheap now, and usually great condition out of Japan. I noticed a 35-70 F2.8 on ebay recently and was surprised at how cheap they are now compared to when they were new. The 80-200 F2.8 is another example. Slow AF, but great optics.

Seems there are bargains, even without fungus!

 

[Huss]

Agree 100%. Every now and then I put the batteries back into my F5 and go out and shoot a few rolls of 35mm B&W film. Of all the F series, the F5 was always my favorite. Recently acquired a mint condition Leitz Focomat V 35 enlarger specifically for making Lith prints from those 35mm negatives.

This 50th Edition F5 is for you

https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1688746

 

[Horatio]

50 1.4D

Found one locally for $50. Checking it out today.

 

[benveniste]

I wouldn't dare try to talk you out of it, but have you considered the F4H-1F model? It can literally fly circles around the cameras mentioned previously in this thread:

https://www.controller.com/listing/...nell-douglas-f4h-1f-turbine-military-aircraft

Of course, with some work, the same could be said of an F100 which recently sold.

https://www.proxibid.com/F100-Super-Sabre-Fighter-Jet-N418FS-See-Description/lotInformation/55962641

 

[Horatio]

The Phantom II is one of my favorite aircraft, but theF86 is my dream jet.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I wouldn't dare try to talk you out of it, but have you considered the F4H-1F model? It can literally fly circles around the cameras mentioned previously in this thread:

https://www.controller.com/listing/...nell-douglas-f4h-1f-turbine-military-aircraft

Of course, with some work, the same could be said of an F100 which recently sold.

https://www.proxibid.com/F100-Super-Sabre-Fighter-Jet-N418FS-See-Description/lotInformation/55962641

Much too late, he already bought and received the F4.

 

[Pieter12]

The Phantom II is one of my favorite aircraft, but theF86 is my dream jet.

There's always the F5.

 

[Arthurwg]

Horatio: If you want I'll send you my old F4 manual. I think I know where it is.

 

[Horatio]

Horatio: If you want I'll send you my old F4 manual. I think I know where it is.

That’s a very generous offer. Thanks.

 

[Arthurwg]

Send PM with your address and I'll send the manual.

 

[Chan Tran]

There's always the F5.

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Are they the T38 rather than the F5? They are the same plane but I think the ones in the pictures are called T38's.

 

[benveniste]

The Phantom II is one of my favorite aircraft, but theF86 is my dream jet.

The horrible thing is that I could almost afford an F86, but I'm about 40 years past my sell-by date to learn to fly one.
http://courtesyaircraft.com/aircraft/n86fr-north-american-f-86f/

 

[Horatio]

The horrible thing is that I could almost afford an F86, but I'm about 40 years past my sell-by date to learn to fly one.
http://courtesyaircraft.com/aircraft/n86fr-north-american-f-86f/

It's a PITA getting them registered. Exhibition category, or something like that I think, not Part 61. I'm not qualified to fly one with my sport pilot license.

Still, that one's a beauty.

 

[Pieter12]

Are they the T38 rather than the F5? They are the same plane but I think the ones in the pictures are called T38's.

Yeah, I know. But it wouldn't be funny. Northrop called the plane F5 for international sales, but the USAF used them as trainers, the T38 Talon.

 

[mshchem]

Much too late, he already bought and received the F4.

Here you go. 1970. CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA (CID) Forgetting to put the gear down, when landing during an air show, 3 or 4 million, Bob French, local pro photographer, (shot this with a Hasselblad, probably with a 500mm) priceless! French studios were the best commercial folks in Iowa. I remember taking my 5x7 film holders, loaded with Ektachrome, they helped out a young nitwit kid like me. The Naval Aviator ejected, as I recall he was OK, physically.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Here you go. 1970. CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA (CID) Forgetting to put the gear down, when landing during an air show, 3 or 4 million, Bob French, local pro photographer, (shot this with a Hasselblad, probably with a 500mm) priceless! French studios were the best commercial folks in Iowa. I remember taking my 5x7 film holders, loaded with Ektachrome, they helped out a young nitwit kid like me. The Naval Aviator ejected, as I recall he was OK, physically.
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An oh shit moment only exceeded by the pilot armed the bomb and then released it on the carrier deck.

 

[mshchem]

An oh shit moment only exceeded by the pilot armed the bomb and then released it on the carrier deck.

I remember the store in the downtown that sold high end cameras, Hasselblad, Leica, and the Japanese brands. They had Bob French's color work on the wall above the counter. That photo probably sold more Hasselblad and Zeiss lenses than anything else. I was awestruck, no digital, no autofocus, talent and a cool head.