Blue Skies Loc: Eastern Shore of MD

I am cleaning out cabinets and have a Nikon N8008 AF
with AF Nikkor 28 mm 1:2.8, a AF Nikkor 35-70 mm 1:3.3
-4.5, a AF Nikkor 70-210 mm 1:4-5.6 and Sigma AF 400 mm F 5.6 lenses. Would any one have any use for such?

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

Check with local high schools, community colleges, universities, etc.
Some of them have film photography classes in their intro courses for the students.

jimni2001 Loc: Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA

The AF lenses should work on digital cameras. Here is what I got from the Nikon page.

These lenses use a mechanical coupling between the lens and camera to focus. The focus motor is in the camera, and through a series of gears that drive the lens' focusing mechanism allow the lens to locate the optimal focus. These lenses can be used on any D-SLR which has a focus motor. The only cameras lacking the focus motor at this time are the D5100, D5000, D3100, D3000, D60, D40X and D40 cameras.

and a link to the page.
http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14439/~/can-i-use-my-lens-from-my-old-camera-on-a-new-digital-slr%3F

Blue Skies Loc: Eastern Shore of MD

Thank You for the information, Hugh

saxkiwi Loc: New Zealand

Door stops..

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

i'm lucky, all me canon fd lenses fit w/adapter on my sony alphas.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

KEH shows an N8008S for $29 in bargain condition. They probably would not offer you more than $15 for it but with the lenses you might clear $25 or more.

There does not seem to be a market for it even though it is probably not much older than 25 years.

saichiez Loc: Beautiful Central Oregon

Door Stops... My A$$ !!!!

I have been selling film cameras on eBay for a decade now, and making good money. Film cameras have been enjoying a resurgence, and prices rising in the last couple of years. The community college where I teach still has a film class every quarter and it's more popular than ever. SRO

I've donated a lot of camera's to that class in the last 5 years.

Many are finding digital too complex or too sterile and returning to film. Even young people who have only shot digital are taking up film. Film is readily available if one looks, and a few of the niche film companies are even restarting new emulsions. Surely Fujifilm is still selling in almost all big box store locations. I just got a roll of film back through Walmart in 120, processed for $8 and back in ten days..Prints and Negs.

I shoot quite a bit of 135 (35mm), Medium and Large Format film myself, aside from selling a goodly amount of film camera's. I just shot a car show with a Canon EOS A2E, and then sold the Canon and Sigma lens for $200.

There have been over 200 Nikon 8008 camera's with 2-3 lenses sold in the last 60 days alone. A kit like you describe, if put up on a properly configured auction just sold for $237. Many sell for $100-200.

Or you could donate it to a school photography program and get a receipt for a couple of hundred dollars, or Goodwill and do the same thing. If you donate to GoodWill, it will end up on the Goodwill auction site, along with a good number of other film camera's..

That site is www.shopgoodwill.com where I buy a lot of camera's to sell on eBay.

At the very least, I will pay the postage if you want to donate it to me (not a non-profit, as I enjoy eating). I will part it out and sell the body with one lens, and then each of the remaining two lenses. I suspect I could turn up about $300. (if all the pieces work)

The 8008 was a decent film camera, while the 8008s was considered pro caliber.

Or, you could get creative.

Shoot black and white film, develop it in Instant Coffee, Vitamin C, and Washing Soda.... a process called Caffenol, which is very popular. I've been having fun with that.

You can find a number of web sites that explain the Caffenol Process.

All in all, beats the humdrum and complexity of shooting digital, as many seem to be finding.

Door Stop....Hmmmph....

Where have you been... Oh yeah, trying to decide on the next new "wonderkin" digital, and ruining your eyes trying to decipher manuals?????

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

I completely agree. It just seemed that the OP was not interested in returning to film.

I still do most of my photography on film. I find film to be less clinical and more expressive, even if digital may be "technically" better and more convenient in some situations.

Today we can afford the best used film equipment, in excellent condition, that we could only dream about when it was new.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

And some of us hold onto those dreams. ;-)

wilikioti Loc: Deep South, USA

Door stops?? A dumb ass statement!!

mjbrock2012 Loc: Grants Pass,Oregon

I have a great Pentax LX, which was top of the line for Pentax in its day. Now.....? Too good to just throw away or use as a door stop!.

Annie_Girl Loc: It's none of your business

I still use two film cameras for personal projects and sometimes for my pin-up work.

Swamp Gator Loc: Coastal South Carolina

I saw the handwriting on that wall and sold all my film gear about 8 or 9 years ago while I could still get something for it. I did keep one Eos 1n film body because it works with all my current Canon EF lenses, but I have not touched it in 10 years.

I used to work with film every day for a living which included processing and printing my stuff and I do not miss those days for one second and have never looked back once going digital.

bdavis

Ditto: I teach high school photo and still have my kids shoot with fully manual SLR's: Canon, Nikon, Pentax, and my original Minolta SRT 101 that my dad brought me from Japan in 1972! To that end, I am not as interested in the N8008 because it has various auto programs that they could switch to and I insist they shoot fully manual. Also, if the electrical goes I can afford to fix. With the old manual cameras, the most I lose is the light meter and I have some hand helds they can sign out (or work with someone whose light meter is functioning. I still teach reciprocity and test them with word problems to show they acn use reciprocity to select exposures based on whether the depth of field or shutter speed is more critical. Anyway, your lenses DEFINATELY have value and plenty of people would buy them for their DSLRs. And you might find a buyer for the camera body as well. WQhen you sell, if no one buys the wide lens (f2.8) I might be interested.