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Jun 28, 2015 07:41:24   #
rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin
 
Looks like you got a great deal, Ron.

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Jun 28, 2015 08:02:04   #
LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY
 
Don Fischer wrote:
How much US is one euro?


As of yesterday it was worth $1.12

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Jun 28, 2015 08:17:23   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Rongnongno wrote:
I am in the South of France.

There I was checking out a 'brocante' (antique store) and found an old 14mm tokina lens, Nikon mount sold for 1 Euro. At that price, what the heck?

I checked it and the seller said it was mounted on an old post office sorting machine.

Effectively a ring was out of whack but the rest seemed ok so... I paid my Euro, went my merry way.

I tested the lens this morning... IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM!

:mrgreen: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I am in the South of France. br br There I was ch... (show quote)

You see, you have to be willing to risk your money to get a good deal. You took a big chance, and it paid off! :D

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Jun 28, 2015 08:26:47   #
dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl
 
Rongnongno wrote:
I am in the South of France.

There I was checking out a 'brocante' (antique store) and found an old 14mm tokina lens, Nikon mount sold for 1 Euro. At that price, what the heck?

I checked it and the seller said it was mounted on an old post office sorting machine.

Effectively a ring was out of whack but the rest seemed ok so... I paid my Euro, went my merry way.

I tested the lens this morning... IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM!

:mrgreen: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I am in the South of France. br br There I was ch... (show quote)


:thumbup: :thumbup:
That is great, but it helps (as in your case) if you know what you are looking at and know how to evaluate it. I wonder how many Nikon ( or any other brand ) users would pick the lens up and know what they were looking at?

Enjoy a great find.

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Jun 28, 2015 09:01:15   #
pecohen Loc: Central Maine
 
Flyextreme wrote:
I'm very curious how you sent or made this raw file to make it available?

I've not tested it recently, but some time ago I did this by entering two attachments to a comment. The first one was a small JPEG image (store original not checked) and the second one was the raw file (store original checked).

However, for very large files you may experience some problems in uploading and in this case you will probably have to resort to using some off-line storage system like Dropbox.

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Jun 28, 2015 09:37:21   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
jfn007 wrote:
Good luck to you. I hope it works well for you. Does it auto-focus?
Yes.

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Jun 28, 2015 09:54:33   #
ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Good picture, good deal.

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Jun 28, 2015 15:57:21   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Rongnongno wrote:
I am in the South of France.

There I was checking out a 'brocante' (antique store) and found an old 14mm tokina lens, Nikon mount sold for 1 Euro. At that price, what the heck?

I checked it and the seller said it was mounted on an old post office sorting machine.

Effectively a ring was out of whack but the rest seemed ok so... I paid my Euro, went my merry way.

I tested the lens this morning... IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM!

:mrgreen: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I am in the South of France. br br There I was ch... (show quote)


That is fantastic, Ron...
--Bob

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Jun 28, 2015 16:40:25   #
jimmya Loc: Phoenix
 
Rongnongno wrote:
I am in the South of France.

There I was checking out a 'brocante' (antique store) and found an old 14mm tokina lens, Nikon mount sold for 1 Euro. At that price, what the heck?

I checked it and the seller said it was mounted on an old post office sorting machine.

Effectively a ring was out of whack but the rest seemed ok so... I paid my Euro, went my merry way.

I tested the lens this morning... IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM!

:mrgreen: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I am in the South of France. br br There I was ch... (show quote)


Congrats!

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Jun 28, 2015 18:48:53   #
Bushymonster Loc: Oklahoma City. OK.
 
I am never in 5he right place at the right time. Great find I hope you wear it out taking thousands of photos. Great find...
-Bushy

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Jun 29, 2015 02:31:52   #
Bram boy Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
 
Rongnongno wrote:
I am in the South of France.

There I was checking out a 'brocante' (antique store) and found an old 14mm tokina lens, Nikon mount sold for 1 Euro. At that price, what the heck?

I checked it and the seller said it was mounted on an old post office sorting machine.

Effectively a ring was out of whack but the rest seemed ok so... I paid my Euro, went my merry way.

I tested the lens this morning... IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM!




Awe . That's to bad , better luck next time

:mrgreen: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I am in the South of France. br br There I was ch... (show quote)

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Jun 30, 2015 16:20:44   #
JPL
 
dcampbell52 wrote:
:thumbup: :thumbup:
That is great, but it helps (as in your case) if you know what you are looking at and know how to evaluate it. I wonder how many Nikon ( or any other brand ) users would pick the lens up and know what they were looking at?

Enjoy a great find.


He had no idea what he was looking at. Like he said he took it from the store because it was practically free. :lol:

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Jul 1, 2015 02:07:17   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
JPL wrote:
He had no idea what he was looking at. Like he said he took it from the store because it was practically free. :lol:

That is probably why I checked it first (read the post)... Even 1 euro is too much for broken glass.

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