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Steve Cottrell
Sat, Nov 22, 2025 12:08 PM
If anyone has an M300/4 or an A300/4 gathering dust and is thinking of selling, I might be in the market…
Cotty
If anyone has an M*300/4 or an A*300/4 gathering dust and is thinking of selling, I *might* be in the market…
Cotty
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John Francis
Sat, Nov 22, 2025 6:50 PM
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 12:08:26PM +0000, Steve Cottrell wrote:
If anyone has an M300/4 or an A300/4 gathering dust and is thinking of selling, I might be in the market???
Cotty
Can't help you there, but I do have an A*300/2.8 that is no longer being used.
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 12:08:26PM +0000, Steve Cottrell wrote:
> If anyone has an M*300/4 or an A*300/4 gathering dust and is thinking of selling, I *might* be in the market???
>
> Cotty
Can't help you there, but I do have an A*300/2.8 that is no longer being used.
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Steve Cottrell
Sat, Nov 22, 2025 11:15 PM
Thanks John. I’m after the 850g weight of the f/4 versions - nearly 3kg of f/2.8 would be, er… painful ;-)
Cotty
On 22 Nov 2025, at 18:50, John Francis johnf@panix.com wrote:
Can't help you there, but I do have an A*300/2.8 that is no longer being used.
Thanks John. I’m after the 850g weight of the f/4 versions - nearly 3kg of f/2.8 would be, er… painful ;-)
Cotty
> On 22 Nov 2025, at 18:50, John Francis <johnf@panix.com> wrote:
>
>
> Can't help you there, but I do have an A*300/2.8 that is no longer being used.
MR
Mark Roberts
Sun, Nov 23, 2025 1:18 AM
Thanks John. Im after the 850g weight of the f/4 versions - nearly 3kg of f/2.8 would be, er
painful ;-)
Steve Cottrell wrote:
>Thanks John. Im after the 850g weight of the f/4 versions - nearly 3kg of f/2.8 would be, er
painful ;-)
Price is pretty hefty, too.
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Larry Colen
Sun, Nov 23, 2025 1:23 AM
Thanks John. Im after the 850g weight of the f/4 versions - nearly 3kg of f/2.8 would be, er
painful ;-)
Price is pretty hefty, too.
Don't make assumptions, I have found that John's prices are distressingly fair, which is why I already own several kilos of his old lenses.
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Larry Colen from Lothlorien
lrc@red4est.com
> On Nov 22, 2025, at 5:18 PM, Mark Roberts <postmaster@robertstech.com> wrote:
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> Steve Cottrell wrote:
>
>> Thanks John. Im after the 850g weight of the f/4 versions - nearly 3kg of f/2.8 would be, er
> painful ;-)
>
> Price is pretty hefty, too.
Don't make assumptions, I have found that John's prices are distressingly fair, which is why I already own several kilos of his old lenses.
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Larry Colen from Lothlorien
lrc@red4est.com
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Steve Cottrell
Sat, Nov 29, 2025 3:49 PM
Aren’t you rather assuming that an assumption was made in the first place?
SC
Thanks John. Im after the 850g weight of the f/4 versions - nearly 3kg of f/2.8 would be, er
painful ;-)
Price is pretty hefty, too.
Don't make assumptions, I have found that John's prices are distressingly fair, which is why I already own several kilos of his old lenses.
Aren’t you rather assuming that an assumption was made in the first place?
SC
> On 23 Nov 2025, at 01:23, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On Nov 22, 2025, at 5:18 PM, Mark Roberts <postmaster@robertstech.com> wrote:
>>
>> Steve Cottrell wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks John. Im after the 850g weight of the f/4 versions - nearly 3kg of f/2.8 would be, er
>> painful ;-)
>>
>> Price is pretty hefty, too.
>
> Don't make assumptions, I have found that John's prices are distressingly fair, which is why I already own several kilos of his old lenses.
>
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Steve Cottrell
Sat, Nov 29, 2025 3:56 PM
Oops. I accidentally won an auction for a pretty straight K300/4. About a hundred quid. I’ll see how it goes on my MFT video rig, should offer me the same angle of view as a 600mm on FF. Ideally I would like the M* or A* but will play with this for a while.
A prime at this length is not ideal but plenty of light for the sensor. I was recently filming a disabled surfer at an artifical wave facility with the Nikkor 80-200 and I could have really done with an extra bit of length on the shots there, 300mm-ish sprang to mind, so will see how it goes. If it becomes a much-used lens, I might spring for the lighter weight version, there’s an M*300/4 in Japan, mint for 300 quid. I’m supposed to be retiring so I really shouldn’t…
Hope all well
Cheers
Cotty
Oops. I accidentally won an auction for a pretty straight K300/4. About a hundred quid. I’ll see how it goes on my MFT video rig, should offer me the same angle of view as a 600mm on FF. Ideally I would like the M* or A* but will play with this for a while.
A prime at this length is not ideal but plenty of light for the sensor. I was recently filming a disabled surfer at an artifical wave facility with the Nikkor 80-200 and I could have really done with an extra bit of length on the shots there, 300mm-ish sprang to mind, so will see how it goes. If it becomes a much-used lens, I might spring for the lighter weight version, there’s an M*300/4 in Japan, mint for 300 quid. I’m supposed to be retiring so I really shouldn’t…
Hope all well
Cheers
Cotty
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Comcast
Sat, Nov 29, 2025 4:39 PM
I had the 300/4 K late last century. It was an excellent lens.
Paul
On Nov 29, 2025, at 10:58 AM, Steve Cottrell cotty@seeingeye.tv wrote:
Oops. I accidentally won an auction for a pretty straight K300/4. About a hundred quid. I’ll see how it goes on my MFT video rig, should offer me the same angle of view as a 600mm on FF. Ideally I would like the M* or A* but will play with this for a while.
A prime at this length is not ideal but plenty of light for the sensor. I was recently filming a disabled surfer at an artifical wave facility with the Nikkor 80-200 and I could have really done with an extra bit of length on the shots there, 300mm-ish sprang to mind, so will see how it goes. If it becomes a much-used lens, I might spring for the lighter weight version, there’s an M*300/4 in Japan, mint for 300 quid. I’m supposed to be retiring so I really shouldn’t…
Hope all well
Cheers
Cotty
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I had the 300/4 K late last century. It was an excellent lens.
Paul
> On Nov 29, 2025, at 10:58 AM, Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> wrote:
>
> Oops. I accidentally won an auction for a pretty straight K300/4. About a hundred quid. I’ll see how it goes on my MFT video rig, should offer me the same angle of view as a 600mm on FF. Ideally I would like the M* or A* but will play with this for a while.
>
> A prime at this length is not ideal but plenty of light for the sensor. I was recently filming a disabled surfer at an artifical wave facility with the Nikkor 80-200 and I could have really done with an extra bit of length on the shots there, 300mm-ish sprang to mind, so will see how it goes. If it becomes a much-used lens, I might spring for the lighter weight version, there’s an M*300/4 in Japan, mint for 300 quid. I’m supposed to be retiring so I really shouldn’t…
>
> Hope all well
>
> Cheers
>
> Cotty
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Steve Cottrell
Sat, Nov 29, 2025 5:02 PM
Thanks Paul!
Season’s greetings mate - hope all well with you and yours.
Cotty
On 29 Nov 2025, at 16:39, Comcast pnstenquist@comcast.net wrote:
I had the 300/4 K late last century. It was an excellent lens.
Thanks Paul!
Season’s greetings mate - hope all well with you and yours.
Cotty
> On 29 Nov 2025, at 16:39, Comcast <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I had the 300/4 K late last century. It was an excellent lens.
