Lens Across America : ROUND 3!

[Derrel]

:hail:

Got the lens today, however I'm not seeing the Canon adapter. Reached out to Boomer to see if it was forgotten, unless someone else knows where it failed to make it into the package? Maybe I missed it above.

Ya, I never saw a Canon adapter when I had it...Anyone else know if it was suppose to be with the lens?

As Astro mentions, the Canon adapter didn't start out with the lens, but was instead sent to ME by the person who donated it (because I was the one who was going to have the lens next). I put the Canon Adapter in a yellow mailing pouch, labeled it and put it in the box with the lens (see photo from snowbear on 05.07). The ONLY other reference I see to the adapter is from paigew, who did use it. Has anyone checked with her to see if perhaps she just forgot to put it back in the box with the lens?

Yes, the Canon adapter was in a smallish standard yellow manilla type envelope--and it was one of the "good kind" of adapters!!!

 

[snowbear113 45]

Got the lens today, however I'm not seeing the Canon adapter. Reached out to Boomer to see if it was forgotten, unless someone else knows where it failed to make it into the package? Maybe I missed it above.

Ya, I never saw a Canon adapter when I had it...Anyone else know if it was suppose to be with the lens?

As Astro mentions, the Canon adapter didn't start out with the lens, but was instead sent to ME by the person who donated it (because I was the one who was going to have the lens next). I put the Canon Adapter in a yellow mailing pouch, labeled it and put it in the box with the lens (see photo from snowbear on 05.07). The ONLY other reference I see to the adapter is from paigew, who did use it. Has anyone checked with her to see if perhaps she just forgot to put it back in the box with the lens?

Yes, the Canon adapter was in a smallish standard yellow manilla type envelope--and it was one of the "good kind" of adapters!!!

This one:

 

[Rocketman1978]

No adapter arrived at my house.

Well, Paige definitely had it and used it--so it has to either still be with her, or with xjohnx, who is the only other person to get the lens between you and Paige.

She's on my Facebook, I'll reach out and see if she has it. Time is fleeting for me as I'm heading out of town this weekend for a week. If she has it maybe I'll just have her ship the adapter to astroNikon and someone can put me at the end of the list? Just because the equipment and timing didn't work out, I'd still like to participate.

 

[Rocketman1978]

adapter was there when I had it. I included the lens hood; hope that's still there.

Hood is still there. :thumbup:

 

[Rocketman1978]

No adapter arrived at my house.

Well, Paige definitely had it and used it--so it has to either still be with her, or with xjohnx, who is the only other person to get the lens between you and Paige.

She's on my Facebook, I'll reach out and see if she has it. Time is fleeting for me as I'm heading out of town this weekend for a week. If she has it maybe I'll just have her ship the adapter to astroNikon and someone can put me at the end of the list? Just because the equipment and timing didn't work out, I'd still like to participate.

Paige said she packaged it up so someone after her didn't include it. Hmmmmm....

 

[Rocketman1978]

This adapter would work, right?
Amazon.com : Fotodiox Lens Mount Adapter, Nikon Lens to Canon EOS Camera Body, for Canon EOS 1D, 1DS, Mark II, III, IV, 1DX, 1DC, 5D, 5D Mark II, II 7D, 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, 60D, 70D Digital Rebel T2i, T3, T3i, T4i. T5i, C300, C500 : Nikon To Can

If so, then if Sparky would swap astroNikon and I in the list, I'll ship the lens to him this week since we're only about 45 minutes from each other. I'll also go ahead buy the above adapter (if it will work), donate it to the project by including it when I ship it out to whomever was after astroNikon.

 

[astroNikon]

Good thinking. My weekend is free and I'm planning another short photo vacation ...

but then, I don't see why duct tape won't work
It's only a 6d you'd be taping the lens too .. :mrgreen:

 

[480sparky38 37]

.........If so, then if Sparky would swap astroNikon and I in the list, I'll ship the lens to him this week since we're only about 45 minutes from each other.....

Done.

.....I'll also go ahead buy the above adapter (if it will work), donate it to the project by including it when I ship it out to whomever was after astroNikon.

Kew-well!

 

[xj0hnx]

Oppsala, sorry guys/gals, I never even saw the adapter, didn't make it that far into the box lol. I do have it, who do I need to send it to to link it back up with the lens.

 

[480sparky38 37]

Oppsala, sorry guys/gals, I never even saw the adapter, didn't make it that far into the box lol. I do have it, who do I need to send it to to link it back up with the lens.

Check your PMs.

 

[Aloicious]

oh...if things stay on track as scheduled I might be able to take this guy out to the Bonneville salt flats for speed week this year.

 

[Derrel]

What's distressing about this is that the adapter that ws in the envelope is worth as much as the lens!!! The adapter that's now missing in action was an expensive Fotodiox G-series adapter, not just a cheapie $10 kind...it was "more adapter" than was needed for this AF-D lens, since it has a physical aperture control ring on the lens. The adapter that somebody graciously donated for use of a few Canon fans in this project was over $100, and that adapter seems to have been...pilfered...just like MY original 35-70 AF-D Nikkor lens and my M-2 extension tube and case were pilfered in the original Lens Across America thread started by Mark some years before this current endeavor was started by Sparky. I tell ya' man...i think this really sucks.

 

[480sparky38 37]

Update:

Both the lens and the Canon adapter are on their way to astroNikon.

The universe is again in balance.

 

[sm4him]

What's distressing about this is that the adapter that ws in the envelope is worth as much as the lens!!! The adapter that's now missing in action was an expensive Fotodiox G-series adapter, not just a cheapie $10 kind...it was "more adapter" than was needed for this AF-D lens, since it has a physical aperture control ring on the lens. The adapter that somebody graciously donated for use of a few Canon fans in this project was over $100, and that adapter seems to have been...pilfered...just like MY original 35-70 AF-D Nikkor lens and my M-2 extension tube and case were pilfered in the original Lens Across America thread started by Mark some years before this current endeavor was started by Sparky. I tell ya' man...i think this really sucks.

In this case, it turns out to have just been a very honest mistake, where someone used a different box to send the lens on its way, and never noticed the yellow envelope down at the bottom of the original box. It's been found and is on its way to meet back up with the lens!

But that original LOA situation…yeah, that really DID stink.

 

[astroNikon]

someone pilfered a 35-70 AFD and extension ?!?! .. that stinks.