21 "old" manual lenses compared

[belgiumreporter]

Well, here's the results of some lens changing on the D3

I wanted to make a comparison on the rendering of diffrent "older" manual focus lenses.

As i can only mount M42 or nikon mount lenses on the D3 i was unable to test evrything i've got( far from) still you might get some insight how these 21 diffrent lenses handle the same scene.

It was an overcast day wich gave me constant light, but not so good colors.

Shots where made with the camera mounted on the Linhoff studio tripod, focussing was done at maximum magnification in live view modus all lenses wide open.

Enjoy!

[johnbear]

Yes I did enjoy ... very interesting. I have to say, I generally prefer the Nikons (and I never knew I would, like I'm not a Nikon enthusiast).

[belgiumreporter]

After trying out the normal and longer focal lenghts i now tried two wideangles, the nikkor 28/2 manual focus and the sigma 28/1:1.8.
The sigma is the sharpest of the 2 even at 1:1.8 against the f2 max of the nikkor. The sigma hasn't got the color saturation the nikkor delivers, the nikkor (in my opinion) also gives a nicer rendering of the out of focus areas.
I've included 2 crops at 100% for better comparison. I let you be the judge.