Post by belgiumreporter on Apr 18, 2020 7:59:38 GMT -5
Over the years, togheter with the cameras, the lenses came. Some of them i've bought others came with cameras i've bought. They became so many that i came to a point i couldn't remember what exactly i've got lens wise. Now with some corona time at hand i've opened up some drawers and found amongst others these “classic” nikkors.
I'll post some example shots i've made with each of them in the following posts, still trying to decide wich set up i'll make as a subject...
1) 20mm nikkor 1:3,5
2) 24mm nikkor N-C 1:2,8
3) 25-50 Zoom Nikkor 1:4
4) 28mm Nikkor N 1:2
5) 28mm PC-Nikkor 1:3,5
6) 35mm Nikkor 1:2
7) 45mm GN Nikkor-C 1:2,8
8) 55mm Nikkor SC 1:1,2
9) 85mm Nikkor -H 1:1,8
10) 105mm Nikkor 1:2,5
11) 135mm Nikkor 1:2
12) 135mm Nikkor 1:2,8
13) 200mm Nikkor 1:4
14) 200mm Micro Nikkor 1:4
15) 300mm Nikkor ED 1:4,5
16) 500mm Reflex Nikkor 1:8
Okay, here we go, the first one is the 20mm 3,5 I've bought in in the early eighties, after having dissapointing results with tokina wide-angles i bit the bullit, sold them and bought this nikkor. Haven't regret that descision and the lens is still with me now, on the AF bodies it has been replaced with the sigma 20mm 1:1,9.
The next one is the 28mm PC only bought this recently. Works fine on digital and you won't lose any pixels when correcting pespective, like you would have in post processing.
The 35mm 2 is supposed to be the best of the 35mm line up back in the day.
25-50 mmzoom horrendesly expensive when it was new, an incredible achievement by nikon back then, still gives stellar performance, but is limited by it's max apperture and closest focussing distance (1 meter)
55mm1:1,2 lets in a lot of light, isn't as sharp as some would wish, rather harsh out of focus areas
105mm 2,5 the famous “afghan girl with the green eyes” national geographic cover photo lens. For some the best portrait lens ever.
135mm 2 large and heavy, very difficult to focus because of the very shallow dept of field.
200mm 4 a true classic was in lots of photographers bags for when 135mm wasn't long enough, still even today great performance.
200mm “micro” about the same performance as the 200mm but focussing goes down to 1:2
300mm 4 ED best of the many different versins of this 300mm, bought it only recently just to have it :-)
500mm mirror one of the lenses i've bought in the beginning of my career, didn't used it much but never felt the need to part with it for those rare occasions when i did need it.
I couldn't test all of the lenses as some are non AI, the only full frame DSLR body accepting these is the Df sadly i haven't got one...
All of these lenses have their own virtues wich can't be shown in just one image, still i hope the test shots will give an idea about how the image is rendered by these different lenses. The focussing point of all shots was at the front bumper overrider from the T-bird. All lenses at their max aperture, camera used D800.
I'll post some example shots i've made with each of them in the following posts, still trying to decide wich set up i'll make as a subject...
1) 20mm nikkor 1:3,5
2) 24mm nikkor N-C 1:2,8
3) 25-50 Zoom Nikkor 1:4
4) 28mm Nikkor N 1:2
5) 28mm PC-Nikkor 1:3,5
6) 35mm Nikkor 1:2
7) 45mm GN Nikkor-C 1:2,8
8) 55mm Nikkor SC 1:1,2
9) 85mm Nikkor -H 1:1,8
10) 105mm Nikkor 1:2,5
11) 135mm Nikkor 1:2
12) 135mm Nikkor 1:2,8
13) 200mm Nikkor 1:4
14) 200mm Micro Nikkor 1:4
15) 300mm Nikkor ED 1:4,5
16) 500mm Reflex Nikkor 1:8
Okay, here we go, the first one is the 20mm 3,5 I've bought in in the early eighties, after having dissapointing results with tokina wide-angles i bit the bullit, sold them and bought this nikkor. Haven't regret that descision and the lens is still with me now, on the AF bodies it has been replaced with the sigma 20mm 1:1,9.
The next one is the 28mm PC only bought this recently. Works fine on digital and you won't lose any pixels when correcting pespective, like you would have in post processing.
The 35mm 2 is supposed to be the best of the 35mm line up back in the day.
25-50 mmzoom horrendesly expensive when it was new, an incredible achievement by nikon back then, still gives stellar performance, but is limited by it's max apperture and closest focussing distance (1 meter)
55mm1:1,2 lets in a lot of light, isn't as sharp as some would wish, rather harsh out of focus areas
105mm 2,5 the famous “afghan girl with the green eyes” national geographic cover photo lens. For some the best portrait lens ever.
135mm 2 large and heavy, very difficult to focus because of the very shallow dept of field.
200mm 4 a true classic was in lots of photographers bags for when 135mm wasn't long enough, still even today great performance.
200mm “micro” about the same performance as the 200mm but focussing goes down to 1:2
300mm 4 ED best of the many different versins of this 300mm, bought it only recently just to have it :-)
500mm mirror one of the lenses i've bought in the beginning of my career, didn't used it much but never felt the need to part with it for those rare occasions when i did need it.
I couldn't test all of the lenses as some are non AI, the only full frame DSLR body accepting these is the Df sadly i haven't got one...
All of these lenses have their own virtues wich can't be shown in just one image, still i hope the test shots will give an idea about how the image is rendered by these different lenses. The focussing point of all shots was at the front bumper overrider from the T-bird. All lenses at their max aperture, camera used D800.
