My grandfather gave me his old camera gear (lenses) in his will

Dillon Novak

Dillon Novak

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so i received them today, and they are

1) Nikkor 28mm (1:3.5)
1) Nikkor 50mm (1:2)
1) Vivitar 135mm telephoto lens (1:2.8)


are these lenses good?
can anyone give me any insight on these because i am very new to all of the lenses you can use for adapters

i would like to use them for either a M2 or an SGpro

thank you so much for any help.
 
the 50mm f2 is very nice on the sgpro. it's supposed to be the sharpest 50mm nikon ever made... it might vignette a little bit on the m2 though

i shot these pieces solely with the 50mm f2 on the SGpro -

http://vimeo.com/1364201
http://vimeo.com/1362266
http://vimeo.com/1361537


the 135mm f2.8 is also nice. a bit slow for indoors work but very nice outside.

shot this solely with the 135mm f2.8 on the SGpro - http://vimeo.com/843399

i've never used the 28mm f3.5. but i suspect that it'll be "ok" for outside work... but it'll probably vignette badly coz it's a slow wide.

p.s. vignetting is when the picture goes darker at the edges.
 
jenningsp said:
the 50mm f2 is very nice on the sgpro. it's supposed to be the sharpest 50mm nikon ever made... it might vignette a little bit on the m2 though

i shot these pieces solely with the 50mm f2 on the SGpro -

http://vimeo.com/1364201
http://vimeo.com/1362266
http://vimeo.com/1361537


the 135mm f2.8 is also nice. a bit slow for indoors work but very nice outside.

shot this solely with the 135mm f2.8 on the SGpro - http://vimeo.com/843399

i've never used the 28mm f3.5. but i suspect that it'll be "ok" for outside work... but it'll probably vignette badly coz it's a slow wide.

p.s. vignetting is when the picture goes darker at the edges.
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Thank you so much Jenningsp!
can't you just zoom in on your camera to get rid of vignetting? or is that not good?
 
if you don't have a flip module then you can only zoom in so far... i'm actually at the max usable zoom on my dvx/sgpro setup just to get past the tube framing with 4x3. if you zoom in more, you can't focus on the GG.. at 16x9 i could zoom out more but i shoot 4x3.


if you've got a flip module then you can zoom in pretty far i've heard.

but if you zoom in a lot on a 28mm lens it'll be the same field of view as a 35mm lens at normal zoom.. so it only works so much.
 
gotcha, thanks

jenningsp said:
if you don't have a flip module then you can only zoom in so far... i'm actually at the max usable zoom on my dvx/sgpro setup just to get past the tube framing with 4x3. if you zoom in more, you can't focus on the GG.. at 16x9 i could zoom out more but i shoot 4x3.


if you've got a flip module then you can zoom in pretty far i've heard.

but if you zoom in a lot on a 28mm lens it'll be the same field of view as a 35mm lens at normal zoom.. so it only works so much.
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I would put them away in a safe place and get other lenses. These will have a sentimental value and you may not know it until one gets lost. Put them on s shelf and say my grand father believed in me. :)
 
The 28mm at f3.5 is the piece to put on your shelf..it's too slow even for our adapter as a wide angle prime :-) The 50 at f2 and the 135 at f2.8 should work just fine. I always suggesting googling the lens model to see what the photog's are saying about the lens. If they like it chances are that you will too.

Cheers,
Dennis
 
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