choosing lenses brand (zeiss, nikkor, canon) for 35mm adaptor

vonkuttenberg

vonkuttenberg

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hello, does anybody did some research about what would be good prime lense to attach with 35mm adaptor (redrick M2)? i tryied to google some info and came to idea of choosing NIKKOR lenses.

basic Q: is there any better choise to invest about 1000$ to 24,35,50,85,105mm lense by nikkor?

Q: nikon fans, is there any reason to buy newer lenses than AI? (i think, that oldest AI will be cheapest)
 
the older lenses are a lot heavier because they arent plastic. The old nikon nikkors are built better.
 
The older ones, AI are so well crafted, just beware of sticky apertures and stiff focus.
I myself see no reason to loom over a decision of buying AIS over AI, no difference on a DOF adapter just on a still camera for metering. Non AI i think are harder with a follow focus to use and seem a little bulky to me, but a lot people do use them. I try and avoid E series, too plastic for me, but very lightweight.
Cheers
 
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vonkuttenberg said:
Q: nikon fans, is there any reason to buy newer lenses than AI? (i think, that oldest AI will be cheapest)
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actually afaik, the older nikon nikorr AI lenses are built with more expensive material and optics, and better bokeh for the most part. So it might actually be more expensive to buy the older AI lenses than the newer nikon lenses which are built out of plastic.
 
I got lucky and bought 6 amazing nikkor ai-s lenses for $700 from an ad on craigslist.

They were all in great condition. The older lenses are built like tanks. Decades after they were first sold most of them are still in amazing shape and in my expirience I feel like they have better optics too.

I love old nikon glass.
 
bmw1602 said:
I got lucky and bought 6 amazing nikkor ai-s lenses for $700 from an ad on craigslist.

They were all in great condition. The older lenses are built like tanks. Decades after they were first sold most of them are still in amazing shape and in my expirience I feel like they have better optics too.

I love old nikon glass.
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I totally agree!

I bought a couple of older Nikon lenses recently (50mm f1.4 and 35mm f2.0), circa 1977.

They have a REALLY nice, almost "creamy" quality about them that I think looks terrific.


Still looking for a similar vintage 24mm, 85mm and 105mm to help round out the set.



dmc
 
I have had Nikon Fs (Non Ai-s lens), Ai and Ais lens, I liked my old Fs they had there own look but the focus was really wacky on some of them. They weren't as sharp as I would have liked them too be. If I had the money though I would have a seperate "F" set. I still have my 35mm 1.4 F and it is a really nice lens...just old.
 
thanks for your info guys, i hade some problems till now about making extreme closeups. does anybody tried 200mm lense ? i am little bit afraid about breathing on focusing.
 
I would recommend a zoom. I bought prime lenses and a zoom. I was going to shoot with the primes and use the zoom occasionally. The opposite happened. The zoom basically never leaves the camera. It has a 35-70mm range and a constant 2.8. Tt's the best investment I ever made and spares me the trouble of having to change lenses. With a zoom you can get just the shot you want without hassle. Once you go zoom, you don't go back. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
vonkuttenberg said:
thanks for your info guys, i hade some problems till now about making extreme closeups. does anybody tried 200mm lense ? i am little bit afraid about breathing on focusing.
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A longer focal length won't let you focus on things closer, usually it's the opposite. Now if you're looking on getting visually closer to far away objects, to reach, then yes, a long focal length is good, but if you want to focus on things quite close up you'll need to employ another method. The best way (but most expensive) would be to buy a lens with macro (sometimes referred to as micro) capabilities. I know Nikon has a good 60mm that can do that, I played with one once, fantastic lens, but very pricey.

A low cost alternative would be to buy an extension tube and play with it a bit. This item will allow you to focus much closer on objects. A potential downside is that you will notice the closer you focus on something the shallower your depth of field gets, which may prove to be a problem, you'll have to see for yourself.

Hope that helped.
 
thanks, armisiano i read that best lenses for extreme closeups are Nikkor macro 55mm, 60mm macro or my asked 200mm/f4 macro lense, but on the other hand from about 100+mm is visible breathing of the lense. that is why i am asking (but i dont know how those macro works, never worked with that before). imo on normal lense will be 200mm terrible breathing whenfocusing..
 
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