Some 35mm nikkor help here, if your looking

shortnstout said:
BTW, are there even available f1.4 lenses that are as wide as 28mm (or even f1.4 tele lenses)? Wide lenses seem to be f2.0 and up, most people using f2.8 for their wides.
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No, for lenses at ends of the SLR prime spectrum (28mm and lower / 105mm and over), one will not find lenses below f/2. SLR lenses are not made that fast with those specialized focal lengths.

But then again there are rare lenses which exceed their fellow focal length brothers. I have seen a nikon 28mm f/1.4 somewhere and a 135mm f/2.0.

Fast modern cinema lenses tend to be T stop of 1.7 - 2.0 (normal focal length lenses). But then again many feature films have lenses which are special made. I am sure you can somewhere find an absurdly low custom specialized lens that dips down below 2.0 for very wide or telephoto focal lengths, but I have a feeling you are now trading fstops for quality.

Here is a site with ultra fast rare lenses: remember the dof will be incredible shallow
http://www.muellerworld.com/exhibits/fast_lens/
http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_spec.html
http://www.butkus.org/lenses/fast_lenses.htm

To be honest most fast lenses wide open suffer from image quality loss. Those extreme F/0.75 lenses are not sharp compared to higher fstop lenses. Always light your film and always stop down a little for maximum clarity... unless you want that 2 inch dof.

If you do want those super fast rare lenses have fun breaking the bank to get them :)
 
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Someday:
"The first rule of 35mm adapter's lenses it that you MUST ABSOLUTELY buy lenses with at least f/1.4 aperture or even f/1.2 if you can affort them, unless you want to use them for they special properties (very wide angle, super tele, or other special lenses)
If you don't, your 35mm adapter will be totally useless."

Don't know if this was meant to be serious here, but this statement is absolutely wrong -Absolutely I repeat!

The big loss of DOF with these adapters is based on the 35mm adapter not the f stop.
1.4 lenses have their place, but you may find yourself shooting more often at f2 or2.8 to get best performance anyway. You could shoot at 5.6 or higher easily and have plenty low depth of field.

bwest is also right. Don't run away from the cheaper bargain used lenses. The quality of the lens itself is the main thing.
I recently spent time with a lens repairman who told me that minor scratches of the coating, internal dust particles or even bubbles, would not affect sharpness and only if they were significant it might reduce overall contrast.
The rear element he said was important and that should be in good shape. Of course you don't want gouges that will pick up flares either.


Lenny Levy
 
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My dream is to one day own a Nikon 28mm f1.4, a 35mm f1.4, a 58mm f1.2 and an 85mm f1.4. I also dream of owning a Malibu penthouse and a yellow Ferrari. :)

For more realistic pricing of dofs adapters, a 28mm f2.0, 35mm f2.0, a 50mm f1.4, an 85mm 2.0, and a 135mm f2.8 should handle most shooting situations and work really well with virtually all the adapters on the market today.
 
It can be done...if you know where to look...Try you local photo shop...and tell them you are looking for some OLD and I emphasize the word "old" AI lenses from Nikon. Tell them you need them to be fast...but tell them after you see what they have in stock. Don't tell them why you are looking..if they insist..tell them that you want Japanese made glass vs Thailand and you are looking for that 70's-80's look. Then be a hardass in negotiating by nit picking every flaw on the lens...you will get a half decent lens for you adapter. And the store will think that you are stupid to buy AI lenses when there are digital DX lenses that is around. Bottom line you win..Most stores are so naive that they will even give you a case and protection wipes to help them unload manual lenses. You will be laughing your ass off because...you know better. PS my old AIS and non AIS blows away the crappy lense that came with my Nikon D70-s by a mile. It's got to be made in Japan to really tell the difference.
 
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