In Maastricht John was kind enough to lend me his 35-70 f3,5 Ai zoom. Even though I use a 55mm prime most of the time, I have som eproblem adjusting to the 35-70mm zoom range. Odd, but with the medium wide to medium tele range from 28-about 105mm I really adapt better to primes for photography where from about 100mm upwards I prefer a good zoom.
On the 35-70 f3,5 Ai, it's a very nice and sturdy lens with a two ring design. It is already sharp wide open so with an f3,5 open aperture I did not see a need to stop it down.
Here is a picture I made which, on my screen, shows me how nicely sharp the lens is. It has some vignetting wide open on th ewide end, is almost free of vignetting on the long end. I would say it is an excellent performer for candids in confined areas like gardens, events and indoors.
And after a good cup of coffee this was the last shot I made while in Maastricht. Waiting for the film from the Nikon F to be developed. I made a few photos of events and sights in Maastricht with the meterless F and my 5cm f2 Nikkor-S, the same lens used to photograph this delicious (finished) cappucino.
While waiting in Aachen Lumi told us that she wanted her car back real bad. We should go into the towtruck company office and surrender so they would give us the car back
Kristina explained Lumi that this would not work today, so next time she sees one of the men in yellow, she's allowed to be mean. This is them measuring the level of meanness that should still be ok.
