NikonGear'23
Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: chals on January 17, 2019, 13:51:43
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These pictures are taken with Micro-Nikkor 55mm 3.5 pre-Ai with the hill-and-dale metal focusing ring at 150-200 meters. The picture at 400% is with the 55/3.5 to the left and 50/1.4D to the right. The 55/3.5 seems very sharp to me, not bad AS Rørslett says?
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I have run series with the various 55mm Micro-Nikkors at infinity focus and see no reason to rephrase my earlier statement. This not to say the earliest 55/3.5 is bad at infinity, only that it is less good than the later versions. I prefer an early AI at present as it is less temperamental regarding focused distance. The 5/2.8 improves in general on all the f/3.5 models in most aspects, possibly apart from image contrast.
The post is somewhere here at NG. You might search for it.
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,,, the 55/3.5 to the left and 59/1.4D to the right....
59/1.4D Please correct focal length or whatever is misleading me... Thank you :)
Yes as B states, this has been debated in a thread here, also stating the various versions,,,
http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,224.msg1511.html#msg1511 (http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,224.msg1511.html#msg1511)
http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,3308.msg48068.html#msg48068 (http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,3308.msg48068.html#msg48068)
And just to be complete the compensating version, with links as well,,,
http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,7231.msg116482.html#msg116482 (http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,7231.msg116482.html#msg116482)
Topics are like most issues in life,,, reocurring from time to time,,, ::)
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I saw the test Rørslett made ( I think). But they were performed at f3.5. Hardly an ideal aperture. How will those two lenses from the same breed perform at 5.6 or f8 at far away distances?!
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It is not forbidden to use a lens at its designated widest aperture ... On the contrary, it is often required or wanted for visual effects.
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55/3.5 at f8
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A couple of examples from a late 55mm f/3.5 AI version at f/8 on a DX sensor, both at ISO 400. Open image in new tab to view full resolution:
#1
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-3/p3263472009.jpg)
#2
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-3/p3263472008.jpg)
I should really use this lens more often in landscape mode.
Of the two samples I have of the same vintage, the first one was best with respect to corners when stopped down to f/8 while the last one I acquired is performing very well in the corners already at f/5.6.