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richardHaw

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Nikon 35/1.4 Ai-S repair!
« on: August 07, 2019, 14:57:34 »
https://richardhaw.com/2019/08/07/repair-nikkor-35mm-f-1-4-ai-s/

finally :o :o :o somebody sent me a bad copy to repair!

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Re: Nikon 35/1.4 Ai-S repair!
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2019, 05:20:13 »
Another great article! I have one of these and it certainly is capable of a wide range of rendering styles.

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Re: Nikon 35/1.4 Ai-S repair!
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2019, 11:03:24 »
Your very best  article so far  ;D
very informative and spot on in all aspects!
thank  you
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Re: Nikon 35/1.4 Ai-S repair!
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2019, 13:00:44 »
Your very best  article so far  ;D
very informative and spot on in all aspects!
thank  you

thank you!

i put all my efforts on this one. i have been meaning to make an article for this but i was just waiting for somebody to bring me a broken one for repair ::)
facebook banned me because i posted this. bizarre world we live in today.

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Re: Nikon 35/1.4 Ai-S repair!
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2019, 13:04:15 »
Another great article! I have one of these and it certainly is capable of a wide range of rendering styles.

glad you liked it, Jack!

it is a very temperamental lens. i find that it works much better in low light situations :o :o :o
some people who say that this is terrible wide-open probably werent shooting with this in dark situations.
i realized that nikon designed this lens for that when i saw how well it performed in low light situations compared to brighter scenes.
i dont know what contributes to this. I will ask mr Sato when i meet him next time. he should know. this is very surprising.
i thought that this lens sucks but i was surprised myself. it has "magic", certainly a lens thats in the same level as the NOCT

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Re: Nikon 35/1.4 Ai-S repair!
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2019, 19:46:19 »
Great article and samples Rick.  It's one of my favo lenses and used it a lot.

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Re: Nikon 35/1.4 Ai-S repair!
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2019, 04:39:11 »
Great article and samples Rick.  It's one of my favo lenses and used it a lot.
thanks, John! :o :o :o