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The El Nikkor 105mm APO Lens Redux

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Michael Erlewine:
While I was shooting a few test shots for another thread and I am, once again, amazed at what a great lens this APO El Nikkor is! There is one on Ebay for around $2000. I paid more than that. Just look at what this lens can do. With the Nikon D810 on the Nikon Bellows PB-4.

Frank Fremerey:
This IS a major achievement lighting wise and because I know your
work by now a lot of stacking went into this too.

Another Wow.

Michael Erlewine:
It was pretty straight-forward, but using a bunch of other lenses taking the same plant made it clear that this APO El Nikkor has some wonderful qualities.

Here is another from the same series.

Frank Fremerey:
The first is more of a landscape. Makes my mind wander

Tge second is more like a portrait. Tells no story to me.

Michael Erlewine:

--- Quote from: Frank Fremerey on August 31, 2015, 19:26:19 ---
Tge second is more like a portrait. Tells no story to me.

--- End quote ---

I have different eyes. To me, the second image does two things. First the inner part of the in-focus flower is very clear and detailed. Second, the bokeh of the blooms in the background promise many things, including that each of them must also be that exact, and they are very fluid and almost moving in the background. That is all the story I need. Just commenting as to how we all see differently.

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