This is useless, but I bought a used copy once.  It was defective...no infinity focus.  I disliked the push-pull, so returned it instead of getting it fixed.  The zoom range is very attractive.

I picked one up last year for a good deal - it had been on my "watch list."  However, I haven't used it very much.  It is a little larger than the 75-150.  It seems nice, I just haven't bonded with it yet.  Please let me know if you have any specific questions.

I have used it a few times on my D300.  For landscape it handles nicely, but I had trouble with MF when I tried to take photos of my 3 year old.  That is a difficult task - but I have an easier time using the 75-150 on people.  Maybe the 50-135 focus throw is longer? 

Here are some shots using the D300 and 50-135 in central Oregon.

The 50-135 has a quite useful feature of close focusing when zoom is set to 50 mm. Then the focusing continues well beyond the 1.3m limit elsewhere.

I used the 50-135 a lot in the film days, plus with the D2X. Not used it much of late, but the few occasions of shooting it with the Df indicate the performance should be very good to excellent.

Insider's tip: The lens performs very well with the Nikon 6T close-up lens.

Lastly, the 50-135 is beautifully built and handles perfectly on say the Df.

Nice photo's Chip.  According to Roland Vink's Nikon- encyclopedia  ( http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/specs.html#50-xx ) focus-throw is only 150 compared to the 190 of the E 75-150. Perhaps the close-focus of 1,30m is a factor?

Yes, when comparing the focus throw you also need to consider the close focus limit: the 75-150 has focus throw of 190° to 1m, the 50-135 has 150° focus throw to 1.3m (190° with macro mode at 50mm setting). It turns out the focusing "speed' is pretty similar between the two lenses - just look at the focus scale starting from infinity and you will see the the distance scales are spread out a similar amount.

I have both lenses but used the 75-150 more often: it has slightly more reach, it's smaller and lighter, takes the same 52mm filters as my other AI primes, and it focuses to 1m through the entire zoom range - no special macro mode - and being able to focus to 1m at 150mm is more useful than 1.3m at 135mm or 0.6m at 50mm.
The 50-135 on the other hand is built to higher standards, has a greater zoom ratio (quite useful on DX) and the filter does not rotate when focusing which is handy when using a polarizer.

Thank you all for the information.  I think the the T6 Close Up lens is hard to find, Bjørn.  Could not find a single hit, but perhaps I didn't use the perfect search-criteria.

I got the lens this morning, in a perfect shape, and my first findings are very positive. I tend to agree with JJChan on the crispness of the lens.

D700  F/8

Ha, thank you. That will help.

Some samples of the lens.

The Theater (1960) built in unique brick-construction is a national architectural monument.
Both at F/5.6



The dutch 'Irene Brigade' was one of the liberators of Tilburg in 1944. This statue of Eduard-Speyart-van-Woerden was sculptured in 1955.