The classic Nikkors: 28 mm f/2

[Tristin]

Airy, I am quite sensitive to over cooked photos and I do not see that with your image.

The bokeh indeed seems very temperamental, which isn't all that strange.  The 50mm f/1.2 can easily produce some of the most nauseating results when the wrong choices are made as well, despite how much I generally love it's bokeh.  I would still be in line to purchase a 28mm f/2 if I hadn't recently tried a 28mm and realized I want wider.

[John Geerts]

Lovely shot John.
It would never occur to me to use a 28mm for mushrooms, but obviously in the right hands (and with the right eyes) it's not a problem

Thanks Colin.  28mm enables good opportunities to give an impression of the location and still  have realistic details of the mushrooms.    BTW the tree was chopped two days later, so I was just in time here

[Tristin]

I forgot to mention, that mushroom shot was indeed nice John.  Certainly a showcase of when the 28mm f/2 does bokeh right!

[John Geerts]

Thanks Tristin. It's the choice of the photographer how to use the background. But that applies for any lens of course. If I have the time for a shot I usually take four shots at different apertures to compare the background (or bokeh)  (and the main subject of course).

[Airy]

Airy, I am quite sensitive to over cooked photos and I do not see that with your image.

The bokeh indeed seems very temperamental, which isn't all that strange.  The 50mm f/1.2 can easily produce some of the most nauseating results when the wrong choices are made as well, despite how much I generally love it's bokeh.  I would still be in line to purchase a 28mm f/2 if I hadn't recently tried a 28mm and realized I want wider.

Compared to my usual practice, it is somewhat overcooked.

You are right about the 50/1.2. In both cases (28/2 and 50/1.2) one has to accept the limits. But both belong to my favourites when kept within their limits, and there is lots of room inside those limits. I alredy have to copies of the 50/1.2 (one AI, one AIS), only one of the 28/2 (AI) and they are all definitely going to stay.

[Sören Hese]

The 28 is great if used in its natural performance range. If prefer to use it wide open for these near in focus shots with background blur. It has some haze @f2 but it doesn't matter if one goes for f2.8-4 for landscapes etc. Quality kicks in @f2.8 already. I thought I would sell it when I got my 24-70 but I will keep it. Its just one of these AIS jewels that will stay (as well as the AIS 50 1.2). 

[Airy]

Same here; my standard 3-lens kit with the Df is 28/2, 50/1.2 and (guess whom...) 105/2.5... parting is out of the question.

[Erik Lund]

Sören that is nice! Please post larger

[Sören Hese]

Depth of field is limited but its sharp where it should be - if you look at the small foot of the MayBeetle.
Larger Files (D3) here:

[Erik Lund]

Thanks, Really nice! 

[John Geerts]

Beautiful Sören !!

[Nick Scavone]

Pluton,

Thanks for the kind words about my photo. The 28 2.0 Ai tends to have a cooler tone to the photos which I like very much.

Cheers,

Nick

[Nick Scavone]

Sören,

Love the photo. Really nice.

Cheers,

Nick

[Indra]

Actually I know nothing about technical stuff, I just have read once how Bjorn praised this lens so I bought it. All I know is I like very much the pictures I've taken with it, that much that this is one of the few lens I've never sold nor will ever sell.

[John Geerts]

Another example of the 28mm f/2 wide open compared with f/16  (not exactly the same frame as it is all hand held)