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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2017, 16:09:16 »
I first bought one in film days but had issues with focus on very dark FE2 screen.
I revisited it after reading the Bear's blog. I like it on digital. It renders crisply and has very little chromatic aberration. Mine is Ai.

LZ -which cameras have mechanical linkage to lenses? Perhaps that is why my Df always needs +1 to 2EV but D800E does not on ANY manual lens?
  You will be LOL, but for last 4-5 years, since I dropped using any manual lenses, I've never paid any attention to this factor! My D800-810 bodies definitely have such the mechanical linkage, and, while I am using D4-5, as well as DF's, I am not able to say for sure! As well about D600-750! People, who using manual lenses, know better! THX!  LZ

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2017, 16:46:57 »
All FX models past and present have aperture coupling with the mechanical lever. Same goes for most of the DX models as well.

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2017, 18:12:47 »
Thank you for clarification for everyone! LZ

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2017, 19:15:35 »
I first bought one in film days but had issues with focus on very dark FE2 screen.
I revisited it after reading the Bear's blog. I like it on digital. It renders crisply and has very little chromatic aberration. Mine is Ai.

LZ -which cameras have mechanical linkage to lenses? Perhaps that is why my Df always needs +1 to 2EV but D800E does not on ANY manual lens?

I'm using it on a D700, which works perfectly with all my other manual focus lenses, chipped or not.

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2021, 15:09:50 »
I haven't used the Zoom-Nikkor 25-50mm f/4 AIS much before, but here is a photo from January 3. this year, together with Nikon D810.
One picture taken is far better than none!

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2021, 21:25:17 »
Thanks, Richard! Great article about the Zoom-Nikkor 25-50!
One picture taken is far better than none!

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2021, 21:46:54 »
The 25-50 is among my long-time favourite lenses. Very versatile and can be used for IR too.

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #23 on: April 04, 2021, 16:28:24 »
In my opinion, Birna, this is a great picture from you. I really love the mood and the lightning captured "in the right moment".
One picture taken is far better than none!

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #24 on: April 04, 2021, 19:09:10 »
Less fun a few minutes later, when a bolt of lightening struck the pine tree (on the left in the frame) and split it into two parts. The tree was just 3 m away. I was literally blind and deaf for a long time and crawled on my belly back to cottage to avoid being the highest remaining object on the site... Vision regained next morning, howver the thunder had badly overloaded my auditory senses so it took two weeks afterwards before a modicum of hearing was restored.

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #25 on: April 18, 2021, 04:02:53 »
Wonderful image and story! I bought my first 25-50mm in 2015 and liked it so much I bought another a couple of years later. It's fantastic for landscapes on full frame.

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #26 on: May 20, 2022, 11:18:53 »
As I was in love with an Nikkor 25-50 some time ago when using it on my D700, I was thinking about it quite a long time after selling it.

Now, I have the Voigtländer SL 28mm 2.8 Color Skopar (pancake version) which I love for its compactness, sharpness and contrasty pictures.....
But I ran into a 25-50 I just couldn't refuse...

Any experiences on your side, did you compare?
The 25-50 would provide more flexibility in a range I don't use for "special" images.

For these, I would use one of my 2 (yes two :D, one might be sold.. )  90mm 3.5 APO LANTHAR (SL II Version) or my Voigtländer SL 180 4.0 APO LANTHAR

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2022, 11:21:43 »
By the way, is there really an optical difference in the 25-50 AI vs AIS version? (Currently have AI)

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Re: nikkor 25-50 4.0 any good?
« Reply #28 on: May 20, 2022, 17:48:32 »
By the way, is there really an optical difference in the 25-50 AI vs AIS version? (Currently have AI)

They are the same optically: http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/specs.html#14_24-xx.  It's possible the coating may have changed, though.