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Yeah Wukesong is a cool place to browse around 🙂
Nice shot.
Beautiful image. Great pickup on the lens, looks as sharp as the day it came out of the factory. I’ve also had to all but abandon manual focus, the plague of being in the over fifty crowd.
A lot of people dismiss older lenses as yesterday’s trash but there are a great deal if amazing performers in Nikon’s lineup that still perform wonderfully! I shoot professional gigs with all D series lenses and haven’t had a complaint. Sometimes comparing horses leads to splitting hairs 😉
I love the 55 micro. For years we had three lenses in our everyday newspaper kit, our choice,
Even when we went digital, a wide zoom, an 80-200 and a 55 micro was my choice.
I cannot tell you how many small photos I copied, many wallet size, of victims of one incident or other.; a sad reality of news photography but the micro always excelled.
I also use an old Nikkor lens (135mm f2.8 AIs) on a new Nikon body (D7000) and they work great together and it is SO sharp!
Wow, Joe, those images are friggin awesome!
You planning to come to Shanghai by the way? There’s a whole bunch of people here dying to meet you!
Every time I read your blog is like one more bullet is added under my belt. Thanks.
Old lenses rule! I got a 58/1,4 lens from 1961, working very well on my D800, beatiful bokeh and haze at 1,4…..
Bless the F-mount. My Nikkor 105 mm/f2,5 (40 years old) is still – and after all those years – my favourite portrait lens. Pin sharp. No problem using it on my D700. I don’t even miss the autofocus. H 🙂
Hi Mr McNally
is ist this lens you tell about?
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Nikon-Micro-Nikkor-55-mm-f-3-5-Objektiv-/251546018331?pt=DE_Foto_Camcorder_Objektive&hash=item3a914fa21b
thanks
Joe,
The beauty of the Nikon system and the F Mount lens. I know there is a reason I have kept so many. The 55 Micro-Nikkor f2.8 was my standard lens on my F3 for years. Still use it. I can put it on my original F or my D800. I like that sort of consistency.
Great image, BTW.
All the best.
Bill Bogle, Jr.
Fabulous texture and colour.
Thank you for sharing
That’s a great story and even better outcome!
When I’m not shooting my Nikon F2, their a several lenses that wind up on my, er, Canon digital with good results.
Looking forward to the Images from this shoot.
You know, I happen to use na old 50 1.4 (I’m guessing 1963 or so) and it is my favorité by far… Old does not have to mean outdated…