![]() Most of them also had a split screen or some other guide to help in manual focusing. ![]() So if you had a fast lens it appeared much brighter then a slower lens would. Back then the focusing screens were made of ground glass or fresnel screens, which better reflected the actual brightness (maximum aperture) of the lens in use. ![]() That is not really a possibility today and not just because my eyes are 40 years older. The faster that I was able to focus meant the sharper and brighter the lens was. What I did then for judging a lenses, was to see how fast I could focus one. At that time they were all manual focus of course. When I first started using Nikon equipment, I quickly came to the conclusion, that not all of their lenses were created equal. Let me explain first what I mean by that. My findings are a bit different then I had expected. Up till now I have only tried the 50mm on the D3. After using the 50 for sometime I went back to the 28mm and found it a bit stiff in comparison. The focus is very smooth, you can actually do it with one finger. However it will work on all Nikon DSLR’s and SLR’s, though from what I understand the metering will not work on the lower end consumer cameras. The size is, how best to say this, “petit”. It feels very solid and yet light in the hand. Being an AIS lens it comes with that beautiful black enamel finish (which I find to be even richer looking then the “crinkle” finish that comes on the AF-D lenses). All of the marking are engraved not just painted on. It also has an infrared focus mark (in red). It has a colored depth of field scale on the barrel between the focusing and aperture rings. These can be removed if so desired without effecting the lens. Like all AIS lenses it has a full aperture ring with the aperture coupling flange for use on the older Photomic F series cameras. Really jewel like in comparison with most of today’s lenses. First all of the materials used are of metal, glass and with a rubber covered focusing ring. As for any other reasons, just read on and maybe it will become apparent to you and for that matter maybe even to me.Ĭonsidering today’s generous use of plastic, these older AIS lenses are just beautiful to behold. Also there was the allure of a lens with f/1.2 maximum aperture. No I think the reason was because I was so enchanted after the acquisition of the 28mm f/2.8 AIS and it’s superlative quality. After all I was already in possession of a 50mm f/1.4 AF-D and a 55mm f/3.5 AIS lens. It was not meant to replace anything or really was it something I desperately needed. And just like the 28mm it is a lens that is still in production and thus can be purchased brand new.Īs to why I decided to add this lens to my kit, is in some ways a mystery to me. Like the 28mm lens of my last review this one again is a manual focus lens of the old design. For this review I have steered away from the “Brain Meltdown Recovery” program that has been the focus (excuse the pun) of most of the previous reviews on this blog.įrom the title it should be obvious the subject of this review.
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