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These are all non-AI, my pro parents had been accumulating Nikkor lenses (and Nikkorex, Nikkormat, and Nikon bodies) since 1963, and we didn't feel any need to make the leap into AI gear. I have shot with most of these lenses recently: despite their age and heavy use, none has ever required so much as a CLA! The favorites I use most are bold.
28/3.5 (1968)
35/2 (1972)
45/2.8 GN (1969)
50/1.4 (1973 - we had several, and a 50/2 earlier... but I don't care for the 50mm look, so I hardly use it)
55/3.5 Micro (1972)
105/2.5 (1966)
13.5cm/3.5 (1961)
200/4 (1973)
We had the infamous 43-86/3.5 zoom from early on too, but I can't recommend it!
I've long relied upon Bjorn Rorslett's subjective Lens Evaluations.
The only exception is the Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 AIS.
This lens is the pinnacle and the rest keep basically the same formula from pre AI to AI…!
The exception is the Nikkor 28mm f2.8 AI-s…!
The exception that proves the rule? To be fair to Bjorn, he gave the AI-s version a 5 (3 under some circumstances) and the others a 2-3.
The exception that proves the rule? To be fair to Bjorn, he gave the AI-s version a 5 (3 under some circumstances) and the others a 2-3.
Just in case it isn't clear to everyone, and in the spirit of some posts on another thread concerning the specificity of language and "arbiters" of same, the phrase: "The exception that proves the rule" is based on an antiquated and now rarely encountered usage of the word "proves".
In this context, modern usage would substitute the word "tests" for "proves".
You are most likely to encounter the old usage of the word "proves" in relation to alcoholic spirits now - it forms the basis of what we say when we say something like: "this is 100 proof whiskey (or whisky)" which is a way of saying that the alcohol percentage tests out at 50%.
Now back to our regular program.
Just in case it isn't clear to everyone, and in the spirit of some posts on another thread concerning the specificity of language and "arbiters" of same, the phrase: "The exception that proves the rule" is based on an antiquated and now rarely encountered usage of the word "proves".
In this context, modern usage would substitute the word "tests" for "proves".
You are most likely to encounter the old usage of the word "proves" in relation to alcoholic spirits now - it forms the basis of what we say when we say something like: "this is 100 proof whiskey (or whisky)" which is a way of saying that the alcohol percentage tests out at 50%.
Now back to our regular program.
Just in case it isn't clear to everyone, and in the spirit of some posts on another thread concerning the specificity of language and "arbiters" of same, the phrase: "The exception that proves the rule" is based on an antiquated and now rarely encountered usage of the word "proves".
In this context, modern usage would substitute the word "tests" for "proves".
You are most likely to encounter the old usage of the word "proves" in relation to alcoholic spirits now - it forms the basis of what we say when we say something like: "this is 100 proof whiskey (or whisky)" which is a way of saying that the alcohol percentage tests out at 50%.
Now back to our regular program.
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Which zooms would you recommend for a Nikon N6006?
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