Better maybe in build quality, but in optical quality they are not better or worse. 1.4 SC in B&W - this is more singe coat vs. multicoating thing.
The 85 F2 is tiny. I bought one for a god daughter about fifteen years ago along with a FE2.
That example was fine but there is some variation in opinion about them.
I have no objection to "swirly bokeh"
I prefer the old 35 2.8 silver-nose, most all of the single-coat lenses are optimized for B&W work due to their transmission of blue light.
I'd like to get my hands on a 20 3.5 UD right about now, most of my Nikkors are AI'd single coats. The 105/2.5 silver nose is absolutely magnificent and probably the best portrait lens ever made.
The compact 50/1.4 K, AI, and AIS lenses seem to have some ugly bokeh due to the not perfectly sized diaphragm opening. The S, SC, and early "Big" K 50/1.4 lenses have a normally shaped diaphragm. I tend to prefer the color rendition of the S version, surprisingly. The SC seems to be a little "milky" to me.
With respect to the 85/1.8, I haven't noticed barrel distortion with my copies. Current one is a K-type, numbered 429630. Factory AI ring.
The 20/3.5 UD I like more than the 20/4 or the 20/2.8 AIS. Front element is curvy, but, thanks to that, you've a nice darkening of the sky. At the same time, if you keep the lens level, there's less distorition than there is with the 20/4 K or AI lenses.
50/2 H lenses are dirt cheap still. Contrastiness, even the early type II H lenses (the ones that can be AI'd) seem to be very contrasty. The Type I lenses might be a little less so, tho.
-J
I'm unfamiliar with the term "silver-nose", does that refer to a silver barrel or some other marking?
All Nikkor lenses are fine.
But, I don't like the "AI'd" mutilation as it is shown above.
The compact 50/1.4 K, AI, and AIS lenses seem to have some ugly bokeh due to the not perfectly sized diaphragm opening. The S, SC, and early "Big" K 50/1.4 lenses have a normally shaped diaphragm.
All Nikkor lenses are fine.
But, I don't like the "AI'd" mutilation as it is shown above.
Nice. I really like those photos....As said before I like these "flaws", these are some shots with slides (Agfa Precisa) and I think a warming filter 2A ...
+1! Say NO to the mutilation!
Answering the thread, the 50/2.0 Nikkor-H (or Nikkor-H-C) was a more pleasing lens than the following 50/1.8 AI. I own both. The AI is harsher overall.
Nice. I really like those photos.
I suppose the Nikkor 50/2 be it H, H-C or K versions and the following AI 50/2 are all the same. I have the last incarnation of the 50/2 as an original AI version.
I don't have the 50/1.8 AI, but I have 2 of the AIS 50/1.8 versions: the long noose and the compact Japanese version.
I'm still to compare all of them, but I will be splitting hairs here.
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