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Mar 15, 2019 10:57:00   #
Vienna74 Loc: Bountiful, Utah now Panama
 
I picked up an old (ca 1977) Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 lens last week. Driving home last night I was admiring the late afternoon light to the west when I remembered I had my camera with that lens in the car, so I pulled over and shot four quick exposures as a pano.
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Mar 15, 2019 11:02:38   #
olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
 
Nice!!!! Don't ya just love all the old lenses that are availablel, I know I do. Looks like a keeper to me!!! Good find, great pic, win win!!

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Mar 15, 2019 11:42:05   #
SuperFly48 Loc: NE ILLINOIS
 
I presume you have the manual focus Nikkor? I have one myself; it does a nice job especially on a D850. I shot the "Dragon Lights" lantern festival in downtown Chicago last year; used that lens exclusively on a D850. From my experience the older Nikkor manual focus lenses perform better on a D850 than on my D7100; I have tested them all on both bodies. Lenses are leftovers from my film days, and glad I did not get rid of them.

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Mar 15, 2019 13:36:42   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Excellent result!

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Mar 15, 2019 18:37:16   #
Vienna74 Loc: Bountiful, Utah now Panama
 
SuperFly48 wrote:
I presume you have the manual focus Nikkor? I have one myself; it does a nice job especially on a D850. I shot the "Dragon Lights" lantern festival in downtown Chicago last year; used that lens exclusively on a D850. From my experience the older Nikkor manual focus lenses perform better on a D850 than on my D7100; I have tested them all on both bodies. Lenses are leftovers from my film days, and glad I did not get rid of them.


Yes, mine was made long before autofocus. These old lenses are so solid and sharp!

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