thanks for this helpful and informative video. i'm in the market for a characterful wide angle vintage lens, will consider this one for sure. the Nikkor's always bring a unique vibe and color to images!
@@campbells0ups I love a lot of these old manual focus lenses. Nikkor’s of course but also some of the Minolta, Pentax and Canon’s. Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much. In 1973? I bought a Nikkor 28mm f3.5 HC from a Montreal Nikon rep. and used it on my Nikkormat FTn. I used it until 1990. A screw came loose inside. I still have the lens hood. Now I have a Nikkor 28mm f2.8 AF (not 'D') My Nikkor 24mm AF is a 'D' that I use on my F90/N90s and my D7100.
Great video, to be precise the optical formula changed with ai, number of elements remain the same. If you notice the front element is smaller in the ai/ais compared to the pre ai…performance should be more o less the same between the 2 formulas
The second lens that I bought for my new-to-me FTn in 1971 (the first being the 85/1.8 that came with it). My then girlfriend's mom was a chief stewardess for Northwest Airlines and she offered to pick up any camera stuff that I wanted when she was in Tokyo. I was just a college kid with barely a loose dime, but I figured I could afford the 28/3.5. She picked one up for me and I think it cost about a 70 or 80 bucks. I used it as a street photographer in the years after. Lately I've been scanning and editing that work, and the shots I know to be from that lens still look great. Wish I'd kept it. Still have the 85.
I have the Nikkor 28mm f3.5 that stops down to f22. Maybe the last version of 3.5 before the 2.8 came out? It has the silver ring but the depth of field scale markings are on a black painted barrel. I bought it used in 1989. It is very sharp even on my Nikon D780 which allows matrix metering with ais lenses.
I've considered getting an older wide-angle prime (mainly AF), but now that I have my lightly used copy of the well-reviewed and quite recent Tamron 17-35 F/2.8-4 Di OSD, I'm frankly glad that I didn't. It's not constant aperture, but for what it does, it's light-weight, compact, focusses very quickly and I'm very happy with how it performs on my D810 in terms of sharpness and IQ, all with the flexibility of a respectable wide zoom range. I've also found that older primes, especially AF ones, are not that cheap on the used market and once you get several of them, especially from trusted sources, you quickly exceed the used price of the 17-35, which starts at a very reasonable $329 on MPB.
thanks for a fintastic video, i am about to start buying some vintage lenses and your videos have been so helpfull thanks again.
@@CampbellDownie Glad to be of help. Thank you.
thanks for this helpful and informative video. i'm in the market for a characterful wide angle vintage lens, will consider this one for sure. the Nikkor's always bring a unique vibe and color to images!
the rendering of this old lens in particular, with the '3D pop', high vignetting and gentle contrasts will justify the (low) cost!
@@campbells0ups I love a lot of these old manual focus lenses. Nikkor’s of course but also some of the Minolta, Pentax and Canon’s. Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much. In 1973? I bought a Nikkor 28mm f3.5 HC from a Montreal Nikon rep. and used it on my Nikkormat FTn. I used it until 1990. A screw came loose inside. I still have the lens hood. Now I have a Nikkor 28mm f2.8 AF (not 'D') My Nikkor 24mm AF is a 'D' that I use on my F90/N90s and my D7100.
@@filmic1 The 24 is a great lens either the manual or AF version. I’ve owned both. Thanks for watching.
Great video, to be precise the optical formula changed with ai, number of elements remain the same. If you notice the front element is smaller in the ai/ais compared to the pre ai…performance should be more o less the same between the 2 formulas
@@trotomas Thanks for the clarification and for watching.
The second lens that I bought for my new-to-me FTn in 1971 (the first being the 85/1.8 that came with it). My then girlfriend's mom was a chief stewardess for Northwest Airlines and she offered to pick up any camera stuff that I wanted when she was in Tokyo. I was just a college kid with barely a loose dime, but I figured I could afford the 28/3.5. She picked one up for me and I think it cost about a 70 or 80 bucks. I used it as a street photographer in the years after. Lately I've been scanning and editing that work, and the shots I know to be from that lens still look great. Wish I'd kept it. Still have the 85.
@@d.r.martin6301 That price sounds about right. I bought a 35mm 2.8 in 1973 for around 100.00 in Philadelphia. Thanks for watching.
I have the Nikkor 28mm f3.5 that stops down to f22. Maybe the last version of 3.5 before the 2.8 came out? It has the silver ring but the depth of field scale markings are on a black painted barrel. I bought it used in 1989. It is very sharp even on my Nikon D780 which allows matrix metering with ais lenses.
I've considered getting an older wide-angle prime (mainly AF), but now that I have my lightly used copy of the well-reviewed and quite recent Tamron 17-35 F/2.8-4 Di OSD, I'm frankly glad that I didn't. It's not constant aperture, but for what it does, it's light-weight, compact, focusses very quickly and I'm very happy with how it performs on my D810 in terms of sharpness and IQ, all with the flexibility of a respectable wide zoom range. I've also found that older primes, especially AF ones, are not that cheap on the used market and once you get several of them, especially from trusted sources, you quickly exceed the used price of the 17-35, which starts at a very reasonable $329 on MPB.
@@MM. Good choice. It covers a very nice range. Thanks for watching.
I have the lens of left side, 2,8cm, amazing lens 🤙👏👍🇦🇷
@@arielgajda3335 Thanks for watching and your comments.