simonclivehughes
Active member
I'm currently thinking of selling my Nikon zooms and going with fast prime lenses (for D300) and I'm trying to gauge the relative differences of older MF AIS/AI lenses versus the newer Zeiss and/or CV MF lenses. I've done a bit of searching here but haven't seen posts comparing the older Nikon glass to the newer Zeiss and CV lenses.
Obviously buying the AIS/AI lenses is significantly cheaper than the newer lenses, but at what cost? The posts I've seen showing example of the Z and CV lenses are compelling, but there's no comparisons to older glass. I'm sure there's some excellent older glass out there.
The lenses I'm considering are:
Nikon (MF only)
20mm f2.8
24mm f2
28mm f2
35mm f1.4
50mm f1.2
105mm f1.8
Zeiss
21mm f2.8
35mm f2
50mm f1.4
100mm f2
CV
58mm f1.4
I won't be buying all of the focal lengths shown in the Nikon section above, they're just there for consideration. The Zeiss section really shows what I'd like to get WRT focal lengths.
Of the listed Nikon lenses, which are excellent performers and which should I avoid? Likewise, which of the Zeiss or CV should be candidates that are unmatched? The Zeiss 100mm seems to be a stellar lens, for example.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Obviously buying the AIS/AI lenses is significantly cheaper than the newer lenses, but at what cost? The posts I've seen showing example of the Z and CV lenses are compelling, but there's no comparisons to older glass. I'm sure there's some excellent older glass out there.
The lenses I'm considering are:
Nikon (MF only)
20mm f2.8
24mm f2
28mm f2
35mm f1.4
50mm f1.2
105mm f1.8
Zeiss
21mm f2.8
35mm f2
50mm f1.4
100mm f2
CV
58mm f1.4
I won't be buying all of the focal lengths shown in the Nikon section above, they're just there for consideration. The Zeiss section really shows what I'd like to get WRT focal lengths.
Of the listed Nikon lenses, which are excellent performers and which should I avoid? Likewise, which of the Zeiss or CV should be candidates that are unmatched? The Zeiss 100mm seems to be a stellar lens, for example.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Cheers,