Steen, I hope you forgive me. The 50mm you show was a favorite lens of mine a while ago because I could find many for cheap and use the helicoid to house various lenses.
Here is a sample with one such lens, an APO Rodagon 75/4.5
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Sure, Vivek, one of the AI-S 1.8/50mm's virtues is that it is so dirt cheap that you can use it for whatever you want, like parts for experiments.
Still, it's also a decent performer in itself, see Maggie O's picture of the Sleepy Boy cat. Nice, Maggie :thumbup:
And then the AI-S 1.8/50mm also makes even an SLR or a DSLR rather compact.
Besides I enjoy getting good results out of cheap gear, it somehow adds to the fun in its own way, with imperfections and all
Where do you find all those exotic C lenses and enlarger lenses, looks like an interesting niche world of optics ?
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And here's a few from the 105/2.5, one of my all-time favorite lenses... (...)
Nice, Maggie, you are obviously very good at focusing this manual focus AI-S Nikkor lens, I simply love the smooth way it renders out of focus areas
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Amazing detail in the Christmas Bear image! I've always liked the 105/2.5 lens also. My AIS copy has a floppy lens hood problem, so I often use a screw in metal lens hood, but it is otherwise very nice.
Good to revive this thread re the old Nikkors.
Here's a shot I took with a non-AI 55mm micro Nikkor on my D2x.
Gary, that Micro Nikkor looks sparkling and tack sharp on the D2x CCD sensor, you can almost feel the texture
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Here's the short nosed AI-S 1.8/50mm on a DSLR, as compact as I need it (I have no pocket camera and no cell phone camera)
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Captured with Nikon D300 • AI-S Nikkor 2.5/105mm • 1/5 sec. at f/5.6 ISO 200 • Lightroom 4.3