Did you ever use the 105 1.8 AI-S on film? I have one but it's been a while as normally the longest I shoot is 50mm. One thing - the focus ring on these are heavy.
Desmolicious wrote:
Did you ever use the 105 1.8 AI-S on film? I have one but it's been a while as normally the longest I shoot is 50mm. One thing - the focus ring on these are heavy.
Only ever shot the 2.5, and yesterday I actually reached back out to the guy I sold it to to buy it back
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Desmolicious wrote:
Hey appreciate that but I'll pass. I've spent way too much money on getting 'interesting' results from badly expired film.
I owned a lot of 105 2.5's. The oldest had the long aperture but wasn't a tick mark. The last one was a 1.8 Ai-S and it was great. I liked the size, it was fast to focus, the little bump from 2.5 to 1.8 was a nice touch.
Put it on the F3, get a bag of doggie treats and make some portraits!
madNbad wrote:
.. The last one was a 1.8 Ai-S and it was great. I liked the size, it was fast to focus,.
The focus was fast on yours? Mine is very heavy to turn and apparently 'they all do that Sir'. Is that correct or are people who have heavy to turn focus rings in denial?
Desmolicious wrote:
The focus was fast on yours? Mine is very heavy to turn and apparently 'they all do that Sir'. Is that correct or are people who have heavy to turn focus rings in denial?
I bought one just last year and the focus ring is not heavy, but I feel like I have gotten some really blah results with this lens. I probably need to do a more deliberate test, but I'm still debating getting the 85mm f/2 instead as I think that focal length makes more sense for me.
Editing to clarify that I bought the f/2.5 not the f/1.8
Desmolicious wrote:
The focus was fast on yours? Mine is very heavy to turn and apparently 'they all do that Sir'. Is that correct or are people who have heavy to turn focus rings in denial?
It wasn't quick and snappy like the 28 but it wasn't as mushy as some of the older ones I owned. I didn't own it very long, it was sold in a bundle along with the Df.
I still prefer the 85. The honkin' big 1.8 non-Ai was one of my favorites but I did try the 2.0 Ai-S for an afternoon and thought it was great.
When I had the 55 1.2 non-Ai it was really draggy. When I took it in for service. the shop cleaned forty year old sand out of the helicoid.
sselvidge wrote:
This may be tangential or even off-topic, but is this the only / preferred location to post film photography on FM?
Or should I just mix it in to the regular Presentation Boards?
Cheers,
S
I often post the same thing in several boards eg if I took a film image with a Leica, I would post it in the film thread as well as the Leica image thread on that forum.
I do the same with my Nikon film images - post here and also on the Nikon image thread.
