Sauseschritt wrote:
You know things that are clearly not true.
- All lenses lose resolution. Always.
- Low sensitivity black and white film can already reach about 50 Megapixel of resolution, or rather the equivalent, on small format. Thus even old lenses had to be prepared to handle such high resolution.
- You are comparing D810 and D850. The D810 has 36-megapixel resolution, the D850 has 45 Megapixel resolution. That's 7360 × 4912 vs 8256 × 5504. The actual difference in resolution is ~10%. Good luck ever being able to see the difference in resolution in any image. You are simply won't.
I also would like to point out that most photographers consider themselves foremost artists and thus actually want expression, not resolution. For example, Leica lenses are famous, but they've never been excessively sharp. That's because they render so rich. ...Show more →
Well i have taken some shots on my d810 and now my d850 and i can see more detail in the images, what do you mean i will never see it ?? i 100% can see it, yes it's small but visible..
So been doing some youtube reviews and other reviews, I'm hearing the Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f 1.4 Nikon is the cats meow for 50mm or the 58mm Voigtlander f 1.4 Nikon mount, love to hear your take on these 2
Califmike33 wrote:
Well i have taken some shots on my d810 and now my d850 and i can see more detail in the images, what do you mean i will never see it ?? i 100% can see it, yes it's small but visible..
So been doing some youtube reviews and other reviews, I'm hearing the Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f 1.4 Nikon is the cats meow for 50mm or the 58mm Voigtlander f 1.4 Nikon mount, love to hear your take on these 2
You started off on topic but your recent posts are drifting further away from the spirit of this thread. This is the home of Manual focus Nikon glass, not just any manual focus lenses, or AF lenses that have a manual focus switch. The very first post in this thread explains it.
People in this thread don't do pixel-peeping, and are generally not interested in the latest and greatest unless it makes shooting manual focus lenses better. I think there's only one D850. My advice would be to start a topic on the main board, you'll get a much bigger audience.
Califmike33 wrote:
Well i have taken some shots on my d810 and now my d850 and i can see more detail in the images, what do you mean i will never see it ?? i 100% can see it, yes it's small but visible..
So been doing some youtube reviews and other reviews, I'm hearing the Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f 1.4 Nikon is the cats meow for 50mm or the 58mm Voigtlander f 1.4 Nikon mount, love to hear your take on these 2
Not to gang up on you or anything like that, Mike, but I do want to piggyback a bit on what Siphiwe said above. Your observations and questions are certainly worthy of discussion, but as mentioned by Siphiwe, this thread is really neither the right place nor the best place for such a discussion. On the other hand, it would be great to see some images that you capture with your D850 and Manual Focus Nikon Glass (meaning manual focus lenses that have been manufactured and branded by Nikon, not Zeiss or Voigtlander, etc.), and to hear about your experience and observations in using these lenses.
On a different note, I have been holding off on posting infrared images for a while because they seemed to be wearing out their welcome somewhat (based on the declining use of the Like button by their audience). I am hoping that I have now let enough time pass to allow the images below to have a renewed degree of freshness for you all. They were all taken with the 2.8 f/3.5 H on the Lens Turbo II focal reducer on my IR converted Fuji X-T2. The location is a nearby Nanaimo city park.
SiMuMe wrote:
You started off on topic but your recent posts are drifting further away from the spirit of this thread. This is the home of Manual focus Nikon glass, not just any manual focus lenses, or AF lenses that have a manual focus switch. The very first post in this thread explains it.
People in this thread don't do pixel-peeping, and are generally not interested in the latest and greatest unless it makes shooting manual focus lenses better. I think there's only one D850. My advice would be to start a topic on the main board, you'll get a much bigger audience. ...Show more →
I think your getting a little snobby there buddy. I mentioned 2 manual focus lenses in my last POST WHY DONT YOU READ it, sorry to offend you with a auto/ manual switch, send me to hell for it. So now your speaking for everybody, this thread dont care about sharpness, your lying and fooling yourself everybody cares to some degree about sharpness and character of a lens. GET OFF MY BACK DUDE.
Califmike33 wrote:
I think your getting a little snobby there buddy. I mentioned 2 manual focus lenses in my last POST WHY DONT YOU READ it, sorry to offend you with a auto/ manual switch, send me to hell for it. So now your speaking for everybody, this thread dont care about sharpness, your lying and fooling yourself everybody cares to some degree about sharpness and character of a lens. GET OFF MY BACK DUDE.
I'm filled with regret at having provoked you to respond in this way, in this thread. I will stick to posting pictures.
Wengen village as the sun was setting.
I would have loved to have hung around to capture the blue hour but I had all my ski gear with me and I was cold, hungry and dehydrated.
Califmike, this thread is very friendly and congenial, but really a place to discuss manual focus Nikkor brand lenses, and other than for one or two exceptions, these are going to be really vintage. Please do read Curtis' post right at the start of this thread.
There's certainly other threads around that will get into the details of Zeiss and other brands, and you will find topics to discuss in those forums.
I do hope you get hold of one or the other Nikkor lens designed for exclusive manual use to showcase and we would love to discuss those over here with you.
Bronica S, Nikkor 25cm f4 Q, Fuji Pro 400H. This lens is the first one I have run into where the mount does not work on the EC-TL (and presumably on the S2 or S2A Bronicas). Its exclusively for the the S and older Bronica cameras.
Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f 1.4 Nikon is the cats meow for 50mm or the
58mm Voigtlander f 1.4 Nikon mount, love to hear your take on these 2
Mike, go back to the first post in this thread, posted in 2010. You asked questions here about two lenses that may be strictly manual focus Nikon mount, but they are not Nikon brand manual focus lenses, which is what this thread has been about since its inception.
There is a thread that was devoted to Non-Nikon manual focus lenses, link to it below.
You're welcome to discuss your Nikon brand manual focus lenses here, we've done so successfully for almost 13 years now, with very little friction in this entire time. Start at the beginning and read thru. As of my typing of this post, there are currently 155,771 posts.not counting this one. We ask that you stay On Topic here.
#1 post quoted partially below:
CGrindahl wrote: This thread is devoted to those photographers who have a deep affection for manual focus Nikon lenses, specifically those lenses with either Nikkor or Series E Nikon labels. For much of the history of this thread we asked that folks posting photos not only use these Nikon lenses, but also that they be mounted on Nikon cameras. After much deliberation and discussion, we decided to remove that requirement so that folks enjoying these lenses on other camera systems can participate in this conversation that focuses on LENSES, manual focus lenses with a Nikon badge. You're welcome to join us...
There are two appreciation threads now appearing on the Nikon forum and I believe it is time to give a little love to the wide range of excellent manual focus lenses that has been produced by Nikon over the years. Perhaps it is true that evangelists more often come from the recently converted, so please forgive me for my enthusiasm. I bought my first Nikon digital camera six months ago and had never shot manual focus when playing on the Canon side of the world. But my first Nikon manual focus lens, about which I initiated another thread on this subject, the 105 f/2.5 AI-s, launched me into this new world. Today I picked up my EIGHTH manual focus lens produced by Nikon from a lovely Japanese gentleman I met through craigslist. He'd just bought a digital camera and was excited about shooting with AF lenses. His loss, my gain.
Califmike33 wrote:
I think your getting a little snobby there buddy. I mentioned 2 manual focus lenses in my last POST WHY DONT YOU READ it, sorry to offend you with a auto/ manual switch, send me to hell for it. So now your speaking for everybody, this thread dont care about sharpness, your lying and fooling yourself everybody cares to some degree about sharpness and character of a lens. GET OFF MY BACK DUDE.
Siphewe, no need to apologize. Mike has not yet grasped that this thread is for Nikon MF lenses, not any old MF means. Hopefully he goes back and reads the first post in this thread.
SiMuMe wrote:
I'm filled with regret at having provoked you to respond in this way, in this thread. I will stick to posting pictures.
Not to mention an AIS 50/2 or 50/1.2 at f/2 will be sharper than either lens mentioned, by a wide margin. 😁
Sorry, I could t resist. 85/1.4 AIS as penance. On 12MP so I guess I’m not the best one to speak to sharpness.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Siphewe, no need to apologize. Mike has not yet grasped that this thread is for Nikon MF lenses, not any old MF means. Hopefully he goes back and reads the first post in this thread.
I found myself just looking at NIKKOR-HC Auto 1:2 lenses on the bay. Doing a rough mental count of prime lenses at about that focal length got me six, and with zooms add another four. And to think a dreamy hot chocolate almost got this old man adding again. Whew!
James Markus wrote:
I found myself just looking at NIKKOR-HC Auto 1:2 lenses on the bay. Doing a rough mental count of prime lenses at about that focal length got me six, and with zooms add another four. And to think a dreamy hot chocolate almost got this old man adding again. Whew!
I have both the H and HC versions of the 50mm. They are both great in IR land Jim - just saying
I thought the H version might be better in IR than the multi-coated HC but I can't really see any major differences and will use either but I do tend towards the H for IR.
The main reason for the second 50mm lens purchase was to procure an item that I could use as a donor for me learning how to dis-assemble and clean lenses.
Just down from the Eiger glacier cablecar station looking towards the Lauberhorn and Tschuggen peaks. Worth looking at the original to see the detail of ski lifts and off-piste ski tracks. No need for me to go "off-piste" when a $30 50mm can do an admirable job at landscapes.
