the solitaire wrote: bobbelbob wrote: leighton w wrote: bobbelbob wrote:
Interesting you mentioned the 80-200/4.5 Ai, as I found this lens very cheap on a local second hand shop. Do you have any shots with this to share? Or perhaps more info. It looked as if it was in very good shape and my spending pants came on..
leighton w wrote: the solitaire wrote:
Leighton, you even had me looking into the 50-135. But it's not that much shorter then, or lighter then the 80-200 f4 I love so much. At the moment I don't want to let the longer zoom go, so I will have to see how it will suit me on my next camera
Buddy, I had the 80-200 (4.5 version), but the files I was getting out of it looked to clinical to me. This is just my opinion, but I have always thought the files from the 50-135 were Leica looking in the color and contrast areas. Plus, it's sharp as a tack even wide open, and the bokeh on the long end rivals the 135mm f2. Int the end, it was the only MF zoom Nikkor I kept and will ever keep. Having said that, I also think the 28-50mm f3.5 AIS has the same character traits as it't bigger brother, but in the end, it wouldn't focus close enough on the wide end so I didn't keep it.
Leighton, I never really found much love for the 80-200 f4,5 either, but the 80-200 f4 Ai-S, to me, is a completely different story, and I can't praise the lens enough.
The rendering reminds me of the 135mm f3,5 Nikkor-Q.C or the 200mm f4 Nikkor-Q.C. Sharpness is excellent, but the most useful feature is the 1,2m MfD.
Here are two photos that display the qualities I like in this lens most obvious
This one is close to 80mm, wide open and at medium distance
