saph wrote: Phong.nh wrote:
Does anyone here own the Nikkor-N 35mm f/1.4 Auto?
I recently attached it to my Sony A7RII, but the photos look blurry and have a glow effect.
I'm not sure if I have a bad copy of the lens or if it's just a limitation of this old-school lens. DSC09985in by blurrist lump, on Flickr DSC09977in by blurrist lump, on Flickr DSC09968-1in by blurrist lump, on Flickr
Phong, the glass in my copy is very yellow. My understanding is that's from a radioactive element in the glass. I haven't used it in a while, but I don't remember it being soft.
Samy, your are right in that samples are better than opinion, All the 35mm 1.4 are very sharp at 1.4 but if you have really bright and dark areas, they will show some glow in the image. My sharpest 35mm 1.4 is the N, and I have a sample of all of them.
As far as the yellowing due to the Thorium element, in these days of electronic sensors, it is more of a feature for interesting colors than a problem.
The N version will play with sunset light and can be processed in interesting ways, or made to look normal. No glow here at 1.4 as there was no bright light
saph wrote: Phong.nh wrote:
Does anyone here own the Nikkor-N 35mm f/1.4 Auto?
I recently attached it to my Sony A7RII, but the photos look blurry and have a glow effect.
I'm not sure if I have a bad copy of the lens or if it's just a limitation of this old-school lens. DSC09985in by blurrist lump, on Flickr DSC09977in by blurrist lump, on Flickr DSC09968-1in by blurrist lump, on Flickr
Phong, the glass in my copy is very yellow. My understanding is that's from a radioactive element in the glass. I haven't used it in a while, but I don't remember it being soft.
Samy, your are right in that samples are better than opinion, All the 35mm 1.4 are very dharp at 1.4 but if you have really bright and dark areas, they will show some glow in the image. My sharperst 35mm 1.4 is the N, and I have a sample of all of them.
As far as the yellowing due to the Thorium element, in these days of electronic sensors, it is more of a feature for interesting colors than a problem.
The N version will play with sunset light and can be processed in interesting ways, or made to look normal. No glow here at 1.4 as there was no bright light
