Got this last week...part of a package including a minty version of this lens, a 105/2.5MF Nikkor, a working Nikkormat FS, a busted FTn, and a Weston Classic IV light meter...
Lesson: beauty isn\'t just skin deep....
test shots out my front door down my testing range...
2 images of each shot at F2, F2.8 and F4...RAW image with DPP settings flat except for sharpening @ 2...with and without Unsharpen Mask in PS6 as indicated, with less done to each smaller aperture
The images are too big to post comfortably here, so copy/paste the link and click on the image to get the full resolution...the full frame reduced to 175ppi from 350...
Wide open at F2 needs a lot of USM help...F2.8 is certainly an improvement...by F4 we\'re looking at edge-to-edge goodness...
[url]http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/244/5002.jpg [/url] no USM
[url]http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2169/5002u23.jpg [/url] USM = 200/.3/0
[url]http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7792/5028.jpg[/url] no USM
[url]http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/580/5028u32.jpg[/url] USM =300/.2/0
[url]http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2236/5004.jpg[/url] no USM
[url]http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7691/5004u22.jpg[/url] USM = 200/.2/0
Mar 22, 2009 at 05:06 PM
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