Nikkor-O 2.0/35...

LucisPictor · Expire: 2013-12-03

I had the chance to walk my "new" lens a little in order to testshoot it.
This lens is a fascinating piece of glass! Thanks a lot, Orio, for selling it to me.
I so much like the pictures it produces at the 350D. After developing the RAW file, there is hardly any post production necessary. Incredible!

Here are some of today's shots:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=675557224&size=o

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=675557242&size=o

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=675557244&size=o

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=675557302&size=o

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=675557316&size=o

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=675557336&size=o

And at my EOS 350D it even works as a portrait lens.

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

I'm happy that you like it, and I'm happy that it's you who have it, because I know you will care for it and appreciate it. It is a lens that I loved also very much myself, both for the quality of the images and the quality of the build (it feels very nice in the hands.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Nice series!

sqwall · Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Varna, Bulgaria

Mmmmmm the results coming from the lens are quiet pleasing Smile

LucisPictor · Expire: 2013-12-03

"Nikon developed this fast wide-angle for photojournalists in the '60s, and it stayed long in the lens line. The earliest version had a yellowish shimmering to the front element that later on became bluish when multicoating was added to it. The 35/2 is an 8-element design that delivers very sharp images throughout the aperture settings, peaking around f/4. There is a nice smoothness ("bokeh") in its pictorial rendition. Flare can be mildly annoying whilst ghosting is a real and troublesome issue under adverse shooting conditions. According to design drawings seen by me, Nikon made some modifications to the rear element groups in the 70's, so newer lenses may not be identical to the early sample (from '69) I own, and bokeh reportedly is less satisfactory also.

On the D2X, the AIS 35/2 I own performs superbly. It shows flatter field all-over than the faster 35/1.4 and CA is well under control. Image crispness is of the highest class, even when the lens is opened up (a little softer at f/2 than the 35/1.4, though)." [Bj?rn R?rslett]
= 5/5 points at digital crop cam!

I definitely agree! And I have not experienced the "ghosting" problem...

(see: http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_wide.html - scroll down...)