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Nikkor Q 135mm f2.8 first look
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:45 pm    Post subject: Nikkor Q 135mm f2.8 first look Reply with quote





There's what it looks like there.





Images are un-manipulated except for re-size.
F5.6 at ISO 400, D-810.
Contrast is a bit low.
I'm not sure if this is the early single coated glass causing it, or the slight fungus inside the lens.
Daylight was getting a bit thin here too, just minutes before sun-down.



Moving indoors at closer distances reveals a capable lens.
f5.6 at ISO 1600.




Wide open at f2.8 and ISO 400 here.





Successive crops show reasonable sharpness here.
I like the rendering and color handling a lot.

I have it's little brother f3.5 version here, and should run a comparative side by side test...

-D.S.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Nikkor Q 2.8/135mm is large and heavy (nearly as heavy as my Canon nFD 2/135mm!), but it is as sharp as later 2.8/135mm Nikkors. Given its age it is certainly one of the better 2.8/135mm lenses out there.

S


PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with Steve. The hot ticket, though, is the 135 QC -- the "C" stands for multicoating. Otherwise, it's identical to the "Q".

Doc mentioned the 135/3.5. I dunno if the optical formulae are the same, but I owned an AI 135/3.5 back in the 90s and that thing was tack sharp.


PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cooltouch wrote:
I agree with Steve. The hot ticket, though, is the 135 QC -- the "C" stands for multicoating. Otherwise, it's identical to the "Q".

Doc mentioned the 135/3.5. I dunno if the optical formulae are the same, but I owned an AI 135/3.5 back in the 90s and that thing was tack sharp.


The Q 135 3.5 and the A/I 135 3.5 are different computations with the Q being 4/3 and the A/I being 4/4.

The C series lenses were very nice indeed.
I had a QC 200 (?) that I sold off simply because the A/I 200 was a lot easier for me to focus with.
Personally, I think the older lenses were built better than the A/I series, but that's just me.
I find the focus and aperture rings much smoother in actual picture taking use.

At 610 gr., the 135 2.8 Q is no fly weight.
I'm still getting used to using it, and will likely have a bit more on it later on.
The locking no rattle built in hood on it finds high favor with me.

-D.S.


PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cooltouch wrote:
I agree with Steve. The hot ticket, though, is the 135 QC -- the "C" stands for multicoating. Otherwise, it's identical to the "Q".

Doc mentioned the 135/3.5. I dunno if the optical formulae are the same, but I owned an AI 135/3.5 back in the 90s and that thing was tack sharp.


It's a different formula. I also liked the AI 135/3.5, tack sharp. Similar to the Carl Zeiss Jenna MC Sonnar 135/3.5, which is excellent.

My Nikkor-Q 135/3.5 was also sharp but it had noticeably less contrast. And this one is a sonnar formula unlike the AI.