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gaeger
Joined: 16 Jan 2010 Posts: 705 Location: Brier, Wash.
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:13 am Post subject: Nikon Series E 36-72mm f3.5 |
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gaeger wrote:
This is a lens that gets absolutely no respect. But it's STILL FUN!
_________________ "Here's to the wonder" -- Alan Boyle
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3461 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:50 am Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
Looks sharp on my monitor! _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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NikonD
Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 1922 Location: Slovenija
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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NikonD wrote:
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NikonAIS
Joined: 23 Mar 2014 Posts: 215 Location: Pawleys Island, SC, US
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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NikonAIS wrote:
It, as well as the rest of the Series E lenses, were to a great extent a victim of the times. There was a lot of Nikkor "snobbery" going on back then. The Series E lenses were designed for the consumer market, not the pro or serious amateur market. They were a good bit less expensive than equivalent Nikkors so there had to be some shortcuts to get there. They were still fairly robustly built, far more so than so many of the crappy lenses of today but had a dreaded PLASTIC aperture ring! Plastic on a lens, have you lost your mind??? In many cases, and this lens was one of them, the optics were actually quite good. The 100mm f/2.8 Series E fell way short of the 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor, but then again so did Canon and Minolta 100mm lenses. Nikon did not NIC the lenses that did not really need it. If only those people had known what was in store for them in 30 some odd years, namely lenses made pretty much entirely of plastic including the BAYONET MOUNTS!!! YGTBSM!!!
I had one for a number of years. The reason I chose the Series E over the Nikkor was at the time it was the only single touch in that focal length and true to that snobbery, I would not DARE put any non-Nikon lens (and never have to this day) on any of my cameras. It really was a very nice lens with a consistent aperture setting throughout its zoom range and I took a lot of great images with it. Flare was very well controlled and focusing and zooming was very smooth though not as good as the Nikkors. I did have to add a AI prong to the aperture ring because all of my F2's had the non-Ai Photomic finder. It took all of about 15 minutes and worked like a champ. _________________ Nikon FTn, F2A, F3HP, F4E, F5, Nikkormat FT2, Nikon FE-2, Nikonos V, D850, D500 and D750. 8mm f/2.8 AIS, 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye AIS, 15mm f/3.5 AIS, 18mm f/3.5 AIS, 24mm f/2 AIS, 28mm f/2 AIS, 28mm f/3.5 Nikkor H non-AI, 25-50mm f/4 AIS, 28mm f/3.5 and 35mm f/2.8 UW-Nikkors, 35mm f/1.4 AIS, 50mm f/1.4 AIS, 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor-S, 50-135mm f/3.5 AIS, 55mm f/2.8 AIS Micro w/ PK-13, 80-200mm f/4 AIS, 85mm f/1.4 AIS, 105mm f/1.8 AIS, 10.5 cm f/2.5 non-AI, 105mm f/2.8 AIS Micro, 135mm f/2 AIS, 180mm f/2.8 ED AIS, 200mm f/4 Micro AIS and PN-11, 200mm f/2 ED-IF AIS, 300mm f/2.8 ED-IF AIS, 400mm f/2.8 ED-IF AIS, 500mm f/8 Reflex, 600mm f/4 ED-IF AIS, TC14B and TC300.
Hasselblad 500CM with PM-90 eye level finder and assorted A12 and A16 backs, Carl Zeiss C and CF T* 40mm f/4. 60mm f/3.5. 80mm f/2.8, 150mm f/4 and 250mm f/5.6
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NikonAIS
Joined: 23 Mar 2014 Posts: 215 Location: Pawleys Island, SC, US
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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NikonAIS wrote:
I had one for a long time, it is a fine lens indeed. _________________ Nikon FTn, F2A, F3HP, F4E, F5, Nikkormat FT2, Nikon FE-2, Nikonos V, D850, D500 and D750. 8mm f/2.8 AIS, 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye AIS, 15mm f/3.5 AIS, 18mm f/3.5 AIS, 24mm f/2 AIS, 28mm f/2 AIS, 28mm f/3.5 Nikkor H non-AI, 25-50mm f/4 AIS, 28mm f/3.5 and 35mm f/2.8 UW-Nikkors, 35mm f/1.4 AIS, 50mm f/1.4 AIS, 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor-S, 50-135mm f/3.5 AIS, 55mm f/2.8 AIS Micro w/ PK-13, 80-200mm f/4 AIS, 85mm f/1.4 AIS, 105mm f/1.8 AIS, 10.5 cm f/2.5 non-AI, 105mm f/2.8 AIS Micro, 135mm f/2 AIS, 180mm f/2.8 ED AIS, 200mm f/4 Micro AIS and PN-11, 200mm f/2 ED-IF AIS, 300mm f/2.8 ED-IF AIS, 400mm f/2.8 ED-IF AIS, 500mm f/8 Reflex, 600mm f/4 ED-IF AIS, TC14B and TC300.
Hasselblad 500CM with PM-90 eye level finder and assorted A12 and A16 backs, Carl Zeiss C and CF T* 40mm f/4. 60mm f/3.5. 80mm f/2.8, 150mm f/4 and 250mm f/5.6
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Minolfan
Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3436 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
gaeger wrote: |
This is a lens that gets absolutely no respect. But it's STILL FUN! |
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