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zzzxtreme
Joined: 10 Aug 2016 Posts: 41
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:16 am Post subject: sony a7s + nikkor 105mm f/2.5 AI |
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zzzxtreme wrote:
love this lens. just wish it's 25% lighter
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9097 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
Nice shots! I agree, it's a wonderful portrait lens, and very effective wide open. But it is a heavy little lump, isn't it? You don't get something for nothing, I reckon. _________________ Michael
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spleenone
Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 1130 Location: Slovakia
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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spleenone wrote:
Really proper lens for portraits. Somebody would say that is too sharp for such work but I think it is fair applicable. _________________ Shoot on analog mainly with
Nikkor glass
then Pentacon6TL for squares
and Fujica GL690 in case of 6x9
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9097 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
I have a pre-AI 105/2.5. Not sure offhand which optical formula it is. But one thing I do like about it is when I shoot wide open with it, it isn't razor sharp. That hint of softness actually adds to the portrait image, I feel. _________________ Michael
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calvin83
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7554 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:00 am Post subject: |
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calvin83 wrote:
cooltouch wrote: |
I have a pre-AI 105/2.5. Not sure offhand which optical formula it is. But one thing I do like about it is when I shoot wide open with it, it isn't razor sharp. That hint of softness actually adds to the portrait image, I feel. |
It is a slight modification of the S mount 10.5cm which is a Sonnar.
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9097 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:53 am Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
I took a look online. My 105/2.5 is one of the late pre-AI models. It has a black barrel above the focusing collar, chrome below it. From what I've been able to learn so far, the earlier model has five elements in three groups, whereas mine has five elements in four groups. I don't know from sonnar or what and it really doesn't matter to me anyway. I just really like the images it produces. For a while, I thought about replacing it with an AIs, but then I realized -- why go to all the trouble and expense when I might not like the images any better than I'm already getting?
Here's a small image of mine I snagged from the Mir site:
_________________ Michael
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calvin83
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7554 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:39 am Post subject: |
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calvin83 wrote:
Oh. Yours is a the second version in Xenotar-type. The AIs version has better coating but the design is the same.
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9097 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:40 am Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
Interesting. I've always liked the Xenotar -- at least as is found on the old 2.8 Rolleiflexes. Good to know. _________________ Michael
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