Market town : Low light, mixed lenses

[PolaroidSky]

Thank's very much everyone, very much.

: )

Cheers,

Jim

[amk1977]

Jim,

Can I ask what the 28mm f/2.8 lens you used, was?

[PolaroidSky]

Sure.. an AI - S one, manual pre AF : )

[amk1977]

E series or the legendary one lol?

[PolaroidSky]

E I am guessing... cheap lens £90... borrowed by me.

[Mr Bump]

E series or the legendary one lol?

Originally Posted by PolaroidSky

E I am guessing... cheap lens £90... borrowed by me.

I have both versions - the Nikkor and the E-series and, frankly, for anything less than the most critical work there is little to separate them optically. Much of the snobbishness about E-series was due to their introduction of plastic construction, but most lenses are plastic these days. The 100mm f2.8 E-series is a favourite of mine.

Great images can be obtained with a box Brownie if you are, as Jim clearly is, concerned with content rather than equipment

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Edit: oops, meant to say most lens bodies are plastic these days.

[amk1977]

Thanks for the info Bump! I wasn't 100% sure on what peoples' "issue" with the E-series lenses was and often wondered why some people I'd spoken, kind of dismissed them in favour of the AI and AI-S versions. BTW, I don't think I own a lens that isn't plastic bodied lol.

The reason why I asked Jim, is that I know the AI-S close focuses down to 20cm, and wondered how close he got to his subject in the 2nd photo.

[Mr Bump]

Originally Posted by amk1977

The reason why I asked Jim, is that I know the AI-S close focuses down to 20cm

If it was an E-series 28mm f2.8 the closest marked focus distance is 30cm rather than 20cm on the Nikkor AI-S. Rather than say any more about lenses here I could start a new thread about E-Series v Nikkor in 'Nikon Chat' if you think that might be of interest Aaron.

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[amk1977]

Definitely. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts and experience with them.

[leewallis]

Not so much feed back but more that I had to say I love the 4th image