All Entries Tagged With: "FX-lenses"
85 mm lenses in general and Nikkor 85 2.0 AI and 85 1.8 AF in particular (reviews)
85 mm is my favourite focal length on a SLR. There are several reasons. One is perspective - it has been said that the field of view from an 85 is similar to how our eyes sees (our vision has of course a much wider angle, but this referes to the part we can concentrate [...]
Blast from the past - Nikkor 85 2.0 AI
For the moment I am trying out a lens that was one of my favourites 25 years ago - the Nikkor 85 2.0 AI. That is one of the joys with the D300 - the ablity to use the Nikkor AI/AIS lenses with great functionality - matrix metering, aperture prefered auto exposure or manual open [...]
Nikkor 70-200VR and TC17 - a system for teleshooting
The reason I bought the Nikkor 70-200VR 2.8 was the TC17 teleconverter. I was booked on a safari to Kenya (see the page “Going on safari?” here) and I wanted something better than the 70-300 ED I had at the time. If the new 70-300 VR had been available it had been an option.Judging by the [...]
