Comments on: 40 Years of Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 Lenses http://regex.info/blog/2010-08-25/1614 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike http://regex.info/blog/2010-08-25/1614#comment-40591 Mike Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:12:12 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2010-08-25/1614#comment-40591 I know that modern lens designs come up with brilliant photographs without optical suprises. But sometimes that's not what I want, being a child of the 70s brought up on National Geographic -- gimme Kodachrome colors filtered through late-60s/early 70s Nikkor designs: it's hard to shake that perception of the world. Looks wise, you want a lens that's dead sexy -- dig up a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mliu92/1399548725/" rel="nofollow">Nikkor-O 2.1cm f/4</a> sometime. Alternatively, the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mliu92/2439424375/" rel="nofollow">Nikkor QD.C 15mm f/5.6</a> definitely has a "not your father's lightsaber" feel about it too. The old (sometimes exotic, sometimes just fast -- like the Nikkor-H 85/1.8 and Nikkor-N 35/1.4) glass definitely has a characterful look to the pictures they draw. I know that modern lens designs come up with brilliant photographs without optical suprises. But sometimes that’s not what I want, being a child of the 70s brought up on National Geographic — gimme Kodachrome colors filtered through late-60s/early 70s Nikkor designs: it’s hard to shake that perception of the world.

Looks wise, you want a lens that’s dead sexy — dig up a Nikkor-O 2.1cm f/4 sometime. Alternatively, the Nikkor QD.C 15mm f/5.6 definitely has a “not your father’s lightsaber” feel about it too. The old (sometimes exotic, sometimes just fast — like the Nikkor-H 85/1.8 and Nikkor-N 35/1.4) glass definitely has a characterful look to the pictures they draw.

]]> By: Ed http://regex.info/blog/2010-08-25/1614#comment-40558 Ed Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:49:03 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2010-08-25/1614#comment-40558 Amen. And part of why I've now drifted into Leitax-converted Leica R lenses.... Amen. And part of why I’ve now drifted into Leitax-converted Leica R lenses….

]]> By: Fazal Majid http://regex.info/blog/2010-08-25/1614#comment-40524 Fazal Majid Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:33:50 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2010-08-25/1614#comment-40524 Well, try the Zeiss Planar ZF 50mm f/1.4, it was my primary lens back when I still had a D3. Well, try the Zeiss Planar ZF 50mm f/1.4, it was my primary lens back when I still had a D3.

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