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AI S lenses on D3


ronald_moravec1

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How do the following work on a D700/D3. 24 AI S 28 2.8 AI s, 35 AI S 50 1.4 AI S 85 AI S. 105 2.5 AI. Are there

issues relative to being digital rather than film caputure? I am not a whole lot interssted in aquiring some lage heavy zoom

like 24/70 or even auto focus for this camera. Just do the lenses work in a satisfactory manner.

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I assume Ronald is asking about how those particular lenses perform on digital vs. film, which was what they were designed for.

 

I haven't used the 35mm/f1.4 AI-S on digital much, but the 24mm/f2.8 AF-D seems to work well on the D3, and the AI/AI-S versions have the same optical formula.

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"I assume Ronald is asking about how those particular lenses perform on digital vs. film, which was what they were designed for. "

 

that's what I tho..

 

from that list my fave is the 35mm 1.4 ( I have those in N-AId to AIS) is an AWESOME lens, remanid me the 28mm 1.4D.

 

but all of those Nikon Primes with do great on a D3/D700, you need to put a very dad lens or be a very bad photografer to take a bad picture with that camera..

I have a friend's D3 for a month and man that the BEAST camera ever.

 

enjoy it.

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that's what I tho..

 

from that list my fave is the 35mm 1.4 ( I have those in N-AId to AIS) is an AWESOME lens, remind me the 28mm 1.4D.

 

but all of those Nikon Primes will do great on a D3/D700, you need to put a very dad lens or be a very bad photographer to take a bad picture with that camera.. I had a friend's D3 for a month and man that the BEST camera ever.

 

enjoy it.

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... and the 85/1.4 AiS works pretty good also, for portraiture (althought soft wide open, as expected). My main issue

is to have the subject in perfect focus (I mean -perfect-). I need a lot of re-checks to assure focus.

 

I didn`t used AiS widest ones on the D700 yet. The same for the 50/1.4 AiS, the 50/1.8 AFD is my D700`s cap. I

didn`t found any drawback on the 35/1.4, I must say I have used it on the D700 just a little, and didn`t found anything

to be averse. The 105/2.5 was so good on the D300, I suspect it will be the same on the D700.

 

I have already download a lot of portraits made with the 24-70 wide open, and after a first sight my thought has

been "looks sharper than the primes... ".

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I use 45/2.8 AI'd and 105/2.8 AI-S micro on D3. They're both really nice.

<br>My AI-S copy of the 35/2.0 may not be the best sample, with a bit

<br>of CA and unsharp in the corners. My AFD copy of the 35/2.0 is

<br>SHARP in capital letters, with great colors and contrast, and it's a

<br>great all-around lens. Works well closeup and in crowds, at events, etc.

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