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<p>Though I'm not one for off brand lenses, my favorite manual focus lens is my vintage Tamron Adaptall 90mm f/2.5 macro lens. This thing is incredibly sharp at all f stops and works great with a 2x teleconverter. I use it for normal as well as macro photography. If you want to talk about medium format, then I must say that I love my Bronica GS-1 65mm and 150mm PG lenses as they are incredibly sharp as well.</p>
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<p>I'm still shooting film, so that influences focal length choices, I presume. I have a growing list of favorites for certain things, but the one I still leave on the camera most of the time, and try to compose with before choosing something else is still the good old 50/f2 AI. It's not the camera course "bondage and discipline" or "zoom with your feet or go home" philosophy here. It's just that I prefer that perspective and that particular lens provides it without any bad habits of its own.</p>

<p>My other long time favorite is still the good old 105/2.5. Mine is the first generation of the 1971 Gauss design. It doesn't seem to suffer from only being single coated, and I did a "shade tree" AI conversion, so it's good to go on both the F's and the F3.</p>

 

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<p>For my F2 I settled on the 28mm F2.8 AiS. It's really a fantastic lens, however after a year of using it I'm finding out I need something a little tighter, a little faster. I'm sure others here probably disagree but I've read on a couple different occasions that the 35mm Nikkor lenses just don't perform quite as well as other Nikkor wide angle primes. After some careful consideration, I decided to go with the Zeiss 35mm f2.0. I've heard nothing but stellar things about this lens. I've been checking on line as well as in the stores here in LA hoping to find a used one or better yet a demo, but it appears people who buy these lenses are keeping them. Not surprising given what I've read about it. Thankfully, it's bonus time for me at work soon so this will help lessen the shock to my wallet lol!</p>
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<p>Leica Summicron R 2/50, Leica R Elmarit 2.8/35, Carl Zeiss Planar 1.7/50, Distagon 2.8/28 and if you want something completely off the planet get one of these - a Helios 40-2 1.5/85</p>

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<p>and while I'm thinking about it that site gives you a whole lot of info about legacies.</p>

<p>Clive</p>

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