I am in the market for a 135 mm prime and have seen a 135 F2.8 AIS in the second hand market. Has anyone experience with this lense and what are its qualities compared to the 135 f2 CD for instance? Thanks in advance for your comments!<img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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What happened with that 135mm f2.8 Leica?
The Nikkor 135mm f2.8 is a fine lens design, compact and good IQ. I see no reason why not to give it a go, but be careful with the coatings (clean only with good lens cleaning cloth and lens cleaning fluid, not the hardest of coatings).
I have the series E version of 135 F/2.8... It is very compact, MF ring is fine (not as good as the old/new Zeiss lenses), suffers from LaCA, has a decent bokeh, and I bought it for 120,00 EUR (second hand, in a very mint condition). As far as I can tell, the color rendition is warm. Vignetting is visable at wide open (but not a big deal)... All in all, at that price, I'm quite happy with the BQ and IQ...
The same dealer showed me the 135mm F/2.0. It was surely from a different planet... The size was huge compared to Series-E. I did not try it on because had not enough time and the price was higher than 500,00EUR (second hand, mint). Also, maybe worth to say, that the F/2 version can focus closer than the F/2.8.
The following link was posted by Sammy in our previous discussion about 135mm MF lenses. I find it very imformative...
[url="http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#135"]http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#135[/url]
Serkan
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I have the series E version of 135 F/2.8... It is very compact, MF ring is fine (not as good as the old/new Zeiss lenses), suffers from LaCA, has a decent bokeh, and I bought it for 120,00 EUR (second hand, in a very mint condition). As far as I can tell, the color rendition is warm. Vignetting is visable at wide open (but not a big deal)... All in all, at that price, I'm quite happy with the BQ and IQ...
The same dealer showed me the 135mm F/2.0. It was surely from a different planet... The size was huge compared to Series-E. I did not try it on because had not enough time and the price was higher than 500,00EUR (second hand, mint). Also, maybe worth to say, that the F/2 version can focus closer than the F/2.8.
The following link was posted by Sammy in our previous discussion about 135mm MF lenses. I find it very imformative...
[url="http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#135"]http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#135[/url]
Serkan
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The E-series 135mm f2.8 (4 elements) is a different lens with a bit lesser optics than the "real" 135mm f2.8 (5 elements). Not just a cheaper build.