When I worked for a Professional Studio, they all packed three lenses. A wide angle 28mm OR 35mm, a "Normal" lens of 50 to 55mm, and a short telephoto. Could be 100 up to 135mm. Only occasionally did we pack a 200mm or rarely a 300mm.
@@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 I love your videos, especially the Nikon ones. I disagree on two points though. First, I think the 35mm is a better normal lens, and the 2.8 is fine. Second, if you do want the 50mm-ish lens as your normal lens, I'd go with the f 1.4 for the brighter screen image. I think the IQ is indistinguishable when shot at f 2. My very favorite Nikon F series lens is the 24mm though. Andy
Here are my personal favorite 3-lens 35mm manual-focus Nikon kits: 24/35/85 (f/2 or faster lenses for low-light shooting) 24/50/105 (my favorite for theatre) 24/50/135 (my favorite for vacation/travel) 28/50/135 (very popular 3-lens kit at one time) 28/55 macro/105 macro (my favorite for landscape & macro) 35/85/180 (my favorite for reportage)
I love the 24mm. I love the perspective it gives and beautiful images. The 105 is a classic. My three favorite lenses are the 24mm, 35mm and the 105mm. I love the fact that all of these lenses take 52 mm lenses. Thanks for the great video.
Nice work. Love the vintage glass on my dslr's. Agree on the 55mm micro - it is a superb daylight hiking/backcountry adventuring lens. All you need in a small package.
Great video Jules. I bought my first F two years ago and the seller gave me a mint 135 silver nose. Lovely lens. I have the H 50mm (scale in feet only) and the HC 28mm. 😎👍
My 3 favorite Nikon Vintage Lens are ais 50/1.8 (Cheap & good quality), ais 35/1.4 (Not cheap but suprised image) & ais 28/2.8 (Min. distortion, macro and good quality) :)
I love your 3-lens videos. Could you also give a review of Tokina, Kiron whatever AI lenses, too? And one more specialty lens the 35mm PC Nikkor. Keep up the good work.
As usual, excellent video review. These lenses can pop up for sale a lot of places. I would like your opinion of the 80-200 with the rectangle rear lens baffle. Thanks
Nice! Let them lie on their side (block them from rolling, or fix your level 😉), it is better to see the lenses shown flat. Question: what is the Nikon extension tube used to get a 1:1 image with the 55mm Micro lens?
24mm 2.8, 50mm 1.4 and 105mm f2. 5. The holy trinity imo.
Many years I used the 20/3,5 and the 80-200/4,5 with the FE2 on my journeys - light and compact.
I have the 20mm F4 and have used the 80-200 4.5. It was the best zoom lens in its day. Thanks for watching.
When I worked for a Professional Studio, they all packed three lenses. A wide angle 28mm OR 35mm, a "Normal" lens of 50 to 55mm, and a short telephoto. Could be 100 up to 135mm.
Only occasionally did we pack a 200mm or rarely a 300mm.
When I worked for a weekly paper before I zooms it was a 24 or 35, 50 and 105. Thanks for watching.
@@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 I love your videos, especially the Nikon ones. I disagree on two points though. First, I think the 35mm is a better normal lens, and the 2.8 is fine. Second, if you do want the 50mm-ish lens as your normal lens, I'd go with the f 1.4 for the brighter screen image. I think the IQ is indistinguishable when shot at f 2. My very favorite Nikon
F series lens is the 24mm though. Andy
@@andrewhowarth4578 thanks for your comments. When I worked for a weekly newspaper the 24mm 2.8 was one of my favorites.
Here are my personal favorite 3-lens 35mm manual-focus Nikon kits:
24/35/85 (f/2 or faster lenses for low-light shooting)
24/50/105 (my favorite for theatre)
24/50/135 (my favorite for vacation/travel)
28/50/135 (very popular 3-lens kit at one time)
28/55 macro/105 macro (my favorite for landscape & macro)
35/85/180 (my favorite for reportage)
I love the 24mm. I love the perspective it gives and beautiful images. The 105 is a classic. My three favorite lenses are the 24mm, 35mm and the 105mm. I love the fact that all of these lenses take 52 mm lenses. Thanks for the great video.
Of course, to round out your collection you need an 85mm f1.8 and either a 28mm f2.0 or f 2.8.
I never was a big fan of 28mm lenses, but the 28mm 2.8 Ais is excellent. Thanks for watching.
Great video. Thank you
Thank you Richard.
Nice work. Love the vintage glass on my dslr's. Agree on the 55mm micro - it is a superb daylight hiking/backcountry adventuring lens. All you need in a small package.
Great video Jules. I bought my first F two years ago and the seller gave me a mint 135 silver nose. Lovely lens. I have the H 50mm (scale in feet only) and the HC 28mm. 😎👍
My 3 favorite Nikon Vintage Lens are ais 50/1.8 (Cheap & good quality), ais 35/1.4 (Not cheap but suprised image) & ais 28/2.8 (Min. distortion, macro and good quality) :)
Great choices. I always wanted the 35 1.4, couldn’t afford it back in the day, got the 35mm 2.0 instead. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Jules, great information. the 55mm. macro is one of my favorites, and not that expensive. look forward to your next video.
An excellent video sir 👍🏻🥰
Thank you.
I love your 3-lens videos. Could you also give a review of Tokina, Kiron whatever AI lenses, too? And one more specialty lens the 35mm PC Nikkor. Keep up the good work.
As usual, excellent video review. These lenses can pop up for sale a lot of places. I would like your opinion of the 80-200 with the rectangle rear lens baffle. Thanks
I never owned that lens, but I did use it on several occasions in the early 80’s. Very sharp but I’m not a big fan of push pull zooms.
Nice! Let them lie on their side (block them from rolling, or fix your level 😉), it is better to see the lenses shown flat. Question: what is the Nikon extension tube used to get a 1:1 image with the 55mm Micro lens?
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@@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 thank you! 👍
Are these lens radioactive?
Not to my knowledge.