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By anil on 2008-09-15 14:12:12 - 2 months and 6 days ago.

Dust it off, and use it

Mannat - pensive.

Ah, the lovely old Nikkor manual-focus 50mm f/1.2 AI-s lens: I decided to dust mine off and start using it again... especially to take advantage of a FF sensor - this lens is just perfect for portrait use again. Though the plane-of-focus is so shallow from f/1.2 to f/4 - critical focus is an absolute must else the photo looks soft overall whereas this lens is not soft - when used properly, that is. Not easy, because of the shallow depth of focus! The sharpness of this lens is different to the newer lenses - this one has lovely «soft-sharpness» which I just love. This lens is outstanding used wide-open and up to f/8... beyond f/8 not so good... but then why use this very special f/1.2 lens if one needs to have «every thing in focus»? Oh, and one more thing - just the heft and feel of this metal body smooth [manual] focus lens - a real pleasure in itself!

Posted in: Dhaka, Mannat, Portrait
Tags: Mannat, manual-focus lens, portrait

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#1. miriam, 2 months and 5 days ago

one of your very best - captured the mood !! I remember years ago when my husband used to walk around chained to the heavy metal and is still grieving for it - he lost it when a pipe broke and flooded his study!!! Deja Vu!!!

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