Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AIS

[Igor]

Many of us have/had the autofocus 105/2.8 lens, which is no doubt among the best macro lenses Nikon ever produced.
How about it's "father", the manual focus AIS 105/2.8 ?
I'd say "not bad" for the old timer :)

Three test shots with D2x at f/16-22, 1/200, ISO140, plus two 1:1 crops.

Later will post a shoot-out comparison between these two "relatives" :)

[fujifilmnut]

Great lens and better photographer. I think I saw an atom.

Jim

[robinp]

Very good Igor - lens and photographs :righton:
I had been planning to do some macros tomorrow but now I've seen these I think I'll just crawl back in my hole :( ;)

Cheers, Robin

[Igor]

Thanks Jim and Robin.
Robin my posts are supposed to inspire ... I hope you're kidding, right?

[robinp]

Thanks Jim and Robin.
Robin my posts are supposed to inspire ... I hope you're kidding, right?
- only partly Igor, I'll give it a try if the weather allows.....

Cheers, Robin

[Wichita Wayne]

And digital makes using AIS lenses easy. You either guess the exposure or use a hand held meter, and then adjust from there after looking at the picture and histogram. Anybody remember the Sunny/16 rule?