WJJ3
Well-known
The trick is to prevent the focus wheel on the camera from rotating using your shutter release finger (right hand) while you change the aperture with your left hand
That seems reasonable. As great as those Nikons felt in the hand I couldn't get over the focus ring-aperture ring thing...
jmanivelle
Well-known
Some shots on the M9 with a W Nikkor C 35 1.8 originally from the S mount 2005 series then converted to M :
no Jardim Botânico by JM__, on Flickr
and on the Monochrom
Hello !! by JM__, on Flickr
Human and geometry by JM__, on Flickr
no Jardim Botânico by JM__, on Flickr
and on the Monochrom
Hello !! by JM__, on Flickr
Human and geometry by JM__, on Flickr
raid
Dad Photographer
How did you convert the lens to M?
jmanivelle
Well-known
Hi Raid,
I bought the lens here via the RFF classifieds and was told the conversion had been done by Miyazaki San.
Rue Montmartre, Paris. by JM__, on Flickr
raid
Dad Photographer
He is a well known lens person.
Highway 61
Revisited
No vignetting, no distorsion, pleasant bokeh, no flare, very high sharpness all over the image frame from f/2.8 onwards : what else ?
Nikon SP (1962) - W-Nikkor-C 35/1.8 classic (1959) - Neopan 400 in D76 1+1 - Prague 11/2008
Nikon SP (1962) - W-Nikkor-C 35/1.8 classic (1959) - Neopan 400 in D76 1+1 - Prague 11/2008
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Good lens, but it has difficulties with the corners.
Nikon S2, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 old, Tmax400.
Erik.
Nikon S2, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 old, Tmax400.
Erik.
raid
Dad Photographer
35/1.8 on M9
raid
Dad Photographer
raid
Dad Photographer
So simple, yet effective for me.
semi-ambivalent
Little to say
No vignetting, no distorsion, pleasant bokeh, no flare, very high sharpness all over the image frame from f/2.8 onwards : what else ?
Nikon SP (1962) - W-Nikkor-C 35/1.8 classic (1959) - Neopan 400 in D76 1+1 - Prague 11/2008
I'll tell you what else: What on Earth is going on with that horse and rider? There must be some crazy history there.
s-a
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Good lens, but it has difficulties with the corners.
Nikon S2, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 old, Tmax400.
Erik.
I agree the corners are softer than the center at wide apertures like many old lenses. It is a vintage lens with a vintage look.
Cal
Highway 61
Revisited
Erik, what I see on your first pic (blurred grass on the lower corners and vignetting on the upper corners) is very strange, I never experienced this with my own lens.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
I think I shot it at a large aperture, maybe f/2.8 or f/4, because the weather was foggy and quite dark. I wanted to get some "atmosphere" in the picture. The corners are not soft but unsharp as happens with most vintage wideangles at big apertures.
Erik.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
This one is more stopped down with the same lens.
Nikon S2, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 old, Tmax400.
Erik.
Nikon S2, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 old, Tmax400.
Erik.
Highway 61
Revisited
I have of course found some softness in the corners at f/1.8 and f/2 but it goes away at f/2.8 onwards. The same for a slight amount of vignetting : gone at f/2.8 onwards.
I have to admit - I never use my lenses, whatever model they are, at apertures wider than f/2.8, in general...
I have to admit - I never use my lenses, whatever model they are, at apertures wider than f/2.8, in general...
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Usually f/2 lenses are more expensive than f/2.8 lenses, so it is a waste of money not to use them at f/2!
Erik.
Highway 61
Revisited
Usually f/2 lenses are better at f/2.8 than f/2.8 lenses !
Erik van Straten
Veteran
They sometimes are, but it is often nice to use them at full aperture, just to blur the background of a portrait, or to get rid of that dull "everything sharp" in a picture.
Erik.
Erik.