Nikon 135mm/3.5 revisited

[raid]

I recently used the Nikkor 135mm/3.5 lens when traveling to the Smoky Mountains with my family. I was quite please with the results. Film was Kodak slide film ASA 100. I scanned the slide with Nikon Coolscan III and did not do much other than auto-adjust.

 

[Frank Granovski]

Beautiful bokeh, extremely sharp, wonderful picture. 😎

 

[ch1]

Great shot. Ditto on the compliments above regarding bokeh. And I love the highlights in her hair!

We often forget that a 135 can do some very nice portraits!

 

[VinceC]

Wonderful shots.
Some might call me an extremist, but my two favorite RF lenses are the 28 and the 135mm.
Your picture really showed one of the 135's strong points, the ability to throw the entire background very very soft.

 

[raid]

I did not even know the strengths of the 135mm lens until this last trip. It is a little tighter to compose and I had a few not so goodlooking compositions, but this may have my fault for not looking at the 135mm frame correctly. Sharpness certainly is good. I am glad that all of you like the shot. When I took it, it stuck in my mind, and today I searched for this particular slide to scan it.

 

[raid]

Here is a photo taken last December with the Nikkor 135/3.5 of a mill in Pigeon Forge (Tennessee). Film used was Fujichrome Vevia 50 with "Kodak Processiing". I placed the Bessa T on some fence for stability. Not bad for sharpness.

 

[VinceC]

That's another nice feature of any 135mm ... its ability to "flatten" perspective.

 

[raid]

Yes, Vince, the longer focal lengths have this property, and the 135mm lens is not too long to flatten too much.