cary
Well-known
I just picked up a 43-86 with front silver filter ring, I would like to see what others had photographed with it.
pschauss
Well-known
Nokton48
Veteran
colyn
ישו משיח
I guess now I'll have to drag mine out and shoot some pics with it. Mine is a second version Ai..
dave lackey
Veteran
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dave lackey
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cary
Well-known
Cool article, I am going to shoot some photos this weekend with mine.
GarageBoy
Well-known
Not bad for the "worst Nikon lens ever made"
pvdhaar
Peter
+1
Maybe we have to revisit other dogs as well.. who knows what great images pop-up?
dasuess
Nikon Freak
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I have a pristine AI version from 1981 (or so) that I bought just because it was $19.95. I'll have to get some pics taken with it when we return from the lake.
dasuess
Nikon Freak
Late evening snap from our condo balcony, Nikon Df with Nikkor 43-86 at 43mm setting.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/48689/med_U48689I1435115903.SEQ.0.jpg
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/48689/med_U48689I1435115903.SEQ.0.jpg
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
I had one years ago it came in a box with a bunch of other photo gear a friend gave me...
I wasn't impressed with it, never shot with it and pretty sure I gave it away during one of the Christmas Giveaways...don't remember who got it...
I wasn't impressed with it, never shot with it and pretty sure I gave it away during one of the Christmas Giveaways...don't remember who got it...
ornate_wrasse
Moderator
Kate-the-Great
Well-known
Got one for my 5D entirely due to Ken Rockwell calling it "Nikon's worst lens ever". Lens did not disappoint- not at all sharp at 43mm and 86mm (really the only focal lengths I use it at), but the glow wide-open is nice and the falloff/curvature of field isolates central subjects in a good way. Pretty fun lens on FF / 135.
Wulfthari
Well-known
I wouldn't take anything Rockwell says very seriously, not even himself seem to taken himself seriously, right?
I mean, some of the stuff he writes is informative, but his hatred for the Canon FD system and the Nikon zooms is well known, as well that he changes his mind quickly from review to review.
dasuess
Nikon Freak
The later K and AI versions (I have the AI) have an updated optical formula and are supposed to be superior to the earlier version with the silver front ring. But I dunno, I just take pitchers with it
. I also have the equally terrible pre-AI 28/f3.5, which is also useful for taking pitchers.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Dang you! Now I want one! ]
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dasuess
Nikon Freak
Dang you! Now I want one! ]
I got mine for $19.95 in excellent condition. Urban legend says it's so bad that nobody thinks they are worth anything. All Nikon MF glass is dirt cheap these days.
oftheherd
Veteran
Nikon's worst lens? Did Nikon make any bad lenses? I never used any Nikon gear but I never heard of their cameras and lenses as bad.
But that focal length? Fujica made a 43-75 zoom. For me at least, it is the most useless lens. That is not a focal length I see well in. I have one, and gave another to my daughter for the 801 I gave her. I just can't bond with that focal length. I see wide more than long, and to me, 43 is still (just a little shy of) normal. Now the 18-28mm for my 167mt, that I an bond with. ;-)
But that focal length? Fujica made a 43-75 zoom. For me at least, it is the most useless lens. That is not a focal length I see well in. I have one, and gave another to my daughter for the 801 I gave her. I just can't bond with that focal length. I see wide more than long, and to me, 43 is still (just a little shy of) normal. Now the 18-28mm for my 167mt, that I an bond with. ;-)
raid
Dad Photographer
It is "general knowledge" that this was Nikon's (first and) worst zoom lens and maybe worst lens made overall. This speaks for the high quality of Nikon made lenses. The reports then may have mentioned "barrel distortion" and "pincushening" ... stuff like that.