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200mm Q - 200mm AIS - 1967 -1996. Nikon made them for 29 years for a reason. Anyone who owns a Nikon camera and doesn't own a copy of this lens, should be slapped upside the head. They'll work on a crop sensor camera too, but you'll need to use full manual mode, at least on the lower end camera's and it will crop to a 300mm field of view.
(Only use the AI or AIS on DSLR's - optically identical - Pre/non AI lenses may break your mount! Don't trust sellers listings. Learn the mounts!) Watch ebay all the time for them. I scored my near mint AI copy for under 40 bucks, and that was with shipping!
Dragon Bravo fire burning on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. 113,000 acres tonight, the largest fire in the USA so far this year.
it will most likely go over 200,000 acers.
Some more vintage 135mm. This ones Star-D 135mm F2.8 MC
This is the one where it's obviously the same lens under many other brand names, like Star-D,Albinar,Hanimex,Vivitar
and Rockinon at least, best I can tell, all share the same lens body and very likely, lens formula (so I didn't bother trying the others that look just like it). Not sure if it's my copy, or if they're a bit soft around the edges. Still very good vintage 135's though. Can't complain for 20 bucks. They all shoot nearly as good as the Nikkor 135mm 2.8 that sells for around a hundred (of which I also have). The average person isn't going to pick out a photo I used with any of my 135's to it brand. The Nikkors are selling for more than their worth imo, but that didn't stop me from collecting all 3; the Series E 2.8, Nikkor 2.8 and the Nikkor 3.5 haha but they're not actually worth more than 3rd party 135's imo. They all shoot great. I actually don't prefer the Nikkor 2.8 because it has more glass, and it doesn't provide as clean and vivid photo (I've tried 3 copies now.) I think the magic of the vintage 135's are the ones with 4 in 4 lens groups. This is why I like the Series E over the Nikkor counterpart. I'll run my 3.5 against my E sometime, and besides being slower, I bet it runs side by side, as it's 4 in 4 lens group too.
Anyway, I'll be running more of them through their paces soon. Still have a bunch of 135's to go through. All have been test shot, but not used like these yet. So far, my favs are the Series E Nikon and the Sigma pantel. The others are running side by side, other than the Soligor; it's the dud. It's great for isolated subjects (like 135's are mostly used for anyway) but it's way to soft for edge to edge shots. When backlit, it has cool bubbly background blur, so it's cool in it's own vintage characteristic way too, even if it's an overall dud.
They'll work on a crop sensor camera too, but you'll need to use full manual mode, at least on the lower end camera's and it will crop to a 300mm field of view.
