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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 363549" data-attributes="member: 16749">It seems almost obligatory that I mention, in this thread, my three very old lenses.[ATTACH]116659[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116660[/ATTACH]&nbsp; I bought all of these sometime in late 1986, along with an F2 Photomic body.&nbsp; All were made in the late 1960s to early 1970s.&nbsp; I now routinely use all of them on my D3200, in spite of Nikon's insistence that I cannot.&nbsp; This is my 50mm ƒ1.4 lens, the “standard” lens for my F2.[ATTACH]116651[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116652[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116653[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116654[/ATTACH]&nbsp; And a 28mm ƒ3.5.&nbsp; “Wide angle” for my F2, but close to a “normal” lens for my D3200, if mounting something this primitive on a D3200 can be called “normal”.[ATTACH]116655[/ATTACH]&nbsp; And my 85-205mm ƒ3.8 Vivitar zoom lens.&nbsp; This lens has some very interesting characteristics, which I have shown off in some other threads.&nbsp; At smaller aperture settings, it produces good, sharp images, but at wider settings, it produces some interesting distortions that give the pictures a quality that I want to describe as “dreamy”.[ATTACH]116656[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116657[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116658[/ATTACH]&nbsp; Here are a few examples of “dreamy” pictures taken with the Vivitar at wide aperture settings…[ATTACH]116665[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116666[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116667[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116668[/ATTACH][ATTACH]116669[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 363549, member: 16749"] It seems almost obligatory that I mention, in this thread, my three very old lenses. [ATTACH=CONFIG]116659._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116660._xfImport[/ATTACH] I bought all of these sometime in late 1986, along with an F2 Photomic body. All were made in the late 1960s to early 1970s. I now routinely use all of them on my D3200, in spite of Nikon's insistence that I cannot. This is my 50mm ƒ1.4 lens, the “standard” lens for my F2. [ATTACH=CONFIG]116651._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116652._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116653._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116654._xfImport[/ATTACH] And a 28mm ƒ3.5. “Wide angle” for my F2, but close to a “normal” lens for my D3200, if mounting something this primitive on a D3200 can be called “normal”. [ATTACH=CONFIG]116655._xfImport[/ATTACH] And my 85-205mm ƒ3.8 Vivitar zoom lens. This lens has some very interesting characteristics, which I have shown off in some other threads. At smaller aperture settings, it produces good, sharp images, but at wider settings, it produces some interesting distortions that give the pictures a quality that I want to describe as “dreamy”. [ATTACH=CONFIG]116656._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116657._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116658._xfImport[/ATTACH] Here are a few examples of “dreamy” pictures taken with the Vivitar at wide aperture settings… [ATTACH=CONFIG]116665._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116666._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116667._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116668._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]116669._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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