Look what the cat dragged in

pforsell

Senior Member
Well, not the cat but myself. I bought from a garage sale an old but nice Nikkor AI 55mm f/1.2 lens. I is externally like new and functions perfectly. I'd say a well spent $20. This is my 11th nifty-fifty lens and I think I have enough of those. Maybe I start collecting 35mm lenses next. :p

Here are the first random test shots. I like the olde tyme low contrast soft rendering, it is very endearing. All shot at f/1.2 in natural light of my semi-co-operative daughter.




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pforsell

Senior Member
I noticed that all your shots were at F1.2. Is the lens this velvet soft at all apertures?

It loses the special sauce at f/2 or f/2.8 and becomes a sharp but very regular lens. When the background is busy (weeds, criss-crossing branches...) the bokeh is not velvety even wide open but resembles the bokeh of the AF 50/1.4D and AF 50/1.8D and even AF-S 50/1.4G.
 
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