Macro Work with the PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/2.8D • Reference

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Kodiak

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Hello everyone!

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Dear Sir, please explain why you include a PC lens among the macro tool.

Here is a picture that was done in 2012, using both the
D3X and the PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/2.8D and 2x SB-900.

Simply consider the details, resolution, and colour rendition
among others, to see how perfectly expressive this lens is;
let alone the stupendous low key rendition of the camera!

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At that time, I did not owned yet
the AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, but both
the PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/2.8D and
the PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED.

The Nikkor PC lenses have a shift option for architecture
see:Perspective control lens ; and
a tilt movement for the application of the Scheimpflug principle,
see: Scheimpflug principle
 
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Paul D

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do you mean that pc lenses permits movements similar to the optical bench?

why is there no sensor for the optical bench? are all these cameras obsolete?
 
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Kodiak

Senior Member
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Hello Paul,
I will try to answer your questions:

do you mean that pc lenses permits movements similar to the optical bench?
Yes, absolutely! …mind you, not with the same flexibility nor the same amplitude,
by far not. NOTHING MATCHES THE WORK DONE ON THE OPTICAL BENCH!

why is there no sensor for the optical bench?
Just consider the prices of 40.000 € for a medium format back (sensor) and multiply
by… Some manufacturers proposed some medium format back for their optical benches
but this was an investment that was far over my budget then… and even today!

are all these cameras obsolete?
I did convert all my photography to digital some three years ago. I would not have done
anything digital before the arrival of the D3S. So this was my first step in the digital
world. Then, the D3X was the turning point. Obsolete? As sorry as I may be, yes!
I still have two optical benches from Linhof and Sinar, the lenses… sleeping money!

Have a good day…
 
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