Got the lens back from the deep scrub session, and it came out beautiful. super clean glass, no mold, no dust, and no scratches or smudges, great to see an old lens restored to almost new condition.
I grabed a quick test shot, ISO 600, F 5.6, 1/200th of a second.. using a D700.. Hand held, Manual mode, and of course due to the lens, manual focused.
and here is the very first image I took with the lens, at the store,, just to see if the focus works
of course these are reduced for the internet, but plenty of detail still visible. I think I am going to love this lens. My total investment of saving an old moldy lens from ebay - 400 dollars.
Here is the second shot, a quick outside shot outside of the camera repair store.
F11, 1/2000, 85 1.4 lens, D700, ISO 640 (not bad noise for 640). Darn, I like the D700 also.
I grabed a quick test shot, ISO 600, F 5.6, 1/200th of a second.. using a D700.. Hand held, Manual mode, and of course due to the lens, manual focused.
and here is the very first image I took with the lens, at the store,, just to see if the focus works
of course these are reduced for the internet, but plenty of detail still visible. I think I am going to love this lens. My total investment of saving an old moldy lens from ebay - 400 dollars.
Here is the second shot, a quick outside shot outside of the camera repair store.
F11, 1/2000, 85 1.4 lens, D700, ISO 640 (not bad noise for 640). Darn, I like the D700 also.
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