The Very Best Cheap (ish) Nikon Lenses

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@charlesdavis2165 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to make a video and post for us. I seriously admire that. I'm still trying to get the hang of focal length with regard to how/what I want to shoot. Wish you would have included a sample photo you'd taken with the lenses for us newbies. (Not the usual subjects a/k/a 50mm, etc., but the big guys). Regardless, thanks!

@victorboucher675 8 ай бұрын

Thank you - I like that you are direct to the point.

@odysseusreturns9133 Жыл бұрын

Definitely the 80-200 f2.8 Incredibly heavy and not so slow as mentioned. Well worth lugging that around even if you need a massage afterwards. Not mentioned here, the 105 f2.8 macro. Superb.

@clayknowles7382 2 жыл бұрын

Did you mean to say 105mm f2.5 for the first lens? I can't find a 100mm 2.5. The you referenced Steve McCurry and I think that was the 105mm.

@madnesstothemethod3328 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, my bad. I meant 105mm

@paulfernandez2900 2 жыл бұрын

I own the 80-200...I agree..awesome lens...shoot sports with it...love the results...

@catey62 2 жыл бұрын

I'm looking for one myself, hopefully will find one for a good price soon.

@cheng-gangwang1557 Жыл бұрын

@@catey62 I have seen the best price of AF 80-200mmF/2.8D for only $150 !

@unclemonkey4699 5 ай бұрын

As a budding sports photographer the AIS 300mm was pure gold and cheap.

@megadarren 2 жыл бұрын

80-200 versions 1 through 3 have the same optics and all are soft at the extremes wide open, especially at 200. I had to get rid of it for that reason as I shoot a lot of indoor sports. The sweet spot is 135 3.2 though...great for portraits.

@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism Жыл бұрын

I think you got bad copies of all that you've tried. I have the Nikon 180mm f/2.8 N AF IF ED Nikkor and the Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D ED Nikkor (V.3 “New” 1997-2020) and when I shoot both lenses at 2.8 and compare (at any focal length with the zoom) I can't see any softness with either lens, from 2.8 onward. I have taken same photos and I have to zoom in and pixel peep to see that most often (but not always) the 180 prime has a slight edge over the zoom but if someone took the photo (even me, the owner of both photos) and just looked, without comparing it to the other, I wouldn't be able to pick it out as being the zoom, over the prime. It's way too close. You might want to try another copy of version 3. I'm kinda torn. I payed about $250 for each lens. Obviously the 80-200 being a zoom is a bit more handy over the prime and since it's SO close (basically the same, might as well call it) I'm having a hard time keeping the 180 now. I'm trying to figure out why it's recommended so much.... Not because it's not a killer lens!...but because the 80-200 (v3 being the best, just for keeping dust out) is the same money used. I'll have to keep using them side by side for a while.... but I see no point in keeping the prime yet really. I'll test some more with the zoom, to hunt for this softness at 200 compared to 130ish, but I see no difference from 80 between the 200 with it but I've only had it out a couple times, so. Maybe I missed something.

@megadarren Жыл бұрын

@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism I've since picked up an other v3 which I'm keeping, along with the Nikon 180mm f/2.8 ED AI-s. Although it is probably the best copy of the 80-200 that I've owned, the 180mm still beats it in terms of sharpness, as it should. The difference is slight, as you mentioned, and I agree with your point that it feels redundant to own both. I think the reason I hold on to the 180mm is because it completes my AI prime collection, even if I really only use it adapted on Sony or Lumix bodies. But when I'm shooting with the D700 and weight isn't factor I'm packing the 80-200 every time. :D

@garethwilliams976 Ай бұрын

Seems that post 1990 the quality just went down?

@ukasz7073 Ай бұрын

Have you tested this 300mm f/2.8 lens with the newer vr version that you claim is the sharpest?

@ET-cj8jo Жыл бұрын

Thought they are reasonably tough, I have never banged my lenses around like that.

@MMB.__ 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could add the 180mm 2.8. I own it and love it. Beautiful portrait lens

@madnesstothemethod3328 2 жыл бұрын

It's on my shopping list.

@MMB.__ 2 жыл бұрын

@@madnesstothemethod3328 55mm is on my list too!👍

@marinelines 6 ай бұрын

I recently got a Nikon F4 and keen for an AF lens. Recommend any cheap(ish) zoom lenses?

@catey62 2 жыл бұрын

I have most of these myself and will agree with you on them. I dont have the 55mm micro Nikkor, but do have the 60mm AF 2.8 micro lens..its sharp as anything too and goes well on my D2x DSLR as well. the 135mm 3.5 is as good as the 2.8 version, if you dont mind a slightly slower lens, and will cost you less. I have both and cant tell the difference between the apart from speed. as soon as I can afford it I'd love to get one of those 80-200mm ED lenses. great little video.

@russellwright9961 2 жыл бұрын

Does the Push-Pull version of the 80-200 have the same optics as the version you have?

@madnesstothemethod3328 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the optics are identical.

@russellwright9961 2 жыл бұрын

@@madnesstothemethod3328 Ok, thanks…

@pedrol.5417 21 күн бұрын

Steve Mcurry had the 105 2.5 Ais, not the 100 2.8 Ai. They are jewell lenses !!

@bezbd 5 ай бұрын

Does ai or ais matter? Which one is correct for d 750

@madnesstothemethod3328 5 ай бұрын

Only if you have an F4 or FA,otherwise, no.

@Mr.Thermistor7228 4 ай бұрын

thank GOD for you just getting STRAIGHT into the subject of the video. i am so disgustingly sick and tired of all these bumbling KZbin posers endlessly plugging and advertising their channel or whatever TF at the beginning of every single video for like 3-5 minutes. i despise any channel that constantly does that and takes forever to get to the freaking point

@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism 10 ай бұрын

You might want to try a 135mm 2.8 Series E (it's an AI-S too). I tested 2 Nikkor copies against it and it blew them both out of the water. Slightly smaller with less glass and was supposed to be a more affordable, lower end line at the time but it's actually a far superior lens than the Nikkor AI or AIS version. The contrast and "3d pop" is makes the E shine. The supposedly "excellent" graded AI copy was a total dud, so I knew it wasn't fair, so I tried again, this time getting a good AIS copy and the E still handed it, it's ass. Pixle peeping, wide open down to f3.5 the nikkor had a super, super slight edge in sharpness over the E but even still it looked FLAT as crap compared to the E and by F4, all the way down the E took every advantage. Equal sharpness but totally blew it away in photo quality in every other aspect. It's no compassion. The lower end grade 135 2.8 E totally destroys the Nikkor head to head. I don't think many people know this at all. I'm the only one posting comments anywhere to claim it being the case. I just don't think people thought to compare them to each other. Only reason I did, was I bought the E and fell in love with it and since there was a "better" version out there, I was going to trade up!....... Well, 2 tries latter, I sold the Nikkors at a loss both times too, but oh well. Least I know.

@chany16888 3 күн бұрын

The entire series E lenses is undervalued. I have the 75-150 E, which has beautiful color and sharpness; the 100 mm f2.8, which is silky smooth and easy to carry; and the 50 mm f1.8, which is sharp and a great rendition of color.

@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism 3 күн бұрын

@@chany16888 I have all the E primes. They're all great.

@bezbd 5 ай бұрын

whats the first lens?

@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism 5 ай бұрын

He mistakenly called it 100mm 2.5 It's actually a 105mm 2.5 it's the popular lens used by the dude who took the photo of the girl on Nat geo mag cover back in the day. I recently grabbed a copy and it's even better than everyone says it is. He's right to show it as #1. It probably is the BEST (average, consumer priced) vintage Nikon lens that everyone should start with. It's pretty amazing. I'm surprised Nikon doesn't just keep making it. They should probably make one just like the old vintage one, manual focus and a make one just like it optically, with AF.

@eastwind3550 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@kiranramachandra2476 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. 55 2.8 macro AIS.. the champion of portraits

@tomdelisle8955 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 24-70 2.8. Great optics but heavy. When going out for a full day I sometimes I switch it out for something lighter end up wishing I had brought the 24-70 along.

@captainkanji1 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the Leica flex 😁

@Aki-f5v 9 ай бұрын

I owned the 55 2.8 micro AIS. My copy was not as sharp stopped down to F4 as my Nikon 50mm F1.2 at F4. I also owned the Zeiss 50mm Macro plannar lens and my copy of the Nikon 50mm F1.2 was sharper then the Zeiss macro plannar. So in my case the 50 F1.2 ( note its very dreamy, hazy whatever you like to call it wide open ) is my sharpest MF AI or AIS lens when stopped down to F4. Better then The Zeiss 50 and better then the 55 micro nikon lens.

@philosimot Ай бұрын

plus 4.5/80-200 N plus ED 2.8/180 plus 3.5/135

@alberte58 2 жыл бұрын

There are more and sometime better God-tier Nikon lenses made: 1. 50mm f/1.8 AIS Pancake lens (japan version, not the USA version), much better then the only good 50mm f/1.2. 2. 80mm f/2.8 AF lens (introduced with the F3AF camera, works also on the F4 (Not the F4s or F4e); Superb Optics. 3. 135mm f/3.5 AI lens, optical better then the 135mm f/2.8, with less glass, lighter, cheaper, ...!!! 4. 180mm f/2.8 AIS ED lens, just 20mm less then the AF-S 200mm f/2.0 and a stop slower, but also excellent optical performance for a good price. Other Macro lenses also excellent: 5. 60mm f/2.8 AFD 6. 105mm f/2.8 AIS 7. 105mm f/2.8 AFD

@catey62 2 жыл бұрын

Those little pancake 50mm's are a brilliant lens. I have 2 of them myself and wont sell them.

@viktorpantazis4441 Жыл бұрын

Hi! If you were to have a total of three Nikon lenses to cover a wide range of use, that can be affordable, what would these be?

@alberte58 Жыл бұрын

@@viktorpantazis4441 For f-Mount three legacy lenses to start with: 1. 28mm f/2.8 AI lens 2. 50mm f/1.8 AIS Japanese pancake 3. 105mm f/2.5 AI lens (Afghan Girl lens)

@viktorpantazis4441 Жыл бұрын

appreciate the prompt reply, thank you. Got a Nikon EM and an f80 and starting the journey of film photography, so this is helpfull@@alberte58

@markmalasics3413 7 ай бұрын

1:06 "End of discussion." LOL, nothing like thinking you're right and the rest of the world is wrong.

@akmmonirulislam3961 8 ай бұрын

I've 50mm f:1.2 Ai-s and with my D810 it's very sharp. Also I use 80-200mm f:2.8 AF-D. This one is a solid metal and gives very good picture quality. My 35mm f:2 AF-D is as good as its AFS cousin but at a much low cost.

@alwinbenjamin Жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@vivianvaldi7871 16 күн бұрын

Completely wrong about the 55 2.8. Your 55 1.2 is even sharper or you have a foot problem. Look at your foot : is it blurry ? So see: foot problem. Thumb's up.