Vintage Lens Modern Camera: Nikon Nikkor-H 28mm 3.5

In the first installment of my series Vintage lens modern camera. I look at the Nikon Nikkor-H 28mm 3.5 lens on the Nikon Z6 digital camera with the FTZ adapter.
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[@ryanbeer5262]

Might be my favorite vintage Nikon lens! Mine is between your 2 samples. Silver nose with the scalloped ar. Seriously fighting the erge to collect this one.

[@blackbelt4488]

Thanks for helping me find this one. Excellent as always

[@tomallen6073]

The pre-AI lenses with their Leica inspired scalloped focusing rings are some of the best looking glass Nikon made IMO. I’ll take composition over a bit of sharpness any day. Pre-AI glass has class.

[@julesvuottosphotofocus4696]

I prefer the metal focus ring on the pre AI lenses over the rubber covered ring on the AI and later lenses too.

[@justnoted2995]

Thank you Jules. I too have a few pre-AI and AI lenses (and SLR cameras). As you know, the AI's can be used on some of the Nikon DSLRs (like my D700). My pre-AI's (and AI's) I use on a Fujifilm X-Pro mirrorless camera with Metabones adapter. The AI and AI/S lenses were so well made, and thanks to mirrorless cameras they live again! Later Nikon made AF and AF-D lenses; do you use any of them?

[@julesvuottosphotofocus4696]

I still have some AF and AF-D lenses, which I still use on my D810. The 60mm 2.8 AFD macro is great on the 810 but of course it won’t auto focus on the Z cameras.

[@CP23798]

I have one of the later AI versions for use on my film cameras and my D750. The build quality on the lens is superb. The 2.8 AIS version gets a lot of press, and I'm thinking about that one, but I wonder if there's really that big of a difference between them.

[@julesvuottosphotofocus4696]

I think the 2.8 AIS is sharper out to the edges but I have to do a side by side test.

[@justnoted2995]

@@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 Yes, with the /f2.8 28mm AI-S Nikon improved on the elements /group formula, and with a shorter focus throw

[@bublt4me]

Thank you so much for this. I was looking for information in regards to the chrome vs black pre-AI versions. I was looking into getting the 180mm ED, either I'm AI or D versions. I've read on the 1001 Nights blog that the D versions performs fantastically from near to far; the AI performs just as good from mid to far. Have you found this to be true?

[@julesvuottosphotofocus4696]

I had the original 180 2.8 and it was very sharp, a great long portrait lens even wide open. I have no experience with the AFD version but I understand it was excellent.