Re: 12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (NIKON KIU) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:48:59 GMT

The batteries charged up last night, I did have to "refresh" the batteries before charging them. I will take some pictures tonight.
Looking through the viewfinder, I see dark corners just like the N60 but not as bad, considering the E2 should have a 100% viewfinder(does it?), this is a surprise!

The Petal shape hood that comes standard with this lens is not usable when mounted on a film cameras or the E series as it makes it's own dark corners!!

It's...

Re: 12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (NIKON KIU) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:07:00 GMT

OK OK
I got two EN-1 batteries on the EH-1 charger right now...one is blinking

Kiu

Re: 12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (nikon61352) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:39:45 GMT

BUT! What does it do on the E2 and E3!

Re: 12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (NIKON KIU) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:21:19 GMT

I got the 12-24 DX lens in my hand, thanks to a friend/co-worker.I get to borrow it for a week.

Impressive lens, isn't it? unfortunatly, it is a "G" lens, hence no aperture control on manual focus bodies.

Re: 12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (NIKON KIU) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:43:30 GMT

VinceC wrote:
Okay, out of curiosity, I just put my work-issued 18-135DX onto my full-frame Nikon F2. At 18mm, the image is nearly circular -- the transition from the edge of the circle to pure black is fairly distinct ... in other words, light falloff isn't gradual but quite sudden -- like you're looking through a tube. Zoomed out to 55mm, the light falloff is softer and the edges expand considerably to the point that...

Re: 12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (nikon61352) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:50:36 GMT

Try it on the E2... That will give you a quick indication of performance on a real camera...

Re: 12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (VinceC) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:16:55 GMT

Okay, out of curiosity, I just put my work-issued 18-135DX onto my full-frame Nikon F2. At 18mm, the image is nearly circular -- the transition from the edge of the circle to pure black is fairly distinct ... in other words, light falloff isn't gradual but quite sudden -- like you're looking through a tube. Zoomed out to 55mm, the light falloff is softer and the edges expand considerably to the point that the lens is nearly usable except for very dark corners.

Nothing really...

Re: 12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (VinceC) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:50:52 GMT

It'll be interesting. Sometimes these kinds of lenses have pretty good coverage at one end of the zoom range. But expect a circular photo or at least very dark, soft corners. Could be some good effects, but most images will surely need to be cropped.

12-24mm DX on a film camera?

feeds@yuku.com (NIKON KIU) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:18:23 GMT

OK.
I am gonna push my luck

I am gonna borrow a friends 12-24 DX lens and try it on a film camera.

What do you think? Is Nikon Kiu out of his mind? Lost his head?

Kiu