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 NIKON KIU |
Nikkor 18-55mm II DX format lens |
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Posts: 256 11/27/07 15:15:02 |
I got my FIRST DX format lens:
Paid $57.00
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VinceC.nikonhistorical... |
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Posts: 57 11/27/07 18:47:09 |
Congrats. I'm thinking hard about a D40 this holiday. Hard to commit to an SLR after all these years with the rangefinders, but digital has its advantages,
and that lens sounds great.
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NIKON KIU |
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Posts: 256 11/28/07 01:35:08 |
You'all don't realize how important this is to me!!
I got my first DX format lens!! I am gonna try it on my D50, pronea series and my F series!! I may even put it on the D1 or the E3!! More to follow!! Kiu |
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Jarle Aasland |
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Posts: 45 11/28/07 14:48:39 |
Hi Kiu,
You realize that DX lenses won't work properly on full frame SLRs? DX lenses are intended for 1.5x crop sensors, so at least it will work fine on the D1. Jarle |
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NIKON KIU |
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Posts: 256 11/28/07 17:58:28 |
I do. I am aching to see what it looks like looking tru a DX lens on a regular Nikon.
Have you tried it? I know you have DX lenses. Kiu |
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Posts: 77 11/28/07 21:51:20 |
Kiu, if you just want to see what the viewfinder view looks like, just stick your DX lens on your FM3A. You won't do the lens or body any harm. I did that
with my Tokina 10-17mm fisheye zoom, and discovered that the zoom covers the full frame from 14.5mm and up. It's effectively a full frame fisheye lens from
14.5mm up. Like getting two lenses for the price of one, except of course, I have no way to control the aperture on the FM3A body.
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NIKON KIU |
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Posts: 256 11/29/07 15:44:04 |
jonmanjiro wrote: But I do, I have a Nikon N75 !
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LovemyNikons |
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Posts: 15 12/07/07 17:37:46 |
Anybody know if there is any harm in mounting a DX lens on a F5?
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NIKON KIU |
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Posts: 256 12/08/07 03:26:17 |
LovemyNikons wrote:It will mount fine Bill, The F5 will definitly hurt the feelings of Nikkor 18-55mm As much as it may vignette!!! Kiu
Last Edited By: NIKON KIU 12/08/07 13:38:20.
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NIKON KIU |
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Posts: 256 12/08/07 14:17:24 |
I haven't taken any pictures with it yet but looking tru the 18-55 DX mounted on the F2 I see very little vignetting even at 18mm, by 20 or 21mm it seems
all good!
I like the dark corners, it kinda gives a retro look. I will post some pictures soon. Kiu |
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VinceC.nikonhistorical... |
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Posts: 57 12/19/07 20:22:00 |
Well, our D40 kit arrived today. I'm charging the battery before wrapping it up for my wife to open. This gave me a good excuse to play with the two kit
lenses (I don't need 10 MP, so I bought a D40 with two lenses for the same money as a D40x). The last time I bought an SLR was my wife's FM2n 15 years
ago, so this is a major step for us. I guess the newest Nikon I've used up to now is an F2 (or an S3-2000, if that counts). With the D40, I'm intrigued
about using unmetered F-mount lenses on it, and when my wife is using it, I'll still use my rangefinders.
I just tried the DX kit lenses out on my full-frame F2. As Kiu said, the vignetting on the 18-55 is minimal by 20mm and vanishes around 22mm. I also bought the 55-200 DX lens F/4.5-5.6 (to shoot my daughter's sports events, mostly). This lens has very slight corner darkening at 55mm, perhaps a quarter or one-third of a stop at most. As soon as you start zooming, the corner darkening is gone. So it would be perfectly useable with a full-frame SLR. Too bad there's no way to control f/stops when putting it on a manual camera. Both DX lenses are astonishingly light weight. Still, I think I'll do most of my shooting with the D40 using unmetered manual pre-AI lenses from my F. That way I'll feel a little less guilt about the switch to digital.
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NIKON KIU |
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Posts: 256 12/22/07 03:48:30 |
VinceC wrote: Vince, which 18-55mm did you get? Is your's the latest? The VR. Kiu |
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VinceC.nikonhistorical... |
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Posts: 57 12/22/07 08:48:48 |
No VR. I knew I'd get that if I waited (or possibly if I bought a D40X). This is my first autofocus lens. VR can wait. Much of my shootig will be done with
fast primes anyway.
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JonRis.nikonhistorical... |
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Posts: 68 12/22/07 13:01:26 |
VinceC wrote:
At first I thought the VR functionality in the lenses was only temporary until Nikon had built that functionlaity into the cameras but given the D3 and D300 now and all the new VR lenses coming it is clear that it is here to stay. I am sure we will start to see more primes with VR also. It does add weight, cost and complexity so not all the lenses get´s it and it is interesting to notice that the new pro 24-70 f/2,8 lens did not get VR! As always there is a bit of trade-off.... Jon |
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NIKON KIU |
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Posts: 256 12/24/07 13:09:45 |
I was very surprised when I saw the press release:
Nikon Press relase of 11/16/2006:
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VinceC.nikonhistorical... |
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Posts: 57 12/24/07 16:09:35 |
I'm old-fashioned. Two or three fast primes ... 35/2, 50/1.4, 105/2.5 ... will give me two or three stops in themselves over the kit lenses when I'm in
low light. The kit zooms might be eye-openers for me ... the last zooms I really liked were Vivitar Series 1s. But at work I use a D80 with 18-135, and I
don't care for its lens size. I frequently replace it with AI primes or a venerable 50/2, one of my few pre-AI lenses with a shallow-enough collar to
safely mount on the D80. These tiny DSLRs are really a pleasure to carry with two or three small fast primes that match the size of the bodies. I suspect
I'll carry a kit lens plus a fast prime, probably a 50/1.4 for portrait work.
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NIKON KIU |
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Posts: 256 12/24/07 17:28:05 |
VinceC wrote:Vince, It works out. I am the one using new lenses on old bodies and you try old lenses on new bodies 
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