I have a bunch of AF-D primes, but one lone zoom, the 20-35 2.8D. I love it. Compact, versatile and wide enough, and built so well. I'm glad I came back to watch this stream again. Such great information and insight.
This is awesome. I've a few AFd Nikkor lenses, I use on my Nikon DSLR cameras. My everyday lens is the Nikkor AF-d 28-105 3.5 best all rounder I have. You get a lot of bang for your buck. Amazing results plus a few more. All are absolutely magnificent lenses. This is a wonderful presentation indeed
Thank you for covering the Nikkor D series lenses! Love them and so often overlooked by photographers. I have a nice collection of D primes that I love to AF on my D850.
Hi Grays of Westminster - the 24-120 f3.5-5.6 D was called the "Streetsweeper" by old American newspaper and crime scene photographers ( I was one years ago). The idea is that you could mount this lens on your film camera and go to a scene or the site of some news and "sweep up" all the images that could be had in a few minutes, from pretty much the same spot, and then leave, without ever having to carry or change to another lens. In the press photo game you normally had a lot of places to go in a day, or night, and you needed to travel light. The 24mm end was as wide as you would ever need to go to get a scene, like a traffic accident all in frame, and the 120mm end was great for situations where the cops wouldn't let you go past the crime scene tape and you needed a bit more reach. I carried this lens on a Nikon body with a strobe on a bracket, and left it at f5.6 usually, below which it was hopelessly soft, Unfortunately, while this lens was good enough for film press work, where having ANY image is more important than technical quality, it looked pretty awful on digital. As in just barely passable for photojournalism on a 12 mp D3 or D700. It's build quality was very good however. Although it doesn't have quite the range, the Nikon 28-105 f3.5-4.5D is far superior on a modern DSLR, about the same price, and has a very useful 1:2 Macro function. Cheers!
Hi Tom, I just purchased this lens cheap, and it came with a free Nikon film body😂 the guy even put a fully charged battery in it for me. I got the lens more for its nostalgic reputation so it was really interesting hearing your experience. It is nicely made, the zoom is nicely damped and it feels more premium quality than some later lenses. Not sure why I bought it, but I did😂
The term "street sweeper" was first applied to the Thompson machine gun, the Tommy gun, popular with Prohibition-busting crime gangs. It could be fired from a car, to sweep the street, and kill numerous rival gang members (as well as innocents). It was used in the St Valentine's Day Massacre. It obviously got borrowed for a long lens, that would sweep the scene from one position.
Such a wealth of information on AF-D zooms, Thank You! For someone like me who shoots both SLR and DSLR Nikons (unprofessionally), many AF-D series lenses are amazing performers and quite forgotten... and to be had at bargain prices compared to G series versions.
Love this channel, have a mixture of D and G primes and lenses and still shoot events on D700s. Totally agree with the comments on the D zooms like the 80-200 2.8 having less contrast and nicer skin tones.
A late addition: on any AF/AF-D lenses: you can add a metering prong on the aperture ring and use the lens with most pre 1977 Nikon cameras. When I bought my first AF-D lenses I had the prong added to use them on my Nikon F2SB cameras. Regards, Gilbert
I’m a bit confused by your statement. The reason why pre-AI lenses are “AI’Ded is to to allow them to be used on cameras made after 1977. All lenses with an aperture ring (notably excluding the G and AF-P lenses) will mount on pre-1977 cameras. Maybe it’s me that’s confused but I’d never heard of adding a metering prong to AD/AF-D lenses. Can u please clarify? Edit: ALL F mount cameras (including the F2) work with AF and AF-D lenses in manual mode. Why would a metering prong need to be added?
@@alexblaze8878 the F and some F2 photomics had manual indexing which needs the prong. If you don't have the prong you can't do full aperture metering.
Awesome show today! I collect the AF-D f2.8lenses, have a fetish for them, I use them on my Nikon F4, and the wonderful DF, which i saw your tribute to the DF .. awesome! I have read Nikon: A celebration by Brian Long over and over, fascinating story!
Oh no!! I guess I’m not the only one! Hahaha. I collect D lenses (mostly large aperture primes) , didn’t think there’d be others out there with the same fetish. Hahaha
If anyone is in the market for a good general purpose telephoto of the AF-D era, the 70-210mm F4 Constant Aperture lens is a great one. It is not to be confused with the 70-210 F4-5.6, which is a "one-touch" zoom. This is a "two-touch" lens, and was only made from 1986-88 and is not actually a "D" lens but the very similar looking AF. It blows out a background beautifully at F4, and focuses much more accurately than the F4-5.6 D version, although that one focuses a bit faster. When you find one, it will be cheap (I just paid $90 USD for one still in its original box with papers. I have two of them and wouldn't part with either.
Great upload I made a temporary jump to mirror less but the lack of D lenses made me come back to D750 and Df- my current D line up. 16mm 2.8 D - fish eye 17-35 2.8 D 28-70 3.5-4.5 28-105 3.5-4.5 35-135 3.5-4.5 (pre D version) 70-180 4.5-5.6 macro zoom D Owned many more in past but my few primes are all G now
A large number of the 35-70 f2.8 AF-D push-pull zooms we see on eBay have haze on the central element, leading to low contrast. Great lens, but make sure the one you buy isn't hazy. Ask the seller explicitly about this before you bid or buy. That way, if it shows up with haze, it is "Not As Described" and you can get a refund. I know this from hard, recent experience.
Hi I use The 28-105 F3.5-4.5D on my D800e, an absolutely awesome lens and you ( Grays of Westminster ) are listing one at a Bargain price at the moment in your used list section if anyone is interested !
@ 11:01. This is an issue between both kens variants camera. I’ve experienced this w/ same 80-200 2.7D on D3&4S not sharp in @ 200. The back focus can be off. I used in body focus calibration at 200mm focus as this lens was sharp as is on F4E/F5
Sigh another one who has to work on a Friday - can someone have a word with my boss please? A couple of random bits. I've got the old AF 35-70 (ie not 'D') got it from a certain camera shop in London :-) It's good, but very prone to flare / ghosting if you shoot even vaguely towards the sun. As an aside, as you mentioned the focus whine on old lenses, my 17-35/2.8 does it. When it finally goes, do they lock solid, or will I still be able to use it in manual focus? Thanks for another informative livestream.
I am using an AF 24-50 f3.3-4.5 on my D7100 and D90. Nice travel lens with distortion at the wide end. I also have a 28-85 AF. Very sharp and heavy with good macro. These two are not D lenses.
Hey Nikon, if Sony (who seems to hate their customers) can provide an A mount to E mount and support the screwdriver lenses; I think you can do likewise. Perhaps the lovely Becky could find out what is the deal on this for her viewers :)
becky, with the af-s think that was why the Df was released, it did that job; of being a small body that could take ALL manual and auto focus lenses; and did it brilliantly, as it had the "old school" aesthetics as well, with all the dials, etc.
Have the impression zooms weren’t great in D times. Primes is a different story, even AI/AI-S many tend to be really good. Too bad have to work when live episodes happen, always learn something watching.
