The case for old Nikkors...

[Rob Castiglione]

Hi Edward. I feel your pain. I have my Epic X but no nikon mount. My Nikkors are sitting languishing in the studio... I cant wait to go and do some shooting with them.

[Blair S. Paulsen]

While I may be a Canon L guy all the way, I do respect Nikkor lenses for a number of qualities already noted in this thread.

Evin makes a good point about the higher cost of roughly equivalent Canon Ls to Nikon Gs - even with all my Canon love I'm not sure the difference between the two sets justifies that kind of price jump...

Cheers - #19

[Nathaniel Kramer]

Shot all my glass for fashion stills for all the major fashion magazines from Elle to Marie Claire and for campaigns including GAP. Cover Girl , Ray BAn, Timberland, Reebok and others from mid 80's to mid 90's. Once all the AF lenses came out, they sat on a shelf... Happy to report they have been hitched to my Opitek mount on my Epic... 35 1.4, 50 1.2. 58 1.2, 85 1.4, 105 1.8, 135 2.0, 200 2.0, 300 2.8
havent mounted the big guns yet, 200/300 as i dont have a support, but probably over half of all my published editorial was on the 200, closely followed by the 85.. Hardly ever used the 50 and 58, wich imho, are better cinema lenses than they are for stills, especially in the fashion world..

[Sergei Franklin]

I posted a thread on how I have been using Nikon lenses on my Red.
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthr...-other-cameras

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

Evin, you're comparing the wrong lenses. For a fair shake you should be comparing the AI & AIS lenses against the Canon *FD* L lenses, for quality and bang for the buck, not EOS L lenses!

Free starter: the FD 85mm f/1.2 L is a stunning piece of glass...

Mike

[Evin Grant]

Mike, FD lenses certainly have a good reputation, I only worry about the mount, because of the short 42mm FFD it still does not have the same versitility. Also they have been EOL so long repair and spare parts may be an issue. They do however focus the correct direction, which is a plus.

[Martin Widerberg]

Evin, will G series play nice with my old nice set of Nikkor lenses?
The 50 1.4 is so small and good. The 28 2.8 ais, with that one you actually get straight walls in your pictures. Superlight. But looking for a new 35mm. G?

[Evin Grant]

Depends on what you mean by "Play Nice" my new 35mm f1.4 G is pretty spectacular, better than the AIS version for sure.
The biggest difference you'll see with the newer G series lenses is contrast and CA control.

[Peter Strietmann]

I'm a canon guy for the past 15 years or so but I'll take the 85 1.4 nikkor over the 85 1.2 canon any day.

[Martin Widerberg]

Thank you Evin! Nice thread