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1. the old style AF lens so you need a body with body AF motor to enjoy autofocus And it uses a mechnical A M switch to switch between AF and MF Unlike the newer AFS lenses you can t just grab the focus ring and adjust the focus when it s in A autofocus mode The AF speed is largely depend on the camera body When mounted on my D700 the autofocus speed is reasonably fast AF is a bit noisy just most other AF lens In my opinion autofocus accuracy for a large aperture lens is more important than the autofocus speed Lighting fast autofocus speed is no use if half the shot you took is out of focus Before i buy the 135DC i did quite a bit of research and read a lot of reviews discussions on various photography forums It seems people are complaining about front back focus problem when this lens is used on a DSLR but no problem is used on a SLR So i was a bit worried about this when i receive my lens Fortunately I don t seem to have any front back focusing problem with my lens Even when DC ring is set to non zero the autofocus still seem to work accurately On the lens s user manual it does say that if the DC ring is set to non zero it s best to use manual focus instead Reason is pretty simple when DC is set to F or R and value is larger than the aperture value it can soften up the image a lot and it makes it hard for the camera s autofocus system to get an accurate result Another thing i need to mention is that if you want to adjust the DC setting2. you need to do it before focusing CA One of the obvious problem with the 135DC is the purple fringing It is really very obvious when you are shooting scenes with high contrast objects Stop down helps a bit but you just can t do much if you are shooting a high contrast scene This is actually a common problem for most of the large aperture lenses the 85 1 4D 50 1 4D both has this problem even the new 35 1 4G and 85 1 4G has this problem Sampe hotos Unedited JPG straight from camera creative Quarter http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 22 von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 23 von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 24 von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 25 von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 26 von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 27 von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 28 von 32 PH 303 3389 wib ATTOO i UDIO amp PIERCINGS PH 309 9736 4 4 I Mu mezze bang dited hotos
3. Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 1 von 32 yellow15 3 Posts 2 147 Posting Freak Joined Jun 2009 Reputation 10 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Review http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 2 von 32 Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC is one of the oldest autofocus lens that is still in production It was originally released back in 1995 Apart from the monster AFS 200mm f 2 VR this is longest f 2 lens currently made by Nikon and it was designed for 1 purpose only the ultimate portrait lens at least for those of us that can t afford the US 4000 200 f 2 It s the first DC lens and one of the only two ever made DC means Defocus Control Defocus Control was designed to allow user to fine tune the foreground background defocusing bokeh How is it done To explain it i need to tell a bit of story first One of the major thing when designing new lenses is the spherical aberration control Spherical aberration is generally a bad thing as it makes the image not sharp But sharpness is not the only thing we photographers concern about One other very important thing that a lot of photographers care is how beautiful and smooth the out of focus area bokeh look like If the spherical aberration is left a bit undercorrected it will actually give a smooth background bokeh which is usually more pleasant and is great for portraits However at the same time not onl
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5. neration lens which has that plastic ky feel look at my afs 50mm f 1 4G or even the more expensive afs 35mm f 1 4G this lens is just pure Metal Solid Gear Yes it s heavy and it s solid like a tank with that old style crinkle finish on top http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 3 von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 4 von 32 The lens has a built in movable metal lens hood And i love it You just pull it to extend it and push it back when you don t need it Unlike the reversible lens hood it doesn t block any of the control ring buttons even when it s in storage position And you don t need to worry about losing the lens hood I personally thing it s a great design and of course million times better than the non reversible lens hood on my 85mm f 1 4D Not sure why Nikon stop making lens hood like this They really really should bring this design back http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 5 von 32 Built in lens hood in Storage Position http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 6 von 32 Built in lens hood in Extended Position http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 7 von 32 Defocus Control Effec
6. t Sample Photos f 2 When DC is set to zero the lens works like a normal lens When DC is set to R the background bokeh becomes smoother But foreground bokeh becomes more nervous When DC value is larger than aperture number the whole picture becomes softer as well http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 10 von 32 http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 11 von 32 DC set to F Notice the Foreground Bokeh is now smoother But background bokeh become very nervous almost reflex lens kind of bokeh http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 12 von 32 y wer i 41 M A VY http www nikonjin com forum showthread php tid 1043 25 11 2011 Review Nikon AF 135mm f 2D DC Seite 13 von 32 VIA 2 B7 A cipio aT eh B ees A E r X l A eel On ae e Pg a PERE Ban E ur PEE e VE a A Es 4 gt oF he AAN A dee E E TED CA AY A Unt A Ms Goa a TN ey E un c ES d pa A x Y AN X d v m say E A 3 lt http www nikonjin com forum show
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8. y the undercorrected spherical aberrration means the photo won t be as sharp italso creates harsh foreground bokeh So if foreground bokeh is a major component in your photo and you want to make the foreground bokeh smooth and nice you actually wants to have the spherical aberration a bit overcorrected So normally the lens engineer need to find a balance and compromise between background bokeh foreground bokeh image sharpness But what the Defocus Control does is to give the user the ability to adjust the spherical aberration to whatever suits the most You want undercorrected or overcorrected spherical aberration Just turn the DC ring or you can just make the lens like a normal lens by setting the DC value to zero One thing I need to point out is that the Defocus lens is different from the normal softfocus lens A soft focus lens doesn t have the foreground background defocus control and basically just soften everything While you can still make the DC lens to soften everything by dial in a large amount of under or over corrected spherical aberration Defocus control is mainly for you to fine tune and obtain the optimum foreground background bokeh by moving some of the elements in the lens which controlls the spherical aberration Anyway back to the 135DC the 135DC is a AF lens it requires camera with body AF motor for autofocusing It s a pro quality lens with the old style Nikon pro lens finish Build quality is just fantastic Not like the newer ge
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