Nikon 35-105mm f3.5-4.5

[Alyssa15267]

Hi everyone,
Is this a good lens? What is it mainly used for?

 

[480sparky]

Which one? There's at least two versions.

 

[goodguy]

Dont know, never heard of it but from looking at ebay I can see there are tons of it for dirt cheap.
This pretty much tells me it aint a very good lens or else it will demand higher price.
I might be wrong of course and this could be one of these hidden gems but somehow I doubt that.

 

[480sparky]

There's a lot of old glass out there that's good. Some folks just don't want it 'coz it's old.

Some of my best lenses are 'legacy' or 'cult' lenses.

 

[goodguy]

There's a lot of old glass out there that's good. Some folks just don't want it 'coz it's old.

Some of my best lenses are 'legacy' or 'cult' lenses.

I hear yah but how do you know to sift the gold from all the crapy old gear floating around ?

Ohh I know, you post a thread on the Nikon lens forum and hope to get helpful feedback

 

[480sparky]

I hear yah but how do you know to sift the gold from all the crapy old gear floating around ?.........

I just google the 'official' name of the lens plus the word 'review'. So if I want to check out this lens, I enter AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D review into the Google search bar. If few reviews show up, I start broadening the search.

I also check out PixelPeeper to see if there's any usable images to, well............ peep at the pixels.

 

[bribrius]

Dont know, never heard of it but from looking at ebay I can see there are tons of it for dirt cheap.
This pretty much tells me it aint a very good lens or else it will demand higher price.
I might be wrong of course and this could be one of these hidden gems but somehow I doubt that.

it probably is junk. I am going to shoot with it anyway. Might even like it. LOL i had a 1980 dodge omni 024 with the audi motor once. Bought it for the price of a plane ticket. window didnt work damn car filled up with snow. Door stopped working i climbed through the window. Battery went i parked it on hills so i could pop the clutch to get it running. Drove it back and forth across country round trip. i'll manage. LOL

 

[beachrat]

Dont know, never heard of it but from looking at ebay I can see there are tons of it for dirt cheap.
This pretty much tells me it aint a very good lens or else it will demand higher price.
I might be wrong of course and this could be one of these hidden gems but somehow I doubt that.

That's an extremely ignorant way to determine whether it's any good or not.
I had a push/pull AF version that was really sweet,but too tight on a crop sensor for what I needed.
So, I sold it for $10 more than I paid for it a year later.
That's how you determine if a lens is any good for you or not.
You buy it and try it.

And I think there was actually 4 versions of this lens. The AIS, the original AF with a regular zoom ring,the AF push/pull and the AF-D.
The latest one supposedly sucked.

 

[goodguy]

Dont know, never heard of it but from looking at ebay I can see there are tons of it for dirt cheap.
This pretty much tells me it aint a very good lens or else it will demand higher price.
I might be wrong of course and this could be one of these hidden gems but somehow I doubt that.

That's an extremely ignorant way to determine whether it's any good or not.
I had a push/pull AF version that was really sweet,but too tight on a crop sensor for what I needed.
So, I sold it for $10 more than I paid for it a year later.
That's how you determine if a lens is any good for you or not.
You buy it and try it.

And I think there was actually 4 versions of this lens. The AIS, the original AF with a regular zoom ring,the AF push/pull and the AF-D.
The latest one supposedly sucked.

Oh, wow you really took me waaayyyy to serious.
I was joking with my comment and if you didn't get that then here I am saying it.
When I consider to buy something I go the extra mile before I buy it, I do all research and only then when I am happy and satisfied I might post a thread here too just to see if somebody has extra info preferable first hand.

As I tell my son, life is hard and complicate as it is, we go through so much hardship, fighting our way uphill, struggling, crying so when we have a chance to smile at the sun from time to time grab every moment.
No need to take everything I say too serious.
Smile and life will smile back at you
Have a great evening!

 

[beachrat]

Whooaaa.
I wasn't taking you THAT seriously,just pointing out a flaw in your logic.
I'm always smiling.

 

[Braineack]

I dunno about the 35-105, but the 28-105 would make a nice walk around lens.

 

[goodguy]

Whooaaa.
I wasn't taking you THAT seriously,just pointing out a flaw in your logic.
I'm always smiling.

Maybe I was the one that took this whole thing too serious, thought you came a little strong.
My bad

 

[goodguy]

My advice, assuming you are using DX body get the Nikon 18-105mm VR used!

Few reasons why
1.Tons of those out there so they are easy to find and cheap (around 120$-150$)
2.Much more modern then the one you look at thus better optics
3.Has VR which is a nice bonus
4.Better focal range

Used to own this lens and it was lovely, good general use lens in good lighting.

 

[nerwin]

Like @goodguy said, if you are using DX body, just get the 18-105 VR...you can get it for cheap and its going to perform better than that 35-105.

If you are on full frame, then you could consider the 28-105...its an old lens..but surprisingly sharp and good macro mode.

Honestly, I try to avoid these old zooms and just stick with old primes..there are a lot of old AF and AIS primes that are amazing...like the 105 2.5 AIS..very good piece of glass.

Though, I really wish Nikon made a 24-105 f/4. Sigma's version isn't that impressive and too big for what I want. The 24-120 f/4 is good, but still..way too big for general purpose walk around lens.

 

[bribrius]

Like @goodguy said, if you are using DX body, just get the 18-105 VR...you can get it for cheap and its going to perform better than that 35-105.

If you are on full frame, then you could consider the 28-105...its an old lens..but surprisingly sharp and good macro mode.

Honestly, I try to avoid these old zooms and just stick with old primes..there are a lot of old AF and AIS primes that are amazing...like the 105 2.5 AIS..very good piece of glass.

Though, I really wish Nikon made a 24-105 f/4. Sigma's version isn't that impressive and too big for what I want. The 24-120 f/4 is good, but still..way too big for general purpose walk around lens.

I dont care about the dx by itself so much. I have a couple other ideas going. one is moving up the full frame at some point. The other just as important is going back to shooting film. i liked my early canon. I LOVED my konica. So i really dont care so much about the dx, as i am planning on adding a camera anyway. The nikon line of old film cameras is kind of confusing me i am doing some research. If a f2 took g lenses i already would have bought one. I dont really like having to rely on batteries so much. seems to get anything that will take a g lens or optional auto focus you end up with batteries. I dont see a camera that can do it all and operate with and without batteries taking the nikon lens line from ais already to the g lens. I am thinking of just tossing my hands in the air and going to look for a old konica again. Unfortunately a x girlfriend swiped that years ago when she packed her stuff (and some of mine i guess) to move out. Nikon has a much more stable history in lenses though and compatibility than konica so maybe i should just be looking at nikons. I am debating it. Really like to get my old konica back though. Never got over that. WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I never even owned a nikon till a few years ago. canon, polaroid, and konica.