NIKON 35-105mm Ai-S ZOOM LENS REVIEW
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- This little zoom lens is almost the perfect street photography lens, it covers almost the entire zoom range that I would want for a mid range zoom and does it really well...
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Took this lens to church last night and photographed an archeology presentation. This lens is sharp!!
It is a really nice lens. Thank you for letting me know!!!👍📸
I have had this lens sitting in a bag for years. Never realized how sharp it was or how good it was until watching your video.
Thank you for letting me know. I couldn’t believe how’s good this lens was either till I used it. Kinda a sleeper in my book. 📸👍
Cool lens. Not something I would have ever bought but one came with a Nikon F I got on eBay and I'm glad I have it.
Just picked one up and it came with a “free” Nikon N2000, sweet little zoom, camera is cool also, going to put a roll through it today. I’ll also use it on my D7100.
Nice find! The complimentary camera is a nice touch too. 😜📸
My copy of this lens came with a mint condition "broken" FG attached to it, just needed a new battery installed. Good lens and an awesome camera too !
There are SO many of those “broken” cameras out there! People don’t realize it for some reason... 😂👍📸 Nice find!
I took out the 35-105mm AF just today! I think just a few years after the one you used, but also very nice work by Nikon
It is an awesome lens. I kinda miss mine at times to be honest.
I have that exact same lens. I struggle getting the focus right especially in macro mode but the images are nice when I am in focus. $40 is a great deal! I paid $150 at a store.
Once you stop it down a stop, it seems to get easier to get focus for me. Most of the shots of the singing were done at 1/15 second due to the poor lighting in the room, still got some sharp ones! I kinda likes the motion blur added by the slow shutter too, tells a better story in my mind.
My favorite is the photo of the little girl fishing. Subject and scene really nice.
I'm beginning to wonder if it's possible to exhaust the supply of seemingly unlimited number of decent, affordable vintage lens models make by Nikon! Seems like every time I look, there's another lens out there that I'd never heard of, including the lens in this review. It's a little bit of a coincidence in that I was shooting in and near Annapolis, MD (it was hot...) today using a very similar vintage lens - the Nikon 28-105mm 3.5 - 4.5 D auto focus. It also has a nice macro function. It wasn't quite as cheap as the AI-S lens, but it IS nice to have the auto focus. Anyway, thanks for the review! Cheers : )
Me too, I dont know when they had time to design all these different variants like this, but they are out there! I have the 35-135mm autofocus lens and it is a really good lens too... Annapolis sound s like a a cool place to do some street photography too, how is that?
Yes, I was the one who asked you to review that 35-135mm lens! I remember you included it in a previous video, so I wanted to know your thoughts on it. I also have that one. In near new condition as well. I don't use it often, but it IS a nice lens. Annapolis... Being on the water, and in many ways a tourist town, it is definitely a good place for street photography. It was just too hot yesterday though, and I had a bunch of family with me so I mainly took photos of them instead of the surroundings. But it's close, so there's always next time!
The heat has been terrible lately. Down here it is humid AND in the 90s... I feel your pain brother...
Just picked one of these up for $8 from the thrift store. I plan to use it with my FM2n, but I’ll shoot it on my Z7 first to get used to it.
It will be a lot of fun on both of those cameras! It is a great little lens and you got yours for just 8 dollars!!! Score!!! 👍📸
SHAPE NOTE SINGING CAMP? I luv that stuff. Very powerful sound. Sweeeet David. I'd have spent the whole time shooting that. I've got that book they were singing from, though maybe not that edition. As a music major originally, I went to a few "singing all day and dinner on the ground" gatherings.
Our church uses this as the "hymnal" so to speak. We also love all day singings too, literally going to the Henegar/Union Convention for the second day in a little bit. :)
Teresa's family is deeply immersed in Sacred Harp and we love the whole community surrounding it. What state are you in? There is probably a singing near you if you want to goto one. Thank you!!!!
@@davidsaylors I live in Austin. The Little Vine Baptist (Ind) in North Austin sings Sacred Harp and when I was taking a graduate level music of America course when at UT back in the 70s I got into it and went to my first singing Saturday back then. Then I went to another in the early 80s just after we had kids but since that wasn't my wife's idea of church music I didn't force the issue. I took me back to my family reunions back in the 50s when I was a little kid in Stephenville Tx. We had 11 preachers (10 Meth & 1 Bapt) on the "official" rolls so when the the family got together at the park pavilion, there usually was some hymn singing goin' on.
Wow! That is awesome! I am currently at the convention in Henegar Alabama. It is incredible! It is a really small world sometimes. Isn’t it?
@@davidsaylors Yep
I was gifted this lens recently, to use on my new (to me) D750. I just started playing with it this weekend, and was happy to run across your video review of it. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to getting to know this lens.
Thanks for sharing, and stay healthy. :)
Thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate it. It is a wonderful little lens and I really do love using it. It is one of my favorites. 👍📸
Great review, David. Very helpful advice. Thank you.
Thank you!!! I really appreciate it! 👍📸
Should never freeze it, put an elastic band around it and try that, freezing can introduce condensation which in turn can introduce mold i heard anyway
Good point. It will make the moisture collect on it. Thanks! 👊👍😂 I really appreciate it.
@@davidsaylors No problem, great video keep up the good work :D
Thank you!👍😉📸
Nice review. You can't beat the vintage Nikkor glass. God bless and take care.
Thanks, you too!
Great video, happened to find one at a local shop for the whoppin price of 10 bucks! Not a dent or acratch on it, bit of an upgrade with the added length to the 35-70 3.3-4.5 i was usin for general stuff, tho that one is a beast as well! The macro feature lead to some real neat mushroom closeups, fantastic video as well. Simple, to the point, georgia accent, good shit man keep it up
WOW!!! That is a real score! Well done! I have not really used the macro feature all that much, sounds like I need to look more closely at this lens! Thank you!!!
@@davidsaylors sure thing! I found a vivitar 75-200 3.3-4.5 that fits ais mounts as well for 8 bucks at a thrift store! Thrift is the way to go for a lotta camera gear, photography backpacks, bags, tripods, polaroids, slr bodies and lenses, cases, etc etc. Ive even found a stack of about 30 filters in various sizes for 5 bucks haha
Kinoshita Tomoki Being smart about the gear and not just getting caught up in the hype has become something of an obsession for me lately, but you are clearly on the next level!😳 Those are some smoking deals!!! Well done!!!
@@davidsaylors for film it just makes sense haha sadly missed out on an old nikon fg at a thrift store for 2.99 with the legendary 165mm 2.8 😭😭😭 someone already copped it and when i reached for it he was like hahaha nice try
Another great interesting video David. Thanks mate.
Thank you for your time and I appreciate your comment!!! 👍📸
Hi David! Enjoying your photos and videos. Now I must get my camera out and take some pictures!
Thank you for letting me know that you enjoyed my video, I really appreciate that.
Hi David, I found this lens on eBay for $89.00. It is the autofocus version. It is a very good lens. I just enjoy using it.
This Is a great lens that works really well. I’m glad you found one! 👍📸
I bought one of those in 1985, and used it on my F3 for almost 5 years. It along with the F3 was Stolen in July of 1990.
Sorry to hear your camera got lifted. That sucks. I have not lost one like that yet and hope I never do, but I have had things stolen before and it leaves you with this very uneasy feeling for a long time... great lens though. 👍📸
example Pic I shot with the Nikon 28-85mm 3.5-4.5 mounted on my Nikon D610 I spoke of lens in previous comment www.flickr.com/photos/mrprimetime_86/48157179412/in/album-72157709327964202/
Those eyes!!! WOW!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
yes , that's my 3 year old grand daughter , she does have talented eyes lol
I bet she has granddaddy wrapped are her little finger too. 😆
What mount is it? I have a z7 mirrorsless. I have the adapter that came with it.
If using a film camera, does zooming in the lens automatically make the aperture 4.5? Or you still need to put the aperture ring to 4.5 for your lightmeter to catch up?
I dont know, but I think it does. Most newer film cameras have spot metering and could adjust shutter speed to accommodate so when this lens was popular, it probably wasnt a problem.
Hello there! I just bought one and i need to clean his front inner lens, I cant find the screw, I took rubber grip off, looks like a coil wrap underneath. Looking forward to receiving the valuable information! Kind regards, Rc
The front lens element is usually held in by either screws from the front ring or a threaded ring with little notches in it. This is usually behind the text as well. The text is on a sticker normally and once you peel that off the ring or screws can be accessed. I don’t remember exactly how this lens is assembled in particular though, so I am guessing here, but that is normally how they are done. Good luck!!!
Great video David! I was wondering, when adding it to non-cpu lens, how do you enter it? 35mm f3.5? 105 f4.5? An average?
I entered 35mm f3.5 and seems to work fine but was wondering if it's the right way to do it. Thanks!
It isn't really important other than for the exif data, that is all that it is used for, so the camera knows what the aperture is set at when it writes the data for the image. That is why I don't worry too much about it, if you have more than one 35mm lens, I would pick some sort of outlandish f stop value for the zoom so when you are looking at the images, you can find it in the exif data easily....
@@davidsaylors Good to know! Thanks!
Your welcome, now I need to fix mine. ... haha.
Go to bed..lol...thanks for the review, looks like a good lens
I finally did LOL!!! Thanks, Inside note: Probably be a live stream tonight... ;) If your up for it.
@@davidsaylors sounds good...shoot me a text when you figure out a time so I can make sure im home..
Thank you. I will!
@@davidsaylors 👊
Nice one, thanks Dave...
Thank you Lou, you sure you don’t want to meet up and do a little fellowship and maybe grab some photos too?
David Saylors That's very thoughtful of you Dave, but speaking from experience, (I've aggravated a few people in the past with my inability to keep up with the pace) it's for the best...I'll be with y'all in spirit. Thanks again, buddy.
No problem. I am not too good to spend time with you. 😉 I understand your plight to some degree with my bad ankle... That is why I am not lining up a longer walk. 🙂
Sir, how do you attract this lens to a camera? Thanks.
www.ebay.com/itm/333610067478
Here is an adapter like I use, I found this one on eBay, but Amazon also has them as well. Thank you👍😉📸
Watching your review of this lens brought back some good memories. I remember using it quite extensively some 15 years back for casual macro work, mostly insects and all. I have one of these lying around with the rest of my manual gear and after watching your video, thinking of using it again. Just want to confirm that this would work with something like a D90 correct? I mean it won't damage the camera's lens mount?
Still have this lens, used it a couple of times on my FE2. Just did some shots on my Z6. It's a remarkable sharp lens. The two staged focus is bit cumbersome, but you get flexibility in return. Pity there is some loss of contrast because I see some minor fungus inside :(
It shocks me how good some of these lenses are at times. Now that we can attach them to a Fuji camera, the choices are seemingly endless. I keep this one pretty handy as it is small and just works. 👍📸😉
Is this lens for a full frame or crop sensor camera? Fx or Dx? Thank you,
This is an FX or full frame lens. Thank you for watching!!! 👊😉
I've been working that glass on my Nikon Z7... Got a great macro of a dragonfly on my Insta @knewsome69. It's remarkable how well it shoots!
That is incredible!!! Love the colors and those wings!!! 😮 Thanks for sharing!!!
Look into the Nikon 35-70 f3.5 ais it was their pro zoom lens. It was replaced by the AF 35-70 f2.8 but the 3.5 is everybit as sharp as it and runs circles around this 35-105.
Been faittin this thing”
😂😬🤷🏻♂️I might have a tiny bit of an accent...
Just bought this used set for 100$ recond it was a fine deal.
Zoom nikkor 35-105
Zoom nikkor 43-86
Zoom nikkor 50-135
Vivitar 75-260
Super cosinon 75-300
😮 that is incredible! What a find!!! You have a really good coverage with all of that and they are bound to have some unique characteristics to them. Well done. 👍📸
@@davidsaylors Well on top of that, 2 old
nikon film Dslr camera. They did say the prize was not for discussion, I get that.
Sweet, which bodies did they come with? The F3 was the pinnacle of manual cameras (in my opinion) Now you have me wondering!!! 😬📸
@@davidsaylors Nikon F301 and FG with a motor mount.
I think the F301 goes for 100$
They were all with a "passed" label. So they are proberly from a store that sold used wares.
Well although they appear not working properly. One the shutter are stucked and the other have no life, seems dead.
Still he did said that the deal was to take it as it is. Fair enough was still not cheated, the linses works great.
David.....there are 2 things that I really believe new people getting into DSLR photography don't know ! ( I was one of those people a few years ago) # 1 Most don't realize that the Lens is most important factor in good sharp photos # 2 That you don't need to buy the super expensive lens for really sharp professional looking photos ! My latest inexpensive lens I bought was the Nikon 28-85mm 3.5-4.5 (its an older lens , not sure what series it is but it does have auto focus) I give $140 shipping included , I bought this lens after I seen great reviews about this great bargain lens , well it did not disappoint .......... its one of my favorites now ! Heres link to lens im talking about , let me know if you've tried this lens out before ? www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IVRJDC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have seen it, but I have never used one of them. Just one more example of the equipment is out there if you know where to look... You are absoloutly right, the lens is the main part of the equation for great photos, but the camera companies need to sell camera bodies so their marketing departments tell you that you need the newest camera to get good photos...and people believe them. Thank you for sharing this!!!