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My new Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G :)

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chris.gamblen

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Greetings everyone!

Well after weeks of calling around pretty much every photography store in the UK I was finally able to track down the amazing 35mm f1.4G and what can I say...it's worth every little penny!! I'm normally not one to toot my own horn but knowing how few samples there are from this beautiful lens I thought I'd share my meagre offerings with anyone that's interested :)

Here's one from my set on Flickr:

If you would like to see more head over to my Flickr page, I will be adding more over the coming days/weeks.

Thanks for looking!

Chris

PS
I'm not even remotely what you'd call a professional - this is just a hobby, a damned expensive one :) Any comments/criticisms would be very gladly received!

Posted 2 years ago #
broxibear

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(D700 1/50 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 Ist image)

Nice quality to those images, how much did you end up paying chris.gamblen... £1680 was the cheapest I've seen it and that's still a lot?

Posted 2 years ago #
chris.gamblen

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Thanks!

Yeah £1680 isn't too far off the mark...I've seen a lot of discussions about the price of this one but the reality is that, for me, this lens isn't going to leave my side for a very long time and when you break that cost vs time thing down it's almost irrelevant - life is too short :)

Posted 2 years ago #
spraynpray

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"life is too short :) "

True, but so is money these days......

Posted 2 years ago #
Mike Gunter

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Hi Chris,

The shots look terrific!

My best,

Mike

Posted 2 years ago #
Segura

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Checking Messages . . . absolutely beautiful. 1/50s wow!

Posted 2 years ago #
broxibear

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spraynpray said:
"life is too short :) "

True, but so is money these days......

I'm with you spraynpray, £1680 for the f/1.4G or £250 for the 35mm f/2AFD ?...maybe the costs to manufacture justify the price but I don't think the quality justifies the price difference.
I'd love to see a proper test between these lenses, and others like the 85mm and 50mm AFS and AFD's, to see what diferences you can actually see in real terms.
I don't mean 100% crops in extreme corners, I mean a real shoot and swap over the lenses.
There's a suggestion for Nikonrumors first equipment test.

Posted 2 years ago #
SkintBrit

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Well maybe when I finally get hold of my 85 1.4G, myself, Chris & Broxibear should get together and try just that? The shop I'm waiting for my 85 from has just put the price up to £1380, fortunately for me they have already debited my card with the £1280 they were asking for it last month, so the deal is done! (Perhaps this is why I am still waiting though)? You're first picture is great Chris, if you edited out the rubbish bags on the left, I think you'd have a very saleable image? The light reflecting off the wet cobble stones look fantastic, fortunately rain is not something we lack in the Southeast of England is it :-)

Posted 2 years ago #
Mike Gunter

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Hi,

Maybe we could all buy it together?

Share it - Like a cheese of the month? ;-)

My best,

Mike

Posted 2 years ago #
chris.gamblen

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Thanks for all your comments guys, and SkintBrint I'd be well up for run around town :)

Chris

Posted 2 years ago #
shivaswrath

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gorgeous. . .went to your flickr stream (LOVE the taxi photo), damn this thing is sharp, you didn't do any post processing did you?

Posted 2 years ago #
NSXType-R

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That looks real good.

Posted 2 years ago #
Fritzimages

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Our two favorite NYC superstore(s) will be receiving 100 lenses to fill backorders on Thursday Oct 9...if you've been on waiting list since Aug 15 or a NPS you'll get a chance to get a delivery.... Nice Images on this NR.... l'm looking forward to this new glass to (almost) complete my f/1.4 series. (skipped on the new 50mm)..

Posted 2 years ago #
Segura

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Fritzimages said:
Our two favorite NYC superstore(s) will be receiving 100 lenses to fill backorders on Thursday Oct 9...if you've been on waiting list since Aug 15 or a NPS you'll get a chance to get a delivery.... Nice Images on this NR.... l'm looking forward to this new glass to (almost) complete my f/1.4 series. (skipped on the new 50mm)..

So I need a time machine to go back to October to get one? Nikon sure is making it hard to get this lens!

Posted 2 years ago #
smarterchild

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Nikon is sure hard gettin me my PAID for 85 1.4 I ordered 2 and a half months ago. Fritz, any stock of the 85?

Posted 2 years ago #
chris.gamblen

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shivaswrath, you're right I barely touched the majority of those 35mm shots! There may have been a slight adjustment to the 'blacks' and the 'clarity' but that's about it. For the ones that are obviously touched up I used some free Lightroom presets I nabbed from somewhere...can't remember which ones off the top of my head but if you're interested I can let you know which ones I used when I'm back at home.

Fritz, I still have my 50mm 1.4 but have to confess that I think it's going to take a bit of a back seat now!

Posted 2 years ago #