New Favorite Lens

[patterfr]

For you Nikon owners-the 135mm f2.0 DC (defocus control)
If you ever find yourself wanting a great portrait lens try this one and there is also a 105mm. But they ain't cheap.
Still working on the defocus control, but supposedly you can dial in different bokeh by altering the circles of confusion (yeah, I don't fully know what that means either).
Very sharp. Love it.
Example below: (He's getting the teenage expression down already.)

[patterfr]

And another one.

[KatMitchell]

Handsome boy, Fran. So glad you posted these...Love the teen age attitude in the first shot. Nice light and colors...

Hey, remember back when we thought we were that cool ? lol



Now I am drooling for this lens.. It made the background in that first one look like a painted backdrop..

I want one...

I have heard of defocus but have no idea how to use it...

Nice shots...

Kat

[transcape5]

Wow, Fran. That is some bokeh!
What aperture were these at, and how far was he from the vegetation in #2?

[Rain Lily]

Whatever made you think you wanted a prime lens? You sure you're not full of hooey about this? ROFL!

LOVE these, Fran. Great results. Congratulations!

[Steven G Webb]

Nice looking stuff Fran. Looks like it would be right up the alley for portrait photographers. Now I'm out on a learning mission. Please post more about this lens and feel free to include more examples.
Steve

[gjb]

Lobstah!

[iflynething]

Defocus Control? Thats new to me

~Michael~

[patterfr]

Originally Posted by KatMitchell

Handsome boy, Fran. So glad you posted these...Love the teen age attitude in the first shot. Nice light and colors...

Hey, remember back when we thought we were that cool ? lol



Now I am drooling for this lens.. It made the background in that first one look like a painted backdrop..

I want one...

I have heard of defocus but have no idea how to use it...

Nice shots...

Kat

Thanks Kat
I think the defocus thing is gonna require some trial and error.
You can choose to blur the foreground or the background.

Originally Posted by transcape5

Wow, Fran. That is some bokeh!
What aperture were these at, and how far was he from the vegetation in #2?

Thanks Tom
I believe it was f2.0, and he was a few feet, maybe 4 or 5 from it on a small narrow path.

Originally Posted by Rain Lily

Whatever made you think you wanted a prime lens? You sure you're not full of hooey about this? ROFL!

LOVE these, Fran. Great results. Congratulations!

Nah, it was a great idea from someone who has hardly any fooey in them at all.
Thanks SIs.

Originally Posted by Songman45

Nice looking stuff Fran. Looks like it would be right up the alley for portrait photographers. Now I'm out on a learning mission. Please post more about this lens and feel free to include more examples.
Steve

Thanks Steve.
I got it at B&H and the guy there said they sell just a few of these a year compared to hundreds of the 85(1.4) or any others,(it's an older lens and fell into some disfavor with the dx format) but agreed that he thought for portraiture on a full frame camera, it's hard to beat. And fast. And sharp. I've read where the AF was felt to be slow, but it doesn't seem that way to me, but I haven't used it for action shots, just portraiture etc.
Defocus Image Control - Nikon AF DC-Nikkor 135mm f/2D

and a you tube:

YouTube - Nikon 135mm Æ’/2.0D AF Defocus Control (DC)

YouTube - Nikon 135mm Æ’/2.0D AF Defocus Control (DC)

Originally Posted by gjb

Lobstah!

With buttah!

Originally Posted by iflynething

Defocus Control? Thats new to me

~Michael~

Check it out above. I'm surprised it isn't more popular.

[k9ofkaos]

DURN YOU FRAN!!!!!!!!!

Do you have any idea how much I salivated looking at these??