Which Nikon Lens?

[elgkh]

Having read the Nikon lenses to Olympus adapter thread, I was inspired to order an adaptor from Tagotech.

Now that I have received it, I am still undecided as to which lens to go for. My motivation here is low light shooting, as well as portrait shots.

Can you guys with Nikon lenses please share your experience? Thanks!

[spidey89]

I don't have any Nikkor lenses,but what i would want would probably be about 70mm efov on the 35mm film,was looking at the list and the Nikkor manual lens 35mm f1.8 if i'm not wrong caught my attention

[say123]

go for those nikon lens that got aperture rings.

50mm f1.4 is a good choice.

[jacob]

Originally Posted by elgkh Having read the Nikon lenses to Olympus adapter thread, I was inspired to order an adaptor from Tagotech. Now that I have received it, I am still undecided as to which lens to go for. My motivation here is low light shooting, as well as portrait shots. Can you guys with Nikon lenses please share your experience? Thanks!

hahaha i poisoned u!

[elgkh]

Originally Posted by say123 go for those nikon lens that got aperture rings. 50mm f1.4 is a good choice.

I'm leaning towards the 50mm f1.8 pancake at the moment. Mostly due to price and availability.

Originally Posted by jacob hahaha i poisoned u!

Yes, i should say poisoned, and not inspired!

[microcosm]

35mm f1.4, 50mm f1.4, might be good lenses to explore should you want to shoot with super thin DOF. They aren't cheap though.

[OlyFlyer]

I have a Nikkor 50/1.4 which I am happy with, although I must admit, I prefer using the Oly 50/2. I'd love to see what the 35/1.4 can do but I am probably not prepared to pay the price for it.

"Which lens..." is normally not answerable because all depends on you budget and the type of use you had in mind.

[elgkh]

Originally Posted by OlyFlyer I have a Nikkor 50/1.4 which I am happy with, although I must admit, I prefer using the Oly 50/2. I'd love to see what the 35/1.4 can do but I am probably not prepared to pay the price for it. "Which lens..." is normally not answerable because all depends on you budget and the type of use you had in mind.

Do you mean an OM 50/2 or ZD 50/2?

My budget is not $$$... or else I will be looking at the Sigma 30/1.4 or the ZD 50/2. The Nikkor 50/1.8 seems the best value to me at the moment, although I won't mind paying a bit more to get a 1.4.

[OlyFlyer]

Originally Posted by elgkh Do you mean an OM 50/2 or ZD 50/2? My budget is not $$$... or else I will be looking at the Sigma 30/1.4 or the ZD 50/2. The Nikkor 50/1.8 seems the best value to me at the moment, although I won't mind paying a bit more to get a 1.4.

I had no idea there was an OM 50/2, I only know of the ZD 50/2 macro. If I were you I'd get an OM 50/1.8. Better then Nikkor 1.8

[elgkh]

Originally Posted by OlyFlyer I had no idea there was an OM 50/2, I only know of the ZD 50/2 macro. If I were you I'd get an OM 50/1.8. Better then Nikkor 1.8

Thanks for the recommendation! I've just got my hands on a Nikon 50mm f1.8 though.

One of the reasons I chose the Nikon adaptor was the greater availability of used Nikon lenses in the Buy/Sell section here.

Perhaps I jumped the gun a bit... there was an OM 50/1.8 + adaptor for sale here early this week!