First I've heard of that. Bought mine new about 20 years ago and blades
are clean as a whistle.
N$kkors "rest" stopped down, so lore has it that putting them at the
smallest stop and storing them nose down minimizes the chance of migration
of lube. I knew nothing of this until 8 or 10 years ago, and I don't
really know that it's true, but I've followed the precaution ever since.
The 55/2.8 compares very favorably with Oly macros. Dunno if it's worth
the price of a D1X to see how it fares digitally, but if prices do fall,
the temptation is strong. It would be more valuable to me than the Zuiko
50/3.5 as a digital macro since the factor is 1.5 instead of 2.
Thanks for the link. Never heard of this guy. There are lots of lens test
sites. It makes you flabbergasted at how many lenses N$kon has made
through the years.
Joel W.
At 01:16 PM 2/24/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>Pretty good lens according to Bjorn Roslett who is the current Nikon
>lens guru.
>
>http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_spec.html
>
>
>55 mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor, rating 4 out of 5
>The faster f/2.8 version of the Micro-Nikkor had floating elements to
>make it perform equally well up close and for distant scenes.
>Unfortunately, the f/2.8 design is extremely prone to getting
>lubrication onto its aperture blades to make the aperture stick
>unexpectedly when shooting. I gave up my f/2.8 after having cleaned it
>twice. It makes an excellent paper-weight, however. Newer versions may
>have a stiffer lubrication so as to minimise the seepage problem.
>Storing the lens in an upright position and avoiding hot spots such as
>car trunks may also contribute to mitigate this issue.
>
>
>
>Winsor
>Long Beach, California, USA
>On Feb 24, 2005, at 1:04 PM, jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Yeah, too bad about that. I have just one lens that I'd
> > really like to try on a N$kon D body: N$kkor 55/2.8 micro
> > AIS. It would become something like an 80mm in film terms
> > -- very usable.
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