Nikon PC-E Micro 45mm f/2.8D ED Lens

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Nikon PC-E Micro 45mm f/2.8D ED Lens

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CA29329

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4960759025555

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0018208021741

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1.5

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Nikon

20 reviews for Nikon PC-E Micro 45mm f/2.8D ED Lens

  1. leighann

    Very Sharp lens. My shooting results for this lens have been very good, I do notice the lens shows less contrast making the pictures seem a little flat out of the camera. This is an easy adjustment in your lightroom or CS software.I have a writeup on truetoad.com for this lens, on the Trail with the Nikkor 45mm PCE also has some example photos.This is a large heavy MANUAL lens. Works great on my D800 or D700.- Focus is manual; The wide focus grip has positive feed back with a perfect balance of resistance – no slop.- Aperture is manual or on D800/D700 offers a electronic diaphragm; meaning the camera body can stop down the lens.– You can also hit the electronic depth of field button on the lens, to check your depth of field as well.- You need to make all exposures with the lens in the default position (no tilt or shift), then set your camera, then tilt/shift, then take your picture.You will have to teach yourself to do this, I still forget sometimes.Knowing this, this lens is not intended for fast action or moving objects – due to the manual nature of the lens. This is a “thinkers” lens.This lens offers one additional feature: Micro/Macro. It is not a true 1:1 Micro lens, but it does focus very close giving you near Micro capabilities.I have some micro photo examples on truetoad.comThe lens is best suited for landscapes, or when you need to control distortion for tall or wide objects, or for a focus point (hard to explain).- You can also shift backgrounds out of focus or create foregrounds that are in sharp focus and everything else with nice Bokeh.The lens has four knobs, two are larger for the tilt shift, and two are for locking the lens in place. On the 45 PCE the all the knobs seem to work well for their intended function.Nikon warns users to keep fingers from between the knobs and camera body when turning the lens – pinched fingers.To get the best from this lens it will take some practice and experimenting.If you are thinking about dropping the money for one, you may want to consider a rental first to give it a try.

  2. Teresa Humphrey-Luff

    Für Produkt- oder Architekturfotografie hervorragend geeignet. Natürlich nichts für Anfänger und “Scheimpflug” kann Photoshop nicht – selbst wenn ich 10.000 Artikel lese und Tutorials ansehe. Physik bleibt Physik. Daher kann ich den ersten Kommentar nicht nachvollziehen.Ich benutze das Objektiv seit mehr als 6 Jahren an D700, D4 und D800. Das Objektiv ist was für Profis und Enthusiasten. D3000-Knipser sollten sich diese Objektiv, das 6 Mal so teuer ist, wie ihre Kamera, nicht kaufen und statt dessen mit elektronischen Helferlein ihre Bilder entzerren.Für alle anderen bietet das Objektiv neben sehr guter Schärfe alle Optionen, die man von so einem Objektiv eben erwartet: manuellen Fokus, ausreichend große Tilt- und Shiftverstellung, Abblendtaste, kleine fummelige Knöpfchen und Rasten sowie eine klobige Form – kurzum: alles was man als Profi so liebt.Scharfstellen geht nach meiner Erfahrung am besten mit der Live-View-Funktion. Dazu am besten voll aufblenden (wenig Tiefenschärfe) und in das Bild zoomen. Übung und ein gewisses “um die Ecke Denken” erfordert das Tilten um die Schärfenebene zu dehnen. Da ich auf Linhoff & Co. gelernt habe, kriege ich das aber gut hin. Natürlich darf man zu derartigen Kameras und deren modernen Nachfolgern keinen Vergleich ziehen. Sind doch die Verstellmöglichkeiten im Vergleich dazu recht gering. Aber für die von mir zu erstellenden Bilder hat es bislang immer gereicht. Wenn man dann das letzte Quäntchen Korrektur mit Photoshop macht ist doch alles gut. Früher beim Vergrößern hat man ja auch noch korrigiert, was man bei der Aufnahme direkt nicht hingekriegt hat.Der Weisheit letzter Schluss wäre es, wenn man nun auch noch die Shift- und Tiltebenen unabhängig voneinander verdrehen könnte. Das braucht man zwar selten, wäre aber wirklich das Tüpflechen auf dem i. Dann würde das Objektiv 6! Sterne von mir bekommen.Zusammenfassung:Tolle Optik von Profis für Profis, die wissen, was man mit so einem Ding macht und wo die Vorteile liegen. Alle anderen sollten die Finger davon lassen.-

  3. ZenaP

    This is not your average photo lens. It is intended for some technical photography. It is an excellent choice for several types of projects, I have used it for architectural work. It is great for this. I also use it for copy work for making digital copies of historic maps. By using the shift ability I can effectively increase the resolution of the image by shooting 4 images; top left, top right, bottom left and bottom right. All are overlapping and then merged together as a panorama. I can easily almost double the resolution.Drawbacks, yes there are some. The tilt function is set to move in the opposite axis as the shift (if the shift is set to vertical axis the tilt function is in the horizontal axis. Nikon will adjust this to be the same plane for a $135 fee.This may or may not be important to you. Also, the lens works well by making the lens set the aperture via the command dials unlike earlier PC lenses. This is NOT an AF lens.

  4. Lori Bleau

    This is on the short list of my best Nikon lenses. I shoot a lot of table top products and food. This is a great go to lens for super sharp close up work with focus shift ability to either create more focus or to reduce focus to one pin pointed area.

  5. Beka

    Beautiful lens. Works as advertised

  6. LiquidLeather

    One of my favorites

  7. Timothy E.

    Awesome

  8. Magdalena

    It’s a Nikon lens – what else do you need to know?

  9. Mrs M Munn

    Nikon 24mm PCE a pricey but excellent lens

  10. petiot

    A super quality lens, sharper than a box cutter, and not as difficult to use as some would think.I use this 45mm on a Dx so it’s really a 67mm, so keep that in mind if you’re debating between which models to get.If you buy it used from a reputable seller, try and snag one that has been corrected (if it’s not available then no biggie – Nikon will correct for a fee). And that’s if this is even important to you (google “Modification of tilt and shift mechanism of PC-E lens” and find the Nikon support service centre).

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