Hi--
Following
your "subjective" evaluation I actually bought a 35 mm PC-Nikkor
f2.8
latest model from a German seller on ebay.de. That lens looks vastly
better
than the 28 mm f3,5 PC-Nikkor already in the finder of my camera!
---The
VF is unreliable for evaluating lens sharpness, unless it grossly poor
(many
lenses have a poor VF inage, but are good, and the other way
around
- the VF optics interact with the lens rear optics). As I said
before
(?), there are good samples of the 28 f3.5PC, but the 28mm
f4 is
better than all, and more consistent. Used within its best range
for
stops and shift for a particular orientation, both it and the newest
35 f2.8
PC are excellent).
Thank
you again for distributing your experience!
---Thanks
for the comment.
On
perception and rectangular/spherical seeing, I think that is a fascinating
subject.
It boggles my mind trying to understand how you can see a stable
representation
of your surroundings while that 5000 mm tele darts around.
---You
can't. While most people see using this "darting 5000mm"
(while
not spending much attention to the periphery except for
motion),
there are alternative ways to see. First try putting your
"5000mm"
spot somewhere in your vision field other than the
center.
Once you figure out how to do that, try making two
"points
of attention", then a larger area of attention, then spread
the
attention over the whole visual field... (BTW, Navy plane
spotters
learn to do this...;-). Makes for "exciting" car-driving,
though...;-)
I
can am pretty sure that you, as a
photographer, and especially with an
architectural
background, is better trained to perceive what your eyes
actually
record than most people. I am constantly amazed of how far my
photos
are removed from what I thought I saw.
---I'm
not. There is almost nothing at all "accurately-recorded"
in
either an eye-view *OR* a photo of what is there - a photo
is an
entirely "new thing", as is our view of the subject and the
photo...
Your ideas
on this subject have given me a lot of think about.
---Perception
is an interesting area of study...;-)
Best
greetings,
Mans
Hagberg
--
David Ruether
d_ruether@hotmail.com
http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com