Well, the original Fashion Show featuring large Nikon zooms was pretty much a disaster - both looks-wise and usability-wise.
Nevertheless, I wasn't quite ready to give up on using legacy lenses on the GF-1 just yet - particularly in the face of some of Kombi's successes in this avenue. So, I started to cruise Ebay for small, cheap, and sharp manual focus Nikon lenses. No need to pay for for auto-focus now, is there?
First of all, I picked up this delightfully retro looking 50mm (100 equiv) F2.0 manual focus lens for about $50.
Seems quite sharp and looks really sweet on the GF-1. Its not horribly fast and certainly isn't up to Zig's standards - but we'll be giving it a try.
Love him or hate him, Ken Rockwell has written more reviews of Nikon lenses than anyone else on the planet. Here is what he has to say: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/50mm-f2.htm
Many of you can recall that I featured my Tamron F2.8 90mm macro (180 equiv) in the last Fashion Show , but I never reviewed it. Here is another glance at it in case anyone has forgotten:
Frankly, the Tamron is a lovely lens and actually worked quite well on the GF-1 - but it is just too darn big in this configuration and it deserves a better fate than that - especially when there is another candidate in the wings.
The Nikon 100mm E Series F2.8 (200mm equiv) is the smallest and lightest 100mm telephoto that Nikon ever made - it is also extremely sharp. Mr Rockwell gives it a glowing report: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/100f28E.htm
This is actually looking pretty good as a 200mm F2.8 prime equivalent on the GF-1. I bought it for less than $100 and it is absolutely mint - it shows no signs of ever having been used.
I'll be publishing a separate thread on the usability / image quality of these combinations later.
