{"id":32499,"date":"2018-06-06T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=32499"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:28:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:28:01","slug":"nikon-43-86mm-f3-5-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2018\/06\/06\/nikon-43-86mm-f3-5-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon 43-86mm f\/3.5 in use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>An excellent mid-range zoom.<\/I><\/p>\n<p><i>For an index of all my Film related articles, click <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/indexes\/photography\/film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Technical considerations underlying the use of the Nikon Zoom Nikkor 43-86mm f\/3.5 single ring zoom are addressed <a href=\"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2018\/06\/03\/nikon-43-86mm-f3-5-zoom-lens-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In field use I found the lens has a relatively long focus throw, making critical manual focus using the focus confirmation light in the finder of the Nikon D3x a simple matter.  Balance on the big D3x body is just fine, the lens presenting a very solid, yet compact, bundle in the user&#8217;s hand.<\/p>\n<p>The Village at Pinnacle Peak in Scottsdale is over 25 years old and was the only construction at the time in what was undeveloped desert.  It&#8217;s absolutely gorgeous, an unspoiled expanse of Spanish architecture, beautiful to behold.  I racked out the 43-86mm there.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<I><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_00.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"710\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe contact sheet.  All have my lens correction profile applied<br \/>\nand minor shadows\/highlights tweaks.  No sharpening used.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Village+At+Pinnacle+Peak\/@33.6977844,-111.9013306,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x872b77afd0a797ef:0x8657218dd584f7fd!8m2!3d33.69778!4d-111.8925759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_01.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"680\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nClick the image for the map.  At f\/11.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_02.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"681\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAt f\/8.  Rare clouds in the Arizona sky.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_03.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"681\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n19th century ox cart. At f\/11.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_04.jpg\" width=\"681\" height=\"1014\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nCloisters.  At f\/11.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_05.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"681\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nStaircase.  At f\/16.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_06.jpg\" width=\"681\" height=\"1014\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFountain.  At f\/16.  There is no diffraction fall off at small apertures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_06a.jpg\" width=\"681\" height=\"1014\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nRoof.  At f\/11.  McDowell mountains in the background.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_07.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"681\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nBird bath.  At f\/3.5.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_08.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"681\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nGeometry.  At f\/8.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_09.jpg\" width=\"681\" height=\"1014\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nOx cart\/test target.  At f\/8.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_09a.jpg\" width=\"1012\" height=\"695\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nDisplay plaque on above, greatly enlarged.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/VAPP_10.jpg\" width=\"681\" height=\"1014\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nStucco.  At f\/8.<\/p>\n<p><\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is a wonderful walk-about lens and highly recommended.  Heck, at $30-60 a pop, get several!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An excellent mid-range zoom. For an index of all my Film related articles, click here. Technical considerations underlying the use of the Nikon Zoom Nikkor 43-86mm f\/3.5 single ring zoom are addressed here. In field use I found the lens has a relatively long focus throw, making critical manual focus using the focus confirmation light &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2018\/06\/06\/nikon-43-86mm-f3-5-use\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nikon 43-86mm f\/3.5 in use<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-nikon-d2xd700d800"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32499"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38543,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32499\/revisions\/38543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}