One of our favorite ways to preserve the history of photography is to use vintage lenses. Creating images with older photography lenses to get more use from them in modern-day cameras is a tactic commonly used among both the creative and the thrifty. It’s also a great way to add some personal style to your process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here, I take a look at the Nikkor 24mm f\/2.8 AI-S<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>lens from Nikon. This fully-manual wide lens has had a much-beloved place in the camera bags of photographers for nearly fifty years, and after seeing how it looks in action, it’s easy to see why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lens is sharp but pleasing, at a wide but not unreasonable field of view. Lightweight and compact without any fisheye distortion, this lens feels right at home when blogging or shooting landscapes. It even works well as a macro lens when flipped around and used backward. The same awesome optics can be found in Nikon’s autofocus 24mm f\/2.8 D<\/strong><\/a> lens today.<\/p>\n\n\n