At present I have 2 Nikon lenses in my possession, the 50 f1.8 and the 100 f2.8 manual focus lenses. To be perfectly honest I'm quite impressed with the image quality, colour and micro contrast that I am achieving. It's nothing to do with the camera I'm using, the results are the same independent of which camera I use be it an Olympus, Nex or even a Fuji. I've seen a post over at soundimageplus regarding the 28 f1.8G, the 50 f1.8G and the 85 f1.8G lenses and have been considering them for my arsenal. Too expensive for my taste at present. I had to set priorities and they do not come in at the top of the list. 

I've just spent some money for the Fujifilm Fujinon 55-200 f3.5-4.8 zoom and that is enough for the present. I really wanted a zoom of this calibre for the Fuji X system as it was really lacking. The zoom looks very nice indeed and the images match those of the 18-55 f2.8-4 kit lens. Both those lenses make for a very nice system. I haven't gone for the primes on this system as my m4/3 systems have enough of those and covers everything I need. I'm really impressed with the image quality from the X-Trans sensor though and I will keep the X-E1 and the X100S for some time to come.

Being small has it's advantages however, in being more portable. If I'm going out these days with my Sony kit I only need a smallish shoulder bag and that carries 2 x Nex-5N and one Nex-7 cameras. I don't like changing lenses and I use the Nex series primarily as my prime lens kit. Two reasons for this, as I'm sure you can guess, firstly the Nex lenses aren't really all that good and secondly I use the peaking function (or is it spelled peeking?) all the time. I think it's a great feature and all future cameras will come out with something very similar incorporated into them. It's an invaluable feature, especially when using very wide or telephoto lenses. The reason I say that is because when using prime lenses on my Olympus E-PL1 I don't have any problems when a 50ish lens is attached (100 = 35mm) but When I mount a 135mm lens (270mm = 35mm) that I do tend to struggle somewhat. Furthermore, since using the Sony Nex cameras with the peaking function I have notice that I have more difficulty using the Olympus models. Maybe I'm becoming lazy or my eyes aren't what they used to be (probably both).

I'm still pleased with the image though and I'm sure I'll be trying these type of images again soon.

The reason I took this image is because of the contrast between the red flower and the rest of the image. There's not a lot more to say about it except to say that I hit focus where it was supposed to be focused. I must use these manual lenses more. I think I'm getting out of practice.

Like most of these old lenses they tend to perform better at close range; or in other words when you focus quite close. Although they are classed as a telephoto lens (270mm = 35mm format) I try not to photograph faraway subjects as there really is no point to it especially with haze playing havoc with the atmosphere these days (where I live anyway).

I think this must be my favorite image of the outing. There's enough background separation to blur the background completely. The leaves are sharp where they are supposed to be sharp and the colours do pop. Keep your ISO as low as possible with this camera. I try never to go beyond ISO 800 and it's very rare that I go that high. It's a good weather camera so keep it safe.

I thought I'd post this image since it's going to be the last post about this combination for now. Taken at 150mm. There was haze to be seen and it really shows in the image too. It took some work to get it to look the was it does but if you look carefully at the church, it is quite sharp. I think I should have used a pol filter here, it would have helped a little with the haze. It would have reduced it a bit but not eliminate it altogether.