{"id":8155,"date":"2013-03-23T08:15:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=8155"},"modified":"2013-03-22T21:14:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T04:14:51","slug":"nikon-l35af-pikaichi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=8155","title":{"rendered":"Nikon L35AF “Pikaichi”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello 1983, keep the hair we will keep the cameras.\u00a0 Nikon refers to this camera as the “Pikaichi” which apparently translates as “Top notch” and they were quite proud of it.\u00a0 The lens is unique in that it has a focal length of 35mm yet is a Sonnar\u00a0design which is more commonly associated with 50mm and above.<\/p>\n

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It seems to be a pretty good performing lens, unfortunately I used the Cherry wide angle\u00a0and telephoto adapters on most of the pictures so the true performance is somewhat obscured. \"IMAG0050<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0The nice thing about this adapter set though is that they come with lenses for the viewfinder so you get the proper field of view but putting them on and taking them off is cumbersome.\u00a0 So what I like about this camera is the little focus distance scale in the reasonably large\u00a0viewfinder and the feel of the camera.\u00a0 While not a light camera it fits nicely in one hand with its front grip and textured pad for your thumb.\u00a0 See the early 1980’s weren’t all bad.<\/p>\n\n\t\t