Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AF on APS-C

Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AF lens.

Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AF lens on a Nikon D2Xs, which provided a field of view equivalent to 35mm on full frame. 100 ISO; f/6.7; 1/180th.

Nikon D50 and Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AF lens, giving a field of view akin to 35mm on full frame. Aside from the excellent colour rendition provided by the D50, it was the last of the entry-level digital Nikons capable of providing the automatic focus mechanism for screw-driven AF Nikkors.

Photographed with a 24mm Nikkor f/2.8 AF on a Nikon D2Xs, a crop sensor camera where 24mm equates to something like 35mm on full frame. 1/125th at f/4; 400 ISO. I think the red berries are from a rowan tree.

Communication Ancient & Modern. Even when I owned a better camera than the Nikon D50 I continued to use the lesser of the two. It was light in weight and I didn't fret over what might happen to it - they were easily replaced at little cost on the secondhand market. Nothing ever did happen to it, though. It was quite a sturdy instrument. The pictures it made had good colour characteristics. People ascribe this to its CCD sensor. That type of sensor had been superseded by CMOS technology which initially produced a flatter, slightly clinical, sort of picture. I rather liked what came out of the D50 and years later bought a very inexpensive D40 which was specified with the same CCD sensor. Manufacturers preferred CMOS largely because it was cheaper to produce and it seemed to take some years before CMOS technology had a bit of photographic soul about it. Some might argue that it's still inferior. The photo was taken with a Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AF lens, which behaved like a 35mm focal length on the crop sensor of the D50.

Near Seend Fork, Wiltshire. 24mm f/2.8 AF Nikkor on a Nikon D2Xs with a grey grad filter.

AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 on a Nikon D2Xs.

Bath, Somerset: a wet day at the start of August. Nikon D50 + AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 lens.

Bath, Somerset: a wet day at the start of August. Nikon D50 + AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 lens.