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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCSeite 1 von 12Nikon 135mm f/2 DC

The King of Bokeh (1990-)© 2009 . All rights reserved.

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Nikon AF DC-NIKKOR 135mm f/2 D (72mm filters, 28.9oz/818g, about $1,300).

enlarge. I'd get it new or used at at Adorama or B&H Photo Video, new at Amazon,

or used at eBay. The 135 DC is a limited-production lens, and therefore hard to find

in stock; you have to order it and wait. It helps me keep adding this site when you

get yours from these links, thanks! Ken.

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The Nikon AF 135mm f/2 DC is Nikon's, and arguably the world's,

greatest portrait lens. It has a very similar smaller brother, the

105mm f/2 DC.

The 135mm DC is also Nikon's sharpest 135mm lens, and an

extraordinarily great lens for nature and landscape photography. It

is worlds sharper and freer from spherical aberration than any of

the the old manual focus 135mm f/2 lenses.

The hood is the best built-in hood I've ever used. It is metal, and it

locks into position so it doesn't shrivel down like most other built-in

hoods.

You have to move a ring to get to manual focus mode, and once

you do, manual focus is fantastic.

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCSeite 2 von 12Defocus Control

DC stands for Defocus Control. A lot got lost in the translation on

the way from Japan. The key word is control, not defocus. This is

not a soft-focus lens; it is a lens that has been specifically

designed and patented both for superior bokeh (the softness of

out-of-focus areas), and the ability to control this bokeh for

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Defocus Image Control. bigger.

How do you set this 135mm lens for optimum bokeh? Easy: set

this ring to the same aperture at which you're shooting. Press the

unlock button on the left in order to move it, otherwise it stays

locked. Set it to the R side to make backgrounds go soft and

disappear, or the F side if you want to optimize it for junk in the

foreground.

Hint: You should almost never have out-of-focus objects in front of

your subject or in the foreground. It looks unnatural and weird. Our

eyes naturally focus on the closest thing to us, so it's

uncomfortable when a photo has a soft foreground or other

distractions which our eyes can't bring into focus.

The effects of this defocus control are very subtle. You won't see it

through your viewfinder. When used properly, the 135 DC turns

backgrounds into the softest, smoothest washes of color you've

ever seen. Turn the ring in the wrong direction, and out-of-focus

backgrounds get harsher. These are subtle effects. Computer people may not see

these subtleties at all, but artists will.

Leave the Defocus Image Control ring at zero, and the 135 DC simply acts as the

sharpest 135mm lens you've ever used.

The defocus control only controls defocus, or the parts of the image that are not in

focus.

If you set the control beyond the aperture you're using, like set to f/5.6 when

shooiting at f/2, you can get a softer focus effect.

The in-focus part of the image is always ultra sharp. This is not a soft-focus lens. It's

only the unfocused parts of the image which are made softer. No one in the USA

understands this lost-in-translation subtlety, and mistakenly thinks this is a soft focus

lens. That's why this lens isn't popular in the USA.

The 135 DC has a control for all of this. This is why Nikon has the patent on it. You

can adjust the lens from normal to super bokeh to soft focus if you push it too far.

You'll notice that dedicated soft-focus lenses have no separate defocus control; they

are fixed one way and the only control you have is your shooting aperture.

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCSeite 3 von 12This lens is so unique that Nikon will probably discontinue it just around the time

people start figuring out what it does, and then the used price will skyrocket to

$4,000, just like it did with the 28mm f/1.4, for exactly the same reason.

Focus

Nikon 135mm DC Focus Controls. bigger.

When you set the Defocus Image Control away from zero, the focus shifts. Be sure

to focus after you set the Defocus Image Control (DIC). That's why the ∞ mark has a

white band slopping off to the left: with the DIC set to optimize defocus behind the

subject (R), infinity comes up along that bar. With the DIC set towards F, infinity

comes up closer on-scale distances. Don't sweat this; this is how the optics

recombobulate themselves for optimum performance. If your an engineer and aren't

getting this, leave the DIC at zero.

To switch between auto and manual focus, press the unlocking button on the left,

and rotate the AF Mode selector between M or A.

For use on most Nikons made since the 1980s where aperture is set or controlled on

the camera, be sure to set the aperture ring to 16, otherwise you'll see a blinking "

fEE" message. There's a sliding lock to keep it set at 16, just above the 2 in the

photo above.

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Nikon 135/2 DC. bigger.

Compatibility back to intro back to top

This 135 DC lens works incredibly well on FX, film and DX Nikons like the D700,

D3X, D300s and F6. It works fantastically on manual-focus cameras like the F2AS,

F3, FE and FA, since it has a real manual-focus ring that works exactly as it should.

The 135mm f/2 DC AF works perfectly with almost every film and digital Nikon

camera made since 1977. If you have a coupling prong added to the diaphragm ring,

it's perfect with every Nikon back to the original Nikon F of 1959.

The only incompatibility is that it will not autofocus with the cheapest D40, D40x,

D60, D3000 or D5000, but if you focus manually, everything else works great. These

cameras have in-finder focus confirmation dots to help you.

See Nikon Lens Compatibility for details on your camera. Read down the "AF, AF-D

(screw)" column for this lens.

Production and History

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1990: This AF 135mm DC was introduced as an AF lens.

1995: It was updated to "D," meaning that focus distance is coupled to 3D Matrix

meters, especially helpful for flash exposures.

Nikon made about 15,000 of the first non-D version from 1990-1995, and has made

about 15,000 of the current D version so far.

Specifications

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCSeite 5 von 12Name

Nikon calls this the Nikon AF DC-Nikkor 135mm f/2 D.

The earlier non-D version (1990-1995) skipped the D, and was called the Nikon AF

DC-Nikkor 135mm f/2.

Focal Length

135mm.

Used on a DX camera it gives angles of view similar to what a 200mm lens would

give on an FX or 35mm film camera. See also Crop Factor.

Optics

7 elements in 6 groups.

Multicoated.

Newer D models have an extra rear optical flat to protect against dust.

Rear Focusing.

Haruo Sato of Nikon received US Patent 5,841,590 on Nov. 24, 1998 for the defocus

control design.

When an optical designer friend ran simulations and analyses on the design, he

discovered another clever trick: Nikon designed the red end of the spectrum to focus

in a slightly different plane to make skin look even better.

Look ma, no lens! When the 135/2 opens up, it sucks in light. The entire front of the

lens is glass, so this is what a photon sees as it head on in.

Front view, Nikon 135mm f/2 DC at f/2.

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCDiaphragm

Nikon 135/2 DC at f/4. bigger.

9 curved blades.

Stops down to f/16.

The diaphragm is an "outie," meaning the tail ends of each blade go in front of the

diaphragm.

AF DC-Nikkor 135mm f/2D at f/16.

Filter Thread

72mm, metal.

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCDoes not rotate.

Close Focus

3.6 feet (1.1 m).

Maximum Reproduction Ratio

1:7.1.

Focus Distance Scale

Yes.

Depth-of Field Scale

Almost; marked only at f/16.

Infra-Red Focus Index

Yes, white dot on depth-of-field scale.

Size

4.7" (120mm) extension from flange x 3.1" (79mm) diameter.

Weight

28.850 oz. (817.8 g), measured, current D version.

Nikon specifies 30.7 oz. (870g) for the original 1990-1995 model, and 28.6 oz/810g

for today's D version.

Teleconverters

Nikon suggests only the TC-14B. More at teleconverters.

Case

CL-38.

Hood

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCSeite 8 von 12

Nikon 135/2 DC with hood extended and locked.

Built-in telescoping, locking metal hood.

When you pull it out, rotate it to lock it into position.

Nikon Product Number

1935.

Announced

1990.

Price

2009 December: $1,300, USA.

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Overall

This lens does it all. It's fast, super-sharp, and designed for the best portraits you've

ever taken.

Bokeh

Bokeh is extraordinary. It's the whole point of this lens.

Defocus is Nikon's sloppy English translation of the Japanese word bokeh.

Nikon really means that this is a lens with variable bokeh, or "bokeh control," thus

the garbled English name "defocus control."

Get the happy feeling.

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DC

Seite 9 von 12Distortion

The 135 DC has no distortion.

Falloff (dark corners)

For real pictures, it's got just a tiny bit of falloff at full aperture. It's gone by f/2.8. I

wouldn't even notice it at f/2 except by comparison to the same shot made at smaller

apertures.

I've gone out of my way to exaggerate this below. With real pictures, this is invisible.

Nikon AF DC 135mm f/2 falloff on FX and film at infinity.

f/2 f/2.8

f/4 f/5.6

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Flare and Ghosts

If you point it ito the sun and look in the shadows, you can get a couple of soft

ghosts.

Focus

AF is fast. One full turn of the AF screw pulls it from infinity to 20 feet.

One light fingertip is all that's required to focus manually, and the manual focus ring

is a huge, solid, rubberized ring.

Manual focus is the best of any AF lens. It's even better than most manual-focus

Nikon lenses, especially the original 135mm f/2 manual focus lens. This is because

the 135 DC uses internal focus, so most of the lens stays put as it's focused. Since

not much is moving inside the lens, the 135 DC requires very little effort to focus

manually.

Autofocus accuracy is perfect on my D3. Every f/2 shot is dead-on.

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCSeite 10 von 12Use with Filters

The metal 72mm filter thread doesn't rotate.

Use all the filters you want; you're not going to get any vignetting.

Lateral Color Fringes

None, on a D3.

Mechanics and Construction

Rear, Nikon 135 DC. bigger.

The 135mm f/2 DC is made like it should be.

It almost feels like a piece of American military equipment, except that it's not

weather sealed.

It's not textured plastic like most of the toy-store trash coming out of the Orient

today. Everything you see in crinkle-coat is solid metal.

Filter Threads: Metal.

Retraceable Hood: Metal, internally flocked, screw-thread locking.

Barrel: Metal.

Focus Ring: Metal, rubber covered.

Aperture Ring: Plastic.

Finish: Black crinkle-coat.

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Nikon 135mm f/2 DCSeite 11 von 12Mount: Chromed brass.

Internals: Metal.

Markings: Paint.

Serial Number: Laser-engraved on bottom of aperture ring.

USA Models: Designated by US prefix in serial number.

Noises when Shaken: Assorted clunking from all the moving elements.

Sharpness

Sharpness is extraordinary.

On a 12MP D700 or D3, it's super sharp edge-to-edge at f/2, and doesn't get any

softer even in the farthest corners.

It's also super-sharp on the 24MP D3X. At this high resolution, it almost gets a tad

softer at f/2.8 and f/2 compared to f/4 and f/5.6, but not enough to notice except in

carefully controlled tests at infinity. It's sharp!

Have no fear, I shoot this puppy at f/2 and get super-sharp, and perfectly in-focus

images, edge-to-edge.

Spherochromatism

Like most fast long lenses, there is a little spherochromatism.

This means that out-of-focus highlights may have slight green tinges behind the

subject, and slight magenta tinges when in front of the subject.

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Nikon's 135 DC is the best 135mm lens I've ever used.

If you want an ultra-sharp 135mm lens, this is it. Canon users tell me that Canon's

135mm f/2 L is super-sharp, but I've not used it, and it has no bokeh control.

If you want a superb portrait lens, optimized to let you control the look of your

backgrounds, this is it.

Get one while you still can.

Nikon's 28mm f/1.4D came out at about the same time. It performed to the same

extreme level, offered unique optics never seen before and was built to the same

ultrahigh mechanical standard as the 135 DC. When Nikon discontinued the 28/1.4

in 2006, its used price quickly rose to over twice what the new price used to be.

The same thing could happening with this 135 DC.

The very similar 105mm f/2 DC is also a good choice, but not as good for portraits or

for softening backgrounds because of its shorter focal length.

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If you find this as helpful as a book you might have had to buy or a workshop you

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The biggest help is to use these links to Adorama, Amazon, Calumet, Ritz, J&R and

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eBay is always a gamble, but all the other places have the best prices and service,

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