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Oh I have a few nikon Ai lenses that I like.
the 28mm f2.0 is a little pricier as far as manual lenses go. think i spent around $200 for mine around 10 years ago. but it's one of my favourites. wicked sharp with just enough speed to get some really great subject isolation when you need it. sometimes the foreground bokeh can get a little funky in ways I don't love, but that's the worst thing I can say about it. here's some shots I got with it: 1 2 3
the 135 f2.8 has been fantastic. it's one of the newer additions to my collection, but I'm loving it so far. it has a wonderful dreamy creamy bokeh and focus falloff. it may not be a plena, but it's shockingly close for the price. I got mine for under $100. the built in lens hood is pretty slick too. wish it stuck around tbh. here's a little thing I shot with it for shorts. it's all I have to show from it so far, but I plan to shoot with it a lot more.
I can strongly recommend both lenses.
oh and don't take this as an endorsement of ken rockwell lol. I often find myself disagreeing with him. he gets so hung up on things that I just don't get sometimes. like, one time he shit all over a lens I loved just because it didn't have dof range markers. like sure, they can be handy for figuring out the ideal infinity focus for landscapes when the aperture is closed, but does it really matter that much????