That good old Micro Nikkor 55mm F 3.5

This lens was one of the most amazing optics I ever used. I earned lots of money making copies for a photo archive using this lens. Eventually I replaced it with the 69mm F 2.8 AF but great as it was it did not have the magic of the manual focus one. So much for progress. I just want to share these two examples shot on Kodachrome II on the Nikon FTn. BTW, Kodachrome II had it's own magical qualities. It's the only thing I miss about film.

Archival scans / Sill life shots

Kodak Ecktachrome X

GAF Anscocolor 200

Kodak Kodachrome II

Kodak Ektachrome 200

All these slide scans from different films date back to the seventies. It is amazing how the color has held up. Only slight digital touch us was needed in order to bring back the colors to a semblance of the originals. Yet the glorious original colors are really gone. Too bad.