Nikon 35-70mm f/2.8

Irrespective of whether I use the 35-70mm on a full frame or a crop sensor camera, I strongly favour the maximum telephoto setting. I might as well just fit an 85mm and shoot with that.

Nikon D700 + AF Zoom Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens at 70mm.

Nikon D90 with Nikkor 35-70mm push-pull f/2.8 zoom at 70mm. 400 ISO, f/5.6, 1/160th.

A Grade II Listed Building. The official record details as follows: 'Garden temple. Early C20. Limestone ashlar, stone slate roof with coped verges. Four Composite columns to plain frieze and moulded pediment with female mask and garlands. Restored by the National Trust, 1980s. One of a number of garden features laid out by Sir George Hastings in c1900 and developed by Lady Cecilie Goff during 1920s and 1930s. (Country Life, 1st January 1943)' Nikon D700 in manual set at ISO 400. AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens at 70mm, f/8, 1/200th.

Photographed using a 35-70mm f/2.8 AF Nikkor lens on a Nikon D2Xs at 40mm (full frame equiv 60mm).

Photographed at The Courts garden in Holt, Wiltshire. Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens at 70mm.

Nikon D700 + AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens at 70mm.

Nikon D700 + AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens at 58mm and f/11.

Nikon D700 + AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens at 70mm.