Musings about using Nikon Rf's

[sparrow6224]

By the way I have the pre-Ai 55mm Micro-Nikkor with the blue ratio markings on the chrome barrel and it's fantastic. I recently bought the 105 w/ the bellows that have the tilt at the front but haven't found anything to use them on yet. But that 55/3.5 is a great street lens and I've used it that way many times. so you're right you don't need that $2200 RF micro job.

[jonmanjiro]

Originally Posted by sparrow6224

Tom,
Every time I think of people who are not collectors, I think of you.

This is a photo of Tom A's Nikon RF lenses. If this is not a collection, I suppose it must be a hoard or stash

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rapidwinder/4869315847/

[enasniearth]

Tom , the collar is only needed in the collapsed position - for bellows work .
The lens appears to have a dent in the ege of the filter ring .

The 55/3.5 micro for the Nikon f is the same optical formula , just longer focal length , so quite a savings .
It's like the 2.1 cm in Nikon f mount , same lens as the Nikon rangefinder item . You have to guess focus with the f type .

A Nikon f with the 55 micro and 2.1 cm is perhaps $600 - $850 .

Some rangefinder lenses are rare and better left for the collector.

[sparrow6224]

Jon -- Tom INSISTS he's not a collector. He's just a heavy user, as we in NYC like to say, in another context.

[Luddite Frank]

What - no knob-winds involved?


My first and to this date only Nikon experience(s) have been with my Dad's Nikon S with the 50mm 1.4 Nikkor.

A fine camera, and excellent lens.

I have found a nice Nikkor 135 lens / case, and a very nice Nikon Vari-focal finder ( that usually lives on top of my user 1934 Leica III)...

Dad's camera is mothballed, awaiting overhaul for CLA and new shutter blinds, but it has produced thousands of beautiful Kodachromes and Tri-X images during its nearly 50 years in the family....

Great project Tom, thanks for sharing !

Regards,

Luddite Frank

[Erik van Straten]

Finally I found a solution for a shade for my 35mm f/1.8.

It is a combination of the lower part of a chrome shade for the 85mm f/2 and the top part of the two-part shade of the 50mm f/1.4.

Erik.

[leicapixie]

Where does one begin?
i found this Rf by Tom.
Wow!
First all the pix are great.
One really fine photographer.
The testing of all this equipment and scanning..
work my buddy, sheer hard work.
Question? Yup!
Seeing some of this stuff is old, 50 years, hard used and abused..
Me only experiences with Nikon-F and Nikkors for it,
Amazed by the quality of the images..

[Tom A]

My beginning was the gift of a repainted Nikon S and an early 35mm f3.5 - after that it was a downhill slide! If you are not too worried how stuff looks - Nikon's are actually reasonably priced. Collectors want the mint stuff - I just want it to work. If it is too mintish - I get nervous (at least for a while). Rather have someone else's bangs and scratches - and then add my own. Nikon Rf's are really tough - in many ways tougher than the Leica's. They do pick up a lot of dings - but still keep working well.OK, I should probably make a new shot of my Nikon Rf cassette accumulation again - added some to it.