Nikkor P.C 85mm f/2 questions

[raid]

Originally Posted by kermaier

The Canon hood for the 85/1.9 also works very nicely, and is a bit more compact, I believe. (Also, I have 2 for sale in the RFF classifieds, but that's a coincidence. )

::Ari

I regret having sold my Canon 85/1.9. It is such a beautiful lens overall.
I tried to be logical at the time as I got a 75mm 1.4 Lux, but with RF camera and lens collecting and using, there is little room for logic.
There is as much joy with cheap equipment than is with the expensive ones.

[menos]

There is as much joy with cheap equipment than is with the expensive ones.

Absolutely true!

But I consider a 300-400 USD lens not exactly cheap. You get brand new DSLR prime lenses for that kind of money! People buy complete cameras for this amount.

Just because Leica glass prices are sky high and entirely out of proportion, the "cheap" gear doesn't become cheap.

Think about it - put together a nice kit of three lenses and an old RF film body and you easily top out more expenses than buying one of the advanced DSLR bodies with a kit lens nowadays.

Anyway, I personally love, how easy you can work on the Nikon and Canon lenses, cleaning, adjusting and even modifying them.
On many lenses of the time, Leica indeed went a different philosophical path in construction, while especially Canon designed their RF lenses to be fully adjustable, which I love.
They might not feel as refined and expensive and did not have the engineering dedication, to go to the edge of what is possible, but they are wonderful lenses!

As a nice example, I just finished the focussing mount of a Canon 0.95 - THAT is a hunk of metal ! Canon engineers entirely overbuilt this focussing unit! It probably would pierce an engine block, shot from a Canon and still focus smoothly thereafter!

Compare this with the much more refined and optimized (weight) of a Noctilux mount.
The construction of the Noctilux f1 looks like that of an F1 car, compared to the NASCAR built of the Canon lens.

I see, I am swerving off topic ;-)

Raid, enjoy those lenses coming your way! I am envious on the Nikkor 21mm btw.

[raid]

Thank you menos. When you see some people paying several thousand Dollars for one lens, suddenly a lens that costs $400 looks "cheap". My most expensive lenses so far have been the two Summilux 35 and 75 in used condition anda t excellent prices.

I never open up lenses. I may not be able to put them back together.

I don't want to pay that much for a Leica or Zeiss 21mm lens. Equipment is not necesarily so expensive for good photography. My W-Rokkor 21mm cost me $200. I already had the Minolta-Leica adapter.

The Nikkor is another SLR wide angle lens for my RF cameras.

[venchka]

Originally Posted by jonmanjiro

Ok, here we go. In order of release:

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Regular version - 20,770 lenses. f2 - f32. black barrel and chrome barrel intermixed. click stops. marked Japan. s/n 289550 - 296749 and 396301 - 404612

Bingo! My copy is roughly in the middle of the regular version. S/N 29308x. Click stops to f/32. All chrome. Minimum focus distance a whisker less than 3'-6". Feet only scale. "Nippon Kogaku Japan" 526 grams.

Tip:
Add a 48mm-49mm step up ring. Filters suddenly become available and cheap.
Next, go looking for an Olympus rubber hood in 49mm and marked for 2/85mm and 2.8/100mm lenses. Works perfectly on the Nikkor.
One more thing: A Sonnar by any name is just as sweet. That also goes for the Super Takumar 150mm/2.8 for the Pentax 6x7 system.

Wayne

[venchka]

Originally Posted by kermaier

FWIW, the older chrome LTM lens I had was #293137, and it had f/32 with click stops, and aperture settings marked only on one side of the barrel.

::Ari

Interesting. Mine, No. 293088, is a slightly older cousin. Perhaps made on the same day. Surely in the same week. Small world.

Wayne