Nikkor-sc 5cm f/1.4 LTM

[kross]

how many versions are there for the LTM 5cm f/1.4? two? with and without the black ring?

here a shot taken wide open by a non-black ring LTM.... notice the flare....

two more shots taken for comparison.... check out the 1 stop difference...
which i like..

@f1.4

@f2

cheers....

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Cosmetically, the Black aperture ring is the most noticeable.

The earliest lenses have a slightly different "prescription". The block diagram of the formula is the same, but the diameter of the optics was increased somewhere after the first few thousand. The change-over occurred somewhere around the 320xxx range. I've got two lenses with the smaller diameter optics. My 33xxxx lens definitely has larger diameter optics than the oldest two.

 

[ferider]

Like Brian said.

The flare wide open is typical for all versions, at longer focus distances. Close up it's gone. For longer distances, just close down a little bit - a quarter or half of a stop and it disappears.

Roland.

 

[Hacker]

If you can find the Olympic version, a real desirable one.

 

[xayraa33]

Dante Stella mentions the so called veiling flare on the f 1.4 Nikkor on his article.

http://www.dantestella.com/technical/nikoleic.html#5014

 

[Sonnar2]

Olympic version LTM made? Never heard about.

 

[Hacker]

Olympic version LTM made? Never heard about.

You are right, no LTM version for the Olympic version. One Nikkor mount for sale on eBay though:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-Rangefind...ryZ30039QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[jsuominen]

Like Brian said.

The flare wide open is typical for all versions, at longer focus distances. Close up it's gone. For longer distances, just close down a little bit - a quarter or half of a stop and it disappears.

Roland.

Hi Roland,

These are shot from close range with S-mount version of vintage Nikkor-S.C 5cm/1.4 at wide open. So, in some occasions the flare or "glow" still exist, but it's actually a good artistic effect.

 

[ferider]

Hi Jari,

you are right - but I find it decreases if really close. I love the "Nikkor glow"

Cheers,

Roland.

 

[jsuominen]

you are right - but I find it decreases if really close.

Yep, no glow or flare here either at wide open f/1.4:

 

[kross]

shot wide open at min. focusing distance.... grainy becoz only 4bit scan done...

 

[Highway 61]

Looks like you may very well have some oily deposits on the internal elements causing that "glow" - the first shot of yours doesn't only exhibit casual flare but something "else" too.

Had this on a W-Nikkor-C 35/2.5, went away once I cleaned the internal elements from their (very hard to see) oily deposits.

 

[ferider]

Maybe, but these double lines are really typical wide open, in particular in color/high contrast:

Roland.

 

[Highway 61]

Maybe, but these double lines are really typical wide open, in particular in color/high contrast.

And your first bird shot not only exhibits "ni-sen" artefacts but also has CA, this is just why this wide-open-bokeh-glow fashion mystifies me most of the time, I don't see the point of getting CA on purpose with a 50 years old lens while we're all moaning about that CA expensive modern APO-ASPH lenses still suffer from in front of our DSLRs' sensors.

I have several f/1.4 lenses, but I never use them wide-open.

I just tested a Nikkor-S 50/1.4 in F mount (first series with triangle coupling fork) wide-open on my DSLR (a few minutes ago), CAs are just plain ugly. At f:2.8 the lens performs extremely well despite his age, and still there is some bokeh enough for my taste.

 

[Brian Legge]

I recently stumbled across a good deal on a 1.4 ltm 5005. Here are a few shots from my first roll with it. I'll probably post a few more once I do more scanning.:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/7984754090

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/7984745541

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/7984753710

 

[Brian Legge]