Nikkor 105f/2.5 - post your pictures here

[p.giannakis]

Some of you might have seen my post about the charity shop find Nikkor AiS 105f/2.5 in sad cosmetic condition. After a bit of TLC I made it look a bit more presentable and took it out for a test drive.







The weather conditions were not great - very overcast and we also went to a nearby forest so light was not good. Most shots taken wide open.





I am impressed. What a great lens! So sharp even wide open.

I got quite a few blurry ones, for anything below 1/125 the risk of camera shake is real (at least for my hands). I should have taken the F4 instead of the F801s.

Do you have any pictures taken with the 105f/2.5 to share? Any version of it.

 

[Timmyjoe]

Hey Pan,

Nice work. Yeah, it's a great lens, loved for portraits. Don't have any samples handy, but if I come across some I'll post. Have fun with your "restored" copy.

Best,
-Tim

 

[rfaspen]

A lens best used wide open.......no?

I'm certain to have images from this lens but I wouldn't be certain which ones.....slides are not organized by lens....
I keep forgetting to see if mine is a sonnar or??

 

[p.giannakis]

A lens best used wide open.......no?

I'm certain to have images from this lens but I wouldn't be certain which ones.....slides are not organized by lens....
I keep forgetting to see if mine is a sonnar or??

If the lens barrel is chrome, it is the sonnar.

 

[Ororaro]

Legendary lens

 

[Bouldou]

Legendary, indeed. A very usefull article here: Vintage Lens Test: Nikkor P.C. 105mm f/2.5 - OpticalLimits

 

[Monz]

I bought a copy of this lens from eBay about a year ago, just to see what the fuss is about. I have it attached to a Nikon Df and am impressed with the portraits with this combo. Will try to post a few.
--
Monz

 

[Shac]

Gauss version



Sonnar version

 

[Shac]

The older Sonnar version did a pretty good job with colour also (Kodachrome II)

 

[p.giannakis]

 

[Jonathan R]

Undoubtedly a fantastic lens, but mine had to go when I switched from a noisy Nikon SLR to a quiet Leica RF a couple of decades ago. Also a heavy chunk of glass, not really something you'd carry about in your pocket.



This was Tri-X, probably in Tetenal Emofin.

 

[mnutzer]

Nikon PC 2,5-105mm ltm auf Leica M8.2 – Friedrichshafen – Lake Constance – March 2017.​

 

[Cascadilla]

Undoubtedly a fantastic lens, but mine had to go when I switched from a noisy Nikon SLR to a quiet Leica RF a couple of decades ago. Also a heavy chunk of glass, not really something you'd carry about in your pocket.

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This was Tri-X, probably in Tetenal Emofin.

You actually could have gotten the Nikon 10.5 cm f/2.5 RF lens in Leica screw mount, but it wouldn't have been any lighter and you would have needed a separate viewfinder since Leica M's don't have a 105 mm finder frame. I have them in both Contax and Nikon S mount and they are extraordinary lenses.

 

[davidswiss]

I also picked up a 2nd/3rd hand version. Only used for a test a month or so ago.
Taken with an F2S and Portra 400

 

[Uncle Fester]

I believe that this is one of the best portrait lenses you can get for 35mm film.

 

[Costo Kim]

nikon f3
non-AI nikkor P.C. 2.5/105
kodak PX

 

[Contarama]

I have a factory Ai ringed K version. One of my favorite lenses of all time.

 

[mconnealy]

My favorite Nikon lens.

Cate and Roxy by Mike Connealy, on Flickr

 

[lynnb]

My favorite Nikon lens.

Cate and Roxy by Mike Connealy, on Flickr

Really lovely portrait, Mike (of both)

Like rfaspen, I have a copy of this lens but pictures taken with it aren’t identified in my archives. I’ll have a look and see what I can find.

 

[Imakebadphotos]

Nikon SP 105mm f2.5 at f2.5, Kodak 5222 double X, d96