Finally got one -- Nikon 10.5cm/2.5 in LSM

[kxl]

Been wanting one of these for a while, and now I finally got one! Hope to receive it this week and try it out next weekend. 😀😀😀

To owners of this lens, please post samples taken with it...

 

[Krosya]

As posted in the other thread:
I love my Nikkor 105/2.5 wide open:

 

[helen.HH]

Bit of a monster to carry
BUT
Tres Coool Results.... 🙂
Best-H

 

[Hacker]

 

[jonmanjiro]

A great performing lens for sure! Here's a few shots I took with the one I owned briefly. I ended up letting this lens go and hanging onto the lighter and more compact Nikkor-P 8.5cm f2 lens, even though the Nikkor-P 10.5cm f2.5 has the performance edge wide open.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Mine's a little soft - wide open (second shot ) but still one of my favourite lenses.
Dave.

 

[Krosya]

Thats nice, but do you have a picture or two taken WITH it? 😉

 

[Hacker]

Thats nice, but do you have a picture or two taken WITH it? 😉

Unfortunately, the pictures I have are of people, and they certainly do not want their faces to be on the Internet. It is sharp for sure 🙂.

 

[Krosya]

Too bad! Well, maybe you could shoot some buildings or something with it sometime and post? Just an idea. I enjoy mine too, just not much time to use it lately. Have to remind myself to find time to shoot. 😉

 

[payasam]

This lens is widely held to be one of the finest in the focal length range. I've only used the SLR version, and that in the early 1970s.

 

[Ronald M]

I got one for my Nikon D40. Really nice lens. Mine is the second rather that the first Sonar design one. A bit long for small sensor, but I will get a full frame Nikon someday.

 

[Hacker]

Too bad! Well, maybe you could shoot some buildings or something with it sometime and post? Just an idea. I enjoy mine too, just not much time to use it lately. Have to remind myself to find time to shoot. 😉

Here you go, shot at ISO 640, f2.5. Coded as 90mm AA.

 

[Krosya]

Hacker - this is a beautiful photo! Thanks for posting!
Here are a couple from mine - all at 2.5:

 

[Krosya]

Here are a couple more:

 

[Spider67]

Great Photo Hacker!!!

 

[JonR]

Agree - great photo Hacker!!
I have been looking for a 85 mm for some to but instead ended up with the 10,5 some time ago and I do not at all agree with it being a "monster" - I actually find it very compartable to carry and use my Nikon RF´s with this lens!
Jon

 

[Hacker]

Agree - grat photo Hacker!!
I have been looking for a 85 mm for some to but instead ended up with the 10,5 some time ago and I do not at all agree with it being a "monster" - I actually find it very compartable to carry and use my Nikon RF´s with this lens!
Jon

The 8.5cm is definitely smaller, but not sharper. With the hood, the 10.5cm looks huge. It is definitely comfortable to use.

 

[raid]

I once did a lens comparion of tele lenses, and people mailed me their lenses. I had the 85/2 and the 105/2.5 Nikkor lenses and I loved both. In the end, I bought the 85/2. Then I bought later on a 105/2.5. In the end, I sold the 85/2 and I kept the 105 because I had no other 105 but I have several 85mm lenses.

 

[Hacker]

I once did a lens comparion of tele lenses, and people mailed me their lenses. I had the 85/2 and the 105/2.5 Nikkor lenses and I loved both. In the end, I bought the 85/2. Then I bought later on a 105/2.5. In the end, I sold the 85/2 and I kept the 105 because I had no other 105 but I have several 85mm lenses.

The 8.5cm is also a great Sonnar. First shot at ISO 640, subsequent one at ISO 160.

 

[raid]

Yes, the 85/2 is a Sonnar, but for some reason I prefer the 105mm with its biting sharpness.