Good price for 35/1.8

[NIKON KIU]

Is there a black version of the 35/2.5 or are they all silver?

Borrowed from www.nikonrare.com


We miss you around here Dan!

Kiu

 

[loneranger]

Is the black version hard to find or much more expensive.

 

[Meleica]

If memory serves, they all came in black....Kiu ?

 

[VinceC]

Chrome is much more common. Black lenses are later, lighter and more expensive.

 

[NIKON KIU]

The 3.5cm f1.8 is always black, the 3.5cm f2.5 and 3.5cm f3.5 came in Chrome before 1956(?) and were offered in black after.
This thread had broadened! we are not talking 1.8 anymore.
The black versions are harder to obtain,lighter in weight and command more money.
here is an example sold on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEDW:IT&viewitem=&item=120118654550&rd=1&rd=1

Kiu

 

[Meleica]

yes Kiu, my response to all black refers to the 35/1.8

Dan

 

[furcafe]

1 of the Nikon experts can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there's also a super-rare early version of the 3.5cm/1.8 where the aperture ring is also black.

yes Kiu, my response to all black refers to the 35/1.8

Dan

 

[VinceC]

I emailed Mike about this very issue and was told that neither Zeiss or Nikon advise using the focus wheel with external mount lenses. I don't have the manuals for either Zeiss or Nikon or any official literature that states that but might think Mike would have it. It would be interesting to see it in print.

Remember, Nikons are tough professional cameras, and not nearly as finicky as Zeiss Contaxes. The Nikon focus wheel mechanism also is constructed somewhat differently -- for example, they turn in opposite directions (the wheel, not the lens).

Attached are a couple of print references: A page from the 1957 "Nikon Manual" -- a hardcover handbook published by Universal Photo books. Also a page from the S3-2000 instruction manual, which is a reprint of the original S3 manual, with some amendments to explain that the lenses aren't for sale any more.

 

[Sonnar2]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEDW:IT&viewitem=&item=120118654550&rd=1&rd=1

Kiu

I saw that as well. So 420 USD is a good price for a black 2.5/35?

 

[JonR]

And Brian - what about a f3,5 35 lens then... If you say 200-300 for a used but good 2,5 what would you say a fair price for a 3,5 would be !?
/Jon

 

[Meleica]

JonR

take a look at my price guide for nikon rf lenses

http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/nik.htm

Dan

 

[VinceC]

When David Douglas Duncan -- LIFE's Tokyo bureau chief -- famously switched to Nikkor lenses in the summer of 1950, he specifically kept his Leitz 35/3.5 ... he said the Nikkor 50, 85 and 135 outperformed anything he had seen but that the 35/3.5 was inferior to his existing Leitz lens.

The 35/2.5 is such a good lens, do yourself a favor and spend a little extra to get it.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Remember, Nikons are tough professional cameras, and not nearly as finicky as Zeiss Contaxes. The Nikon focus wheel mechanism also is constructed somewhat differently -- for example, they turn in opposite directions (the wheel, not the lens).

Attached are a couple of print references: A page from the 1957 "Nikon Manual" -- a hardcover handbook published by Universal Photo books. Also a page from the S3-2000 instruction manual, which is a reprint of the original S3 manual, with some amendments to explain that the lenses aren't for sale any more.

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Thanks for the info. Seeing it in writing sure beats chatter.

Bob

 

[Sonnar2]

Most Nikon collectors think this lens was the fastest wideangle lens of its time, but this isn't the case. The patent claim for the W-Nikkor was filed Jun, 5th, 1956 (US-patent No 2896506), whereas CANON claimed their 1.8/35mm five months earlier..! Jiro Mukai invented some other excellent designs as well. Interestingly enhough, this patent claim was filed in Germany as well...

In any case, the Canon 1.5/35 was the fastest wideangle lens of the world from 1958 to 1961, when LEICA started their Midland (Mandler) designed Summilux 1.4/35mm.

It would be interesting to have all these early superfast 35mm's compared.

In the first step I'm writing down some history of these lenses at my RF website

regards, Frank

 

[JonR]

Dan - thanks for the link to your price-guide -- really useful stuff!
Jon

 

[NIKON KIU]

Did anyone catch this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:US:11&Item=260126145127

Cheap!!



Kiu