HU: Nikkor-S.C LTM at KEH

kermaier

kermaier

Well-known
Local time
8:56 AM
Joined
Mar 6, 2007
Messages
1,679
KEH has a 5cm f/1.4 S.C (I believe an NKJ in the 33xxxx range) in EX condition for $599. Not a silly steal, but a better-than average price these days, and it's from a reputable returnable source.
::Ari
 
Too much money, me thinks :)

fish on the 'bay and you find them under $400.
 
Last edited:
I haven't been keeping up the prices on these since I bought one several years ago. If you had asked me, I would have guessed a price of $200-250. I guess I'm way out of date (in more ways than one).
 
Yeah, prices are up into the "silly" range.

I haven't seen them on the 'bay for $400 for a while, and $250 is a dream.

Vick
 
Yeah, big changes since 3 years ago. Biggest impacts are the M9, and excellent lens adapters. Maybe second biggest impact are 4/3 micro cameras and excellent lens adapters.

Maybe the good thing is the passion around the imaging qualities of classical lenses - those classical lenses deserve to be used.

Vick
 
Yeah, these lenses are getting scarce and pricey lately. I have a NKT 5005xxxx example, and I'm waiting for a late black ring example. THEN I'm done. :rolleyes:
 
Hard to believe prices are up $500 over what I paid 7 years ago. You can buy a Nikon S2 with an S-Mount 5cm f1.4 for not much more.
 
These days an excellent condition ltm Jupiter goes for around 200, particularly after throwing in a bit extra for getting it adjusted. I think mine probably cost me more in total but I went with the best I could spot.

The $130 Nikkor f2 in need of some work on keh... almost bought it but decides to sleep on it. Fortunately for my wallet it sold over night. :)
 
The M9, M8, and mirrorless camera are driving prices of classic lenses up. I like using the LTM Nikkor with the EP2 as it makes use of the 18" close-focus. It is also much smaller than an SLR 50, and is well balanced on the EP2.




Right now, the M9 has a coated Sonnar on it:

picture.php


And the M8 has a Jupiter-3 on it.



I converted the Sonnar to LTM and adjusted the J-3. Not hard to do.
 
Brian Sweeney said:
Hard to believe prices are up $500 over what I paid 7 years ago. You can buy a Nikon S2 with an S-Mount 5cm f1.4 for not much more.
Click to expand...

The biggest difference I can find between the ltm and S mount 50/1.4 is the closer focusing helical on the ltm version.

Still poses and interesting trade off between a closer focusing lens or a body + lens.
 
BTW, the funny thing about the one at KEH is that the description has it as a "Soft Cover" lens -- must be somebody's idea of what "S.C" stands for. :D
 
Last time I checked it was still available .... cheap actually, if you think it performs just as well as a Summilux pre-asph.

Roland.
 
Tim Gray said:
Does it need to be an original lens cap? If not, just about any LTM cap should do.
Click to expand...

Hi Tim,

Thanks, i forgot to indicate clearly that im looking at the S mount rear cap. Problem is, is there a rear lens cap for this lens? I cant see to find any on ebay with my description.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom