HU - Nikon 50/1.4 RF Nikon S3 2000 Lens

[Meleica]

please see

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thanks
Dan

 

[ghost]

holy crap, you buy tons of stuff!

 

[Meleica]

Overseas shipping via Airmail is $ 32

thanks
Dan

 

[Meleica]

ghost - I have had GAS for the last 10 years... I have owned and used hundreds of different cameras and lenses....you name a brand, I can tell you what I have used....
Dan

 

[NIKON KIU]

I have had GAS for the last 10 years... I have owned and used hundreds of different cameras and lenses....you name a brand, I can tell you what I have used....
Dan

And 10 years from now you'll be doing :bang: because you be thinking, Why did I sell that Nikon M with the 3 lenses 😎 🙂
Kiu

 

[David Murphy]

OK here's a question for someone: Did Nikon optically redesign this lens when it was reissued ?

Optical design technique has made considerable strides since the 1950's, most importantly nearly any non-computer design can usually be significantly improved with automatic computer optimizing algorithms. (I know - I do it all the time).

If not I predict this very pretty lens will not perform to a higher level than old ones. Most certainly the coatings are better than 50's era models, so this is not a completely true statement.

 

[VinceC]

>> Did Nikon optically redesign this lens when it was reissued ?<<

As far as anyone can tell, NOT QUITE.
It's not the classic 1950s version. Rather, in the early 1960s, the lens was optically redesigned in a very rare version known as the Olympic, and that optical formula/design is the one that was reissued, but with multicoating.

It definitely outperforms commonly available 50/1.4s from the 1950s.

 

[jdos2]

Gosh, that's pretty... And with a "new-to-me" SP to attach it to...

Must... Not... Bid...

Mass isn't a bad motorcycle ride, though... Could save on shipping fees.

 

[David Murphy]

>> Did Nikon optically redesign this lens when it was reissued ?<<

As far as anyone can tell, NOT QUITE.
It's not the classic 1950s version. Rather, in the early 1960s, the lens was optically redesigned in a very rare version known as the Olympic, and that optical formula/design is the one that was reissued, but with multicoating.

It definitely outperforms commonly available 50/1.4s from the 1950s.

Thanks for the info. By the early 60's the first optical design codes were getting some traction as practical tools (on mainframes -- the only computers of the time), so I suspect that Nikon research engineers were on the cutting edge of that development -- hence the Olympic version. Optical design is to a large extent a problem limited by computational capacity which started making rapid advancements during the era of the Nikon rangefinder.

 

[Ed Schwartzreic]

I plan shortly to test the 50/1.4 from the Millennium against the new aspheric Leica Summilux 50/1.4. Stay tuned.

Ed

 

[ghost]

that should be neat. looking forward to it!

 

[rolleistef]

what's your wife saying about it :s??

 

[Meleica]

hmmmm. Kiu, did you just make that up about the M or did I tell that story somewhere ? I did sell a Nikon M unsync'd with 50 / 1.5 ( yes 1.5 ) and two other lenses and all paperwork...sold to Peter Lownds years ago....bought that outfit for $ 500....

 

[Meleica]

OOPS - sorry.....YES FREE SHIPPING ANYWHERE IF YOU ARE A RFF MEMBER......

 

[Ed Schwartzreic]

Just got my hands on the Leica 50/1.4 aspheric yesterday, thanks to Ben Marks. I have started to work on the comparison with the Millennium 50/1.4. Does anyone know of the whereabouts of a lens diagram for this Nikkor?

Ed

 

[x-ray]

I plan shortly to test the 50/1.4 from the Millennium against the new aspheric Leica Summilux 50/1.4. Stay tuned.

Ed

I have both too and think the Nikkor stacks up very well with the asph summilux.It's about the cosest i've seen to it.

 

[NIKON KIU]

Planar design

Planar design

Does anyone know of the whereabouts of a lens diagram for this Nikkor?

It is rumored to be a Planar design, May be this would be more helpfull:
http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/jpn/whatsnew/2000/s32000_00.htm
The specs for the lens are there in the original press release, which is written in Japenese and only available in Nikon Japans' website, may be a bablefish translation would be helpfull.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn
Hope this helps,
Kiu