Nikka type 3 -- what lens?

[Tom hicks]

Just picked up a type 3 , no lens . I have yet to find a Nippon like the one's supplied with them . So what would be your next choice.

Canon, Leitz, Braun , these are just some I have come across, not really familiar with a lot of these as far as image quality.

 

[ferider]

A Nikkor 50/1.4 or 50/2, of course 🙂

Roland.

 

[xayraa33]

a Nikkor 5cm f2 lens was the lens with that camera.

a few early ones had collapsable Nikkor f2, but the rigid Nikkor f2 lens was fitted later on.

the faster Nikkor 5cm f1.4 lens was also sold with the Nicca/Tower Type 3 camera.

 

[David Murphy]

A coated collapsible Summitar would be my choice. They are farily easy to buy and often sell for under $200 in good usable condition (and sometimes for as little as $150 if you're very patient). When collapsed the camera is extremely compact and portable. The optical quaility of the Summitar is very, very good as well. It also looks great.

 

[NIKON KIU]

Most of them were sold with the f2.0s, being a budget camera at the time, very few were sold with F1.4s

There are plenty Nikkor screw-mount F2.0s out there...

Kiu

 

[rover]

The Nikkor 50/2 is a wonderful lens. If you are looking for a period substitute a chrome Canon 50/1.8 is a good option.

 

[Tom hicks]

Ideally I would like one of the Nippon or Nikkor's that they offered. I do have a Canon III, IIF and a VT so I can use one of the 50 1.8's on it till I locate another type . I will need new shutter curtains and the slow speeds are not working , Do I just send it to DAG or is there someone else that is good .

Thanks everone for your help, and if you know if someone has a Nikkor they want to part with that is clean , drop me a line .

Tom

 

[NIKON KIU]

Fred,
yours seems to have a collapsible which is rare

most of them came with the garden variety(rigid) f2.0s

Bob Rotoloni suggests about 30% of the total production of the Nikkor-H 5cm F2.0 was in Screw-mount. That could mean about 30,000 out of the 100,000 lenses...

I wonder how many were collapsible?

Kiu

 

[RHY]

You might try a Russian lens. The 50mm 2.8 LD is a nice one or the 3.5 copy of the elmar looks good to.

 

[NIKON KIU]

Here you go Tom:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-Camera-Le...ryZ15234QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I don't know this seller but the lens looks OK....

Kiu