Nikkor 50 1.4 Black in M mount ??

[Jan Pedersen]

As the two questions marks indicate, I am not sure what it is I am looking at.
I have never seen a lens like this before, is it rare?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikkor-S-Ni...943756?hash=item2ca82ae24c:g:X6gAAOSwL7VWs9ky

 

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Nikon RF lens with an M adapter that has a focusing helical

 

[Jan Pedersen]

So a misleading representation I suppose is the best that can be said.
It is a nice looking combination though.
Thanks..

 

[Dante_Stella]

Converted by Miyazaki. First rate.

 

[Jan Pedersen]

Yeah, looking at the add again I see that it was converted, missed that at the first look.
Thanks.

 

[css9450]

Yeah, looking at the add again I see that it was converted, missed that at the first look.
Thanks.

Yep have to scroll down a way to see it.

I am seeing half the photos as blank gray. Is that what you see?

 

[Jan Pedersen]

I am seeing half the photos as blank gray. Is that what you see?

Same here, just gray images.

 

[CameraQuest]

As the two questions marks indicate, I am not sure what it is I am looking at.
I have never seen a lens like this before, is it rare?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikkor-S-Ni...943756?hash=item2ca82ae24c:g:X6gAAOSwL7VWs9ky

I don't see the point of the conversion.

An amedeo adapter effectively gives you an M mount Nikkor lens,
while at the same time allowing the lens to be used on Nikon RFs.

Stephen

 

[raid]

I agree with Stephen on this point. Get a lower cost very clean Nikon 50/1.4 in S mount, and an Amedeo adapter.

 

[Jan Pedersen]

Not interested in buying this lens, just curious.
I already have the ltm mount and the nikon mount sonnars and the 50 1.4 millenium so, well covered 😀

 

[enasniearth]

The number is very late ,
You will see from time to time 5cm 1.4 nikkors without the mount ,
They were modified to use in some machine , there is the glass with aperature scale . No camera mount or barrel .
Sellers sell them to replace glass in damaged lenses .
Probably one of them ,

 

[xayraa33]

The same 5cm f1.4 Nikkor lens in LTM and a Leica M adapter would be cheaper and more usable.

 

[thompsonks]

If it's in an M helical mount, does it rotate in focusing like a Leica lens, or 'backwards' like an RF Nikkor? I like the 5cm RF Nikkor rendering, but when changing lenses I have trouble adapting to the focusing direction. So I'd regard an RF Nikkor that focused in the Leica direction as by far the more usable.

Kirk

PS, I'm not sure the ad is 100% straightforward, calling a modified/converted lens a 'rare' one. Only the final line of small print attributes it to MSOptical. My first thought was 'OMG, they put some Olympic or Millennium Nikkors in M mounts? Must be amazingly rare – so why is it so cheap?' I had to read all the way to the end to find out.

 

[jonmanjiro]

The number is very late ,
You will see from time to time 5cm 1.4 nikkors without the mount ,
They were modified to use in some machine , there is the glass with aperature scale . No camera mount or barrel .
Sellers sell them to replace glass in damaged lenses .
Probably one of them ,

Looks like a standard S-mount 5cm F1.4 (rear collar removed) stuck on one of Miyazaki-san's standard focus mounts. Total cost would probably be 40,000 - 45,000 yen for the conversion plus lens, which can be found for around 20,000 to 30,000 yen.

If it's in an M helical mount, does it rotate in focusing like a Leica lens, or 'backwards' like an RF Nikkor? I like the 5cm RF Nikkor rendering, but when changing lenses I have trouble adapting to the focusing direction. So I'd regard an RF Nikkor that focused in the Leica direction as by far the more usable.

Kirk

Kirk, Amedeo makes an S-M adapter that focuses in the "Leica" direction. Naturally, it can only be used with internal S-mount 50mm lenses. The head bartender has it for sale here. I'm very tempted to get one myself but haven't pulled the trigger yet.