Nikkor LTM Nikkor HC 50mm F2... Wow, I am impressed

[keytarjunkie]

I hope my S-mount copy of this lens is okay in here! Nikon S3 and Ilford HP5+ socially distanced 🙂

It is a great lens and very compact, perfect to walk around with. The construction is so simple that it's easy for even a beginner to take apart and clean (at least the S-mount version). The only downsides are the pincushion distortion and very minor focus shift, which are easy to work around.

 

[Timmyjoe]

Love this image, so much a sign of where we are right now. Nicely seen.

Best,
-Tim

 

[keytarjunkie]

Thanks. Here is another with more stillness. HP5+ @800

 

[keytarjunkie]

A stranger's portrait at f/4 on Agfa APX 400, there is some focus shift of course with these sonnar type lenses.

Some landscapes on Ilford Delta 100, probably at f/8 or f/11.

 

[kiemchacsu]

today, i decided to get a copy for myself ;
take a few quick shots to develop
really impressed about the image quality

 

[Erik van Straten]

Erik, did you use a Contax RF lens on your Nikon RF? Any focusing/mounting issues?

No, none. I focused on de beer glass. The picture is at full aperture. The bokeh is of the Sonnar is better than the bokeh of the Nikkor, but that is subjective. The Sonnar however is very heavy.

btw, the rf Nikkor 50mm f1.4 comes in many versions. The last ones are very beautiful indeed, also their bokeh.

gelatin silver print (sonnar uncoated nickel "black band" 50mm f1.5) nikon s2.

Erik.

gelatin silver print (nikkor 50mm f1.4, late version) nikon s2

Erik

 

[Alberti]

The Nikkor-HC as colour transformer

 

[kiemchacsu]

a closed-up shot at MFD 1.5 ft (guesing the focus distance as the M2 cannot focus bebow 0.7m)

 

[aw614]

Canon L1, Nikkor-H.C 5cm f/2,Expired Fuji Superia 400

 

[Alberti]

The Nikkor on the Leica M10-R. Focussed at 70cm (I had my lens flange adapted to go within 100cm))

 

[RS2]

Eastern Market, Detroit
M10 + Nikkor HC 50/2.0

Can anyone tell me what date this was made? Serial Number is 7304**.

20230325 007b by Ron Smith, on Flickr​

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Manassas Battlefield.

Nikkor-HC 5cm F2, late version, Red filter. Leica M Monochrom.

 

[Darinwc]

The close-focus of this lens is quite nice. Here it is at about 2ft and f2.8.

 

[Alberti]

50MM HC on Monochrom

 

[brusby]

Nikkor-H.C 5cm f/2
_OSR4153 by Brusby, on Flickr

 

[WJJ3]

The LTM Nikkor-H 50/2 shot at f5.6 and MFD (45cm) on my M9. I have my camera strap set up to quickly measure MFD

 

[Bingley]

Pillar Point marina, Half Moon Bay. Leica CL digital, Nikkor-HC 50mm f2.0:

Netting detail by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Pillar Point Marina, Half Moon Bay, CA. Leica CL digital, Nikkor-HC 50mm f2.0 LTM:

Crab pot floats by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Spring Iris, Bean Hollow State Beach bluff trail, Pescadero, CA. Leica CL digital, Nikkor-HC 5cm f2.0 LTM:

Spring Iris by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[WJJ3]

The LTM Nikkor H 50/2
Expired Acros in D-76

IMG_0870

This old lens is still a great performer