Nikkor S.C. 5cm 1:1.4 Photos only

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Nikon SP, Nikkor S.C. 50/1.4, Ilford HP5 plus (HC-110, B)
 
Guys,

I just got myself an Amedeo S to M adapter and a Nikkor 5cm 1.4 S.C. is on my way too. Looking forward to post on this thread (one of my fave on RFF)!

Any recommendation for a vintage lens shade that could be mount on this lens?

I did say vintage as I am not a fun of the "Chinese" style vented hood.

I am not planning to spend 150 euro for an original shade and looking for third party solutions.

Or should I keep the lens "naked"? (this is how I shoot with my summilux 35 pre-asph)

Thanks for your advice.

Giulio
 
There is a nice dedicated Walz shade, screw-in, from the fifties, beautifully finished in black paint, with the inscription For Nikkor f/1.4, quite common.

Erik.
 
Giulio, the Walz hood Erik mentions works fantastic.
These were made in several of the then popular filter threads.

You may also find a modern Yama lens hood - these are not vintage but are vented, modern looking CNC machined shades (black anodized aluminum) with round vent holes - similar in function to the Chinese made shades you find all around but much, much nice in finish.
 
Thanks Dirk, I will also look for the Yama.
The Nikkor landed on my office desk a couple of hours ago, hope to find the time for some test this weekend.
Will post in here for sure.

Cheers

Giulio
 
Just curious. In what ways are the Nikkor S.C 50/1.4 and the reissue 50/1.4 similar or different? Do they have the same optical formula?
 
Vincent.G said:
Just curious. In what ways are the Nikkor S.C 50/1.4 and the reissue 50/1.4 similar or different? Do they have the same optical formula?
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The old one of the 1950s was a Sonnar design, the new lens that was sold on the re-issue S3 is of a Gauss design.

I believe the lens found on the mid 1960s Olympic S3 camera was also of a Gauss design.
 
Vincent.G said:
Just curious. In what ways are the Nikkor S.C 50/1.4 and the reissue 50/1.4 similar or different? Do they have the same optical formula?
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The Nikkor 5cm F1.4 lens ("cm" because that's how the lens is engraved) is a Sonnar optical formula. This is the lens Nikon released first.

The "Olympic" Nikkor 50mm F1.4 lens ("mm" because that's how the lens is engraved) was released in the early 1960s by Nikon as a replacement for the Sonnar optical formula predecessor. The "Olympic" Nikkor is a Gauss optical formula so is a larger lens than the Sonnar.

The "Millennium" 50mm f1.4 lens (again, "mm" because that's how the lens is engraved) is a reissue of the "Olympic" Nikkor with the same Gauss optical formula but updated with multi coating.
 
Hey Jon, do you know of any other technical differences between the historic Olympic 50mm and the reissue lens from 2000 apart from the different coatings?

I take it different glass formulations comes with the times (as of different melt due to changed environmental and health regs) - anything else you may know of?

Was radioactive rare glass used in the vintage Olympic lens?

I am quite curious to learn about these differences.
 
Dirk, AFAIK the Olympic Nikkor doesn't contain any radioactive glass. When comparing them side by side, there are clearly some minor external differences between the Olympic Nikkor and Millennium Nikkor, but Nikon has never published the optical formulas of either lens so we can only speculate about the glass. The Olympic Nikkor first appeared sometime in 1962 mounted on some of the first batch of "reissue" Nikon SPs (about 2000 cameras with serial numbers that start with 623xxxx) released around the same time. The F-mount Nikkor-S 50mm F1.4 was released in January 1962, so its a fair guess that the F-mount version and the new S-mount version were designed at the same time and are optically similar. The Olympic Nikkor has a magenta colored coating on the glass, and is not known to get the amber color typically associated with optical glass that contains lanthanum.
 
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