Nikon 5cm SC in Leica Mount

I agree with you, Paul. It is the "mechanics" of focusing with a EVF. The camera (and lens) stay close to my face as I focus and refocus, so the image stays in focus. When I use the back of the camera, I may take a look at the back to focus, and then I may change the distance to the object when I take the photo.

See you next week. I am in town.
 
For what it's worth, my Nikkor 50/2.0 (Japan) has a serial number of 654775 and has click stops. I don't use it much, my Canon 50/1.4 is now my standard normal lens.

Jim B.
 
lens dates

lens dates

648061 Aug 25 1954
653670 Aug 5 1955
748578 July 15 1958
an early nikon hs journal had more dates, when i can find it i will post more, :cool:
ps. not exact dates , dates are from guarantee certificates
 
kermaier said:
Mine is 623701 without click stops, so I guess they were introduced later than that.

::Ari
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There are large overlapping batches within the numbers meaning that there could be 6231xxx lenses with the click stops.
The confirmed batch of "Tokyo" lenses start from 617000 to 622000, all lenses between those two serial numbers are "Tokyo" and without click-stops.

This holds true in case of other lenses that Nippon Kogaku made at that time, like the 8.5cm f2.0 and 13.5cm f3.5

Reid,
You have a Nikkor-H 5cm f2.0, the H indicates 6 elements.
The Nikkor-S 5cm is the 1.4 version, S means 7 elements.

Your thread title says 5cm SC...

Not trying to nit-pick here but you threw me off there.
:)

Kiu
 
Hi Kiu,
I meant to type: H-C.
I don't know how to correct the title of the thread or I would have done so.
Thanks.
 
kermaier said:
At the very least! More than one of each is better. ;)
When I get home, I'll check the SN of the one you sold me a few years ago, Raid.
::Ari
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Raid, Ari, you might wonder why I am sending my 50/2 to Germany.

I can happily report that I finally am getting a very late and clean black rim 50/1.4 .... which will nicely add to my 1951 Tokyo version. Three Nikkor 50s was too much, even for me :)

Watch for some bokeh comparisons in the near future ...

Roland.
 
Congrats on the 50mm/1.4, Roland. You answered my (silent) question about the Nikon 5cm 2.0 give-away. I am waiting for your bokeh comparisons in the near future.
 
ferider said:
Raid, Ari, you might wonder why I am sending my 50/2 to Germany.

I can happily report that I finally am getting a very late and clean black rim 50/1.4 .... which will nicely add to my 1951 Tokyo version. Three Nikkor 50s was too much, even for me :)

Watch for some bokeh comparisons in the near future ...

Roland.
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Congratulations! I've also been waiting for a good black rim 50/1.4 that I can afford, but I don't that finding it would make me drop the 50/2 entirely.... :)
::Ari
 
I have never owned a Nikon 50/1.4, but reading about this lens makes it on my waiting list for purchase one day. Is the black rim version somehow extra nice?
 
raid said:
I found a 2008 image that I took with a Nikon 5cm 2.0 that now is with Ari:
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And here's one that I took with the same lens:

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Epson R-D1s, ISO 400

::Ari
 
Beautiful, Ari.

raid said:
I have never owned a Nikon 50/1.4, but reading about this lens makes it on my waiting list for purchase one day. Is the balck rim version somehow extra nice?
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Just very late, Raid.

The lens I am getting apparently was used in the 60s-70s by a White House photographer :)
 
Yes, Tony. Similar to Rotoloni (I have his new edition), it specifies lens ranges. If you like, we can update the table over the next week, given Rotoloni's book. I am guessing my new 50/1.4 is from 1959 (my other one is from 1951) :)

Thanks again,

Roland.
 
I figured it out. I had to log off my gmail to have access to other google documents. Thanks.
 
I have a 5.0 CM H-C lens 734XXX with black rim. It provides beautiful results. It is somewhat lighter than my Tokyo 5.0 CM S-C, less "clunky", it has found a permanent home on my Leica IIIF.
 
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