I have a sudden hole to fill.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
That's just naughty, Rover.
ferider
Veteran
Pretty Rover. Now you need a Leica M to Nikkor converter ...
Roland.
Roland.
markinlondon
Elmar user
Time for another 50?
FrankS
Registered User
It's always the quiet ones that surprise you!
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
so what do you expect us to advise??
VinceC
Veteran
>>Pretty Rover. Now you need a Leica M to Nikkor converter ...<<
No such thing. M lenses sit slightly closer to the shutter (due, I suspect, to the larger focus mount on the Nikon), so you couldn't focus to infinity or couple to the rangefinder.
Anyway, Nikons should be shot with Nikkors. If you hunt around, you can find 5cm f/1.4 Nikkors for under $200. (Like this link)
No such thing. M lenses sit slightly closer to the shutter (due, I suspect, to the larger focus mount on the Nikon), so you couldn't focus to infinity or couple to the rangefinder.
Anyway, Nikons should be shot with Nikkors. If you hunt around, you can find 5cm f/1.4 Nikkors for under $200. (Like this link)
VinceC
Veteran
Lenses for Kiev will also fit. The 50mm f/2 Jupiter won't quite focus right wide open but otherwise fits on and is fine at f/4 and above.
back alley
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are contax and nikon lenses interchangable?
joe
joe
back alley
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and rover, when did this happen?
you never tell me things, we just don't TALK anymore...i feel so alone
you never tell me things, we just don't TALK anymore...i feel so alone
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Yes, it should be a Nikkor. The 50/2 is quite nice.
That is more what I am thinking. I kinda broke the bank though so I have to do some math to figure out if I can hit that BIN button.
back alley said:and rover, when did this happen?
you never tell me things, we just don't TALK anymore...i feel so alone
Kinda ebay roulette.
I put in a bid just $20 more than the current bid, then was just $10 up, there were 18 other bids, there should have been a sniper.
Well I walked away to give the boy a bath.....
I am not going to look at the ending soon list again for a while.
VinceC
Veteran
>>are contax and nikon lenses interchangable?<<
Physically, yes. But there's a subtle, strange difference between the Contax and Nikon focus helical so that the focus is not accurate wider than f/4 or f/5.6.
Physically, yes. But there's a subtle, strange difference between the Contax and Nikon focus helical so that the focus is not accurate wider than f/4 or f/5.6.
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thanks vince.
i need to pay more attention to the nikon and contax discussions.
joe
i need to pay more attention to the nikon and contax discussions.
joe
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku
Now thats not just any hole, it takes a Nikkor to fill THAT hole
Kiu
Kiu
I knew you would like it Kiu.
My shopping should start this weekend for that Nikkor.
Then I am done!!!!
(for 2007)
My shopping should start this weekend for that Nikkor.
Then I am done!!!!
(for 2007)
VinceC
Veteran
Stephen sums it up fairly well on his Cameraquest site.
Nippon Kogaku had no way of knowing, in 1947-'48, that its cameras would one day be so popular. Their 50mm lens designs were all for the Canon Hansa, which was based on the Leica standard lens, which is actually a 51.8mm lens. Fairly late in developing their first camera, Nikon decided to use a mount based on the Contax, whose 50mm lenses are actually 50.0 millimeters. But Nikon didn't want to go through the hassle of reformulating the lens for a camera that might well have bombed. So the Nikkor lenses are 51.8mm. It gets complicated because in the Contax/Kiev/Nikon mount, the focus helical for 50mm lenses is built into the camera body and couples to a rangefinder mechanism that is calibrated to the 50mm lens.
Long story short -- lenses are interchangeably accurate when focused to infinity, but the closer you focus, the more innaccurate they become. With 35mm and wider lenses, depth of field masks the difference. With 50mm lenses, shooting at f/4- to 5.6 can usually mask the difference. With 85mm and longer, Contax and Nikkor lenses can accurately interchange only if they're focused on infinity.
Of course, in blithe ignorance, I spent nearly a year shooting a Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 and 85mm Nikkor in Contax "C" mount on my Nikon S2, wondering why I was so bad at focusing up close.
Nippon Kogaku had no way of knowing, in 1947-'48, that its cameras would one day be so popular. Their 50mm lens designs were all for the Canon Hansa, which was based on the Leica standard lens, which is actually a 51.8mm lens. Fairly late in developing their first camera, Nikon decided to use a mount based on the Contax, whose 50mm lenses are actually 50.0 millimeters. But Nikon didn't want to go through the hassle of reformulating the lens for a camera that might well have bombed. So the Nikkor lenses are 51.8mm. It gets complicated because in the Contax/Kiev/Nikon mount, the focus helical for 50mm lenses is built into the camera body and couples to a rangefinder mechanism that is calibrated to the 50mm lens.
Long story short -- lenses are interchangeably accurate when focused to infinity, but the closer you focus, the more innaccurate they become. With 35mm and wider lenses, depth of field masks the difference. With 50mm lenses, shooting at f/4- to 5.6 can usually mask the difference. With 85mm and longer, Contax and Nikkor lenses can accurately interchange only if they're focused on infinity.
Of course, in blithe ignorance, I spent nearly a year shooting a Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 and 85mm Nikkor in Contax "C" mount on my Nikon S2, wondering why I was so bad at focusing up close.
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