goliathus
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Hi all!
I'm wondering where a name of SC mount originated from, People usually call a Contax rangefinder mount as 'Contax C mount', also Nikon rangefinder mount as a 'Nikon S mount'.
Are those officially desingated by Nikon and Contax when they manufactured the cameras, or just given by users to classify from other camera mounts?
Thanks in advance.
I'm wondering where a name of SC mount originated from, People usually call a Contax rangefinder mount as 'Contax C mount', also Nikon rangefinder mount as a 'Nikon S mount'.
Are those officially desingated by Nikon and Contax when they manufactured the cameras, or just given by users to classify from other camera mounts?
Thanks in advance.
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goliathus said:
Not too sure about that, I rather tend to think that people speak of "Contax RF" mount...
"C-mount" regards lenses made for movie cameras. And Zeiss and Nikon both made some lenses in the actual C-mount.
As for "Nikon S mount" I guess it's from the name of the five last Nikon RF bodies (S, S2, SP, S3, S4) ?
But it differs from the "S" that writes on the lenses front rings e.g. Nikkor-S-C
This very S being there for the lens formula : W-Nikkor, Nikkor-S, Nikkor-H, Nikkor-P, Nikkor-Q and so on.
And of course, this last C is completely different from the 'C' that means Contax and which is engraved on some Nikkor RF telephoto lenses barrels...
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
Nikon marked their Contax mount lenses with a small "C", and made a camera called "S". In the US, that recently got associated with the respective mounts - in Europe, where Nikon rangefinders are less frequent than gold plated Leicas, it is simply "Contax" respectively "Nikon rangefinder" or "Nikon S" mount, and C mount still is the 16mm cine/TV screw mount...
Sevo
Sevo
JMQ
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The "C" in after Nikkor-S stands for "Coated". The first letter Nikkor-S or Nikkor-P or Nikkor-Q stands for the number of elements "S=Sept=7. P=Penta=5, Q=4 etc"
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And H="Hexa"=6 on the Nikkor-H-C 50/2 (which became the Nikkor-H when the -C went away, because all lenses of that time had got coated).
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
The C on Contax-mount Nikkors is not on the front bezel (the C there means coated, and is - nearly - always present) but on the mount base or on the barrel adjacent to the mount.
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I'm surprised to see you don't ride a fixie Fred.
Where is Remulak actually ? :angel:
Where is Remulak actually ? :angel:
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Strangest thing is that you don't ride a fixie