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pics of my nikkor 28/3.5
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well that's more than i found.
i wonder if a black version was made available later on?
or maybe this one IS painted. really good job if it was.
i wonder if a black version was made available later on?
or maybe this one IS painted. really good job if it was.
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i'm holding on to it for now. but admit that my level of poverty leads me to thinking more about selling if it can command a higher price.
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so far, i have found little about it, but the net is a big place.
i'll send out some inquiries to sellers and collectors as i find them.
if anyone has a suggestion as to where i can find some info, please let me know.
thanks all.
joe
i'll send out some inquiries to sellers and collectors as i find them.
if anyone has a suggestion as to where i can find some info, please let me know.
thanks all.
joe
raid
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back alley said:
Joe,
I would buy your 28mm lens right now if I were ready for such a move.
By the way, the Canon 28mm/3.5 gives lovely results and costs less than the Nikkor. If you must sell your Nikkor, give the Canon a thought. It will give you a different look than a CV lens will.
Raid
enochRoot
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cameraquest says they were made in both chrome and black under their LTM lens guide.
http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmlens.htm
http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmlens.htm
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28/3.5 Nikkor: At least as good as the Canon, but higher priced due to collectors. chrome or black/chrome
i was just reading that.
i wonder if black/chrome means black & chrome or black chrome?
joe
i was just reading that.
i wonder if black/chrome means black & chrome or black chrome?
joe
ben lloyd
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Found this on cameraquest:
28/3.5 Nikkor: At least as good as the Canon, but higher priced due to collectors. chrome or black/chrome
http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmlens.htm
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Doh!
28/3.5 Nikkor: At least as good as the Canon, but higher priced due to collectors. chrome or black/chrome
http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmlens.htm
EDIT:
Doh!
enochRoot
a chymist of some repute
before buying it...i had taken it to mean "black chrome", and after recieving it...it looked like black chrome (not unlike the finish on an M6 w/ some wear).
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lots of excitiment...but i put it back on the cl for now.
i have contacted the most interested party and advised him that it will be with me for awile longer anyway.
now, if i could only find a jackson pollack at a garage sale...😉
i have contacted the most interested party and advised him that it will be with me for awile longer anyway.
now, if i could only find a jackson pollack at a garage sale...😉
VinceC
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It doesn't really look quite right to be original black. The black paint is too shiney. Black lenses in Nikon mount had a chrome front ring and chrome rear mount. Also, most black Nikkors of that era have some brassing. But I haven't got much experience in LTM lenses. According to Bob Rotoloni's Nikon RF handbook, the lenses switched from chrome to black around serial number 714000, whereas your lens is 712XXX. My Black Nikon-S version is 717XXX. My black lens also doesn't have the W-Nikkor C that yours has, just a W-Nikkor with no C.
Two possible sources for a black lens out of series such as yours:
1. A later black repaint, not uncommon in Japan, either for a collector or a user.
2. A factory-black special paint job from 1956-ish, its approximate year of construction, for a special professional order, such as Life magazine or some other photojournalism group. Several special runs of black Nikon cameras were made by request for professional photographers.
In any case, black LTM lenses are extremely rare because by the time Nikon switched to black-barrel lenses, Leica had introduced the M mount.
Two possible sources for a black lens out of series such as yours:
1. A later black repaint, not uncommon in Japan, either for a collector or a user.
2. A factory-black special paint job from 1956-ish, its approximate year of construction, for a special professional order, such as Life magazine or some other photojournalism group. Several special runs of black Nikon cameras were made by request for professional photographers.
In any case, black LTM lenses are extremely rare because by the time Nikon switched to black-barrel lenses, Leica had introduced the M mount.
enochRoot
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back alley said:
hehehe...i long for that day, but i think the advent of ebay may have put a damper on our plans :bang:
VinceC
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Also, the red C is a little too bright compared to the red on my black-barrel lenses -- the focus mark and infrared are both red on my black-barreled lenses, but their cast is more like this than like this., whereas the C on the focus ring for the lenses that have one is very dark red, like this Nikkor-S.C.
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thanks vince, it's kinda cool just thinking i may have an extremely rare anything, let alone a nikkor lens. and very cool thinking some life staffer might have used this...
one of the side reasons i was thinking of selling the lens is that it's almost too small. i have a hard time with the aperture and even focusing at times. so it might get sold yet.
joe
one of the side reasons i was thinking of selling the lens is that it's almost too small. i have a hard time with the aperture and even focusing at times. so it might get sold yet.
joe
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