Question and recent photos, Millenium Nikkor

[goliathus]

Hi everyone 🙂

I have a question regarding Olympic Nikkor-s 50mm/1.4 (including Millenium version), it has a noticeble bigger lens elements and as many photographers already knows, its performance is extreamly superb.

So, is it made of different stuff or adobt new design compare to vintage Nikkor-S.C 5cm 1.4?


Thanks in advace 🙂

Here are my recent photos, taken with millenium and vintage 5cm.

Nikon SP / Millenium Nikkor-S 50mm 1.4 / Kodak E100VS

Nikon SP / Millenium Nikkor-S 50mm 1.4 / Kodak E100VS

Nikon S3 / Nikkor-S.C 5cm 1.4 (Vintage) / Kodak E100G

 

[jonmanjiro]

Beautiful photos, Park 🙂

Dr. Kuno has an x-ray image of an Olympic Nikkor-S 50mm f1.4 on page 100 of his book (see below). The Olympic/Millennium Nikkor is a gauss optical design, whereas the Nikkor-S 5cm f1.4 is a sonnar optical design. Hopefully, Brian Sweeney or someone else with some technical knowledge will provide some more info!

 

[goliathus]

Thank you Jon, its naked body is also beautiful! 😎

IMHO, Vintage Nikkor 5cm is very good for portrait. because of its softness, it can cover some freckles on her face~ 😀

I used to use my millenium Nikkor for extremely low light, I have full confidence in Millenium Nikkor's wideopen, truely reliable lens.

 

[Highway 61]

Beautiful portraits. The #3 is a keeper and deserves print enlargement & framing.

The Olympic Nikkor-S 50/1.4 (and so do the Millenium, which is a multicoated version of the Olympic) is said to have the same formula as the first Nikkor-S Auto 50/1.4 for the Nikon F (and yes, double-Gauss seven elements design, while the classic Nikkor-S 50/1.4 is a Sonnar-type six elements design).

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The SLR lens and RF lens have a much different back-focus.

Looking at the X-ray, I think That the formula given is "Photographic Lenses", Neblette, 1965 is wrong. But, I'm not going to take my lens apart to find out.

 

[jsuominen]

I have full confidence in Millenium Nikkor's wideopen, truely reliable lens.

And it's also a good performer at smaller apertures. 🙂





Shot with Nikon S2 rangefinder and Millenium Nikkor-S 50mm/1.4 at f/11-16, 1/250s.
Rollei Superpan 200 developed in Moersch Finol, 1+1+100, 24C, 11 ½min.

 

[Highway 61]

And it's also a good performer at smaller apertures. 🙂

Yes ! And a superb performer at half-way apertures, like f:2.8 (I never pay attention to the aperture/speeds settings in general but just recall this photo having been shot at f:2.8 because I said to myself "Heck, I guess f:2.8 is seldom used on a f/1.4 lens" while I was depressing the shutter...).

(Shot with a classic SP, using Fuji NPH 400 print film).