Should I be embarrassed about this?

[Huss]

I like music. All music.

Justin Bieber's "As long as you love me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4em3LKQCAQ

What does this have to do with this site? The freaking OCD nerd that I am, I spotted him using a Nikon F at 3.58 in the video!

Funny thing is the image is reversed..

p.s. anyone know what lens that is?
😀

 

[madNbad]

Thanks for the time code, I was able to find it and it looks like a late run 50 1.4 non-Ai with the rubber rings but the hood is either a HN-3 or similar from a wide angle. Don’t be embarrassed, in twenty years it’ll be elevator music.

 

[Larry H-L]

Too dark for me to see the lens clearly, though the hood looks similar to the ones for the 24 or 28mm Nikkors. Maybe a 28mm f2?

 

[Godfrey]

Eh. I like electronica dance music a lot, amongst other music... A lot of my friends wrinkle their noses when I mention it. Feh on them. 😉

Based on the lens hood and the general shape of the focusing ring, the lens in the video looks like the Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI-S I had. That was one of my favorite Nikkor lenses, actually: small, light, as well as very sharp and contrasty, although perhaps not quite as good at the edges and corners as the later f/2.8 versions.

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[Godfrey]

Too dark for me to see the lens clearly, though the hood looks similar to the ones for the 24 or 28mm Nikkors. Maybe a 28mm f2?

The HK-14 for the later 20mm f/2.8 looks similar; the 28/2 AI has a different shape and a screw in hood rather than a clamp on (HN-1) and the 28/2 is a much bigger lens overall.

Nikkor 28mm f/2 AI with HN-1 lens hood​

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[dourbalistar]

This Bieber controversy is a very serious matter. 😉

p.s. Original source of photo.

 

[Larry H-L]

I have that same 20mm as you. To me, the lens in the video looks longer, and it has that distinctive 45-degree bevel at the front of the focus ring. My 20mm doesn’t have that bevel.

 

[zuiko85]

Can’t freeze it at the exact time but what strikes me as funny is that print ads or music videos or what have you, when they feature a camera it always seems to be a film camera.
Very occasionally they may even hold it correctly.

 

[madNbad]

Apparently it's a macro lens. When she's using it, his nose is about an inch away.

 

[Dogman]

Looks like a couple of filters stacked on the 28/2. Or not....

 

[Godfrey]

I have that same 20mm as you. To me, the lens in the video looks longer, and it has that distinctive 45-degree bevel at the front of the focus ring. My 20mm doesn’t have that bevel.

I managed to get a decent screen capture of a good frame, reversed it R-L, and rendered it in B&W with some sharpening.

Yes, I think it looks more like the 28mm f/2 now that I see the details a bit better, and the hood has the HN-1 bevel too. The aperture ring, however, has a somewhat different shape from mine, and the body of the lens (the grab-ring) is black rather than silver. Maybe a later version of the same 28/2 lens I have? Definitely fitted with two filters and the hood. 🙂

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[Mark C]

That doesn't really look like a Nikkor at all to me; more like some something on an adapter. Maybe Adaptall or something similar. There seems to be a second ring in front of the aperture ring, which could mean numerous things - extension tube, adapter, pre-set ring...

 

[madNbad]

I managed to get a decent screen capture of a good frame, reversed it R-L, and rendered it in B&W with some sharpening.


Yes, I think it looks more like the 28mm f/2 now that I see the details a bit better, and the hood has the HN-1 bevel too. The aperture ring, however, has a somewhat different shape from mine, and the body of the lens (the grab-ring) is black rather than silver. Maybe a later version of the same 28/2 lens I have? Definitely fitted with two filters and the hood. 🙂

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Sometimes the COVID shutdown leaves us a little too much time for distractions...

 

[kshapero]

I'm Sorry, who is Justin Beaver?

 

[madNbad]

Miley Cyrus’ long lost sibling.

 

[Michael Markey]

This is why I love this forum.
Curiosity is a great educator .

 

[Huss]

I managed to get a decent screen capture of a good frame, reversed it R-L, and rendered it in B&W with some sharpening.

Yes, I think it looks more like the 28mm f/2 now that I see the details a bit better, and the hood has the HN-1 bevel too. The aperture ring, however, has a somewhat different shape from mine, and the body of the lens (the grab-ring) is black rather than silver. Maybe a later version of the same 28/2 lens I have? Definitely fitted with two filters and the hood. 🙂

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DANG G!!! Nice work.

 

[p.giannakis]

At least he is holding it the right way. It could have been worst... for example: