Vintage 3rd party lenses for Nikon RF

[UV76]

That Komura is impressive, and I love the look of its matching finder - that must be really rare.

thank you, I like Komura lenses a lot. It has a rather subtle contrast but good for portraits in low light.

 

[wlewisiii]

Interesting lenses. Thank you for sharing them with us. I greatly appreciate seeing these samples.

 

[keytarjunkie]

A Komura 105mm f/2 for Nikon RF appeared on ebay (with bad separation unfortunately). It looks similar to the 105mm f/2.8, but I'm not sure what the optical design is. Sonnar?

 

[splitimageview]

Whoa, f/2? Hopefully the separation doesn’t affect things.

 

[JMF]

A 50mm Zunow f1.1 v2 in Nikon S mount :





Shot on Kodak Portra 160:



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dans Paris by JM__, on Flickr


dans Paris by JM__, on Flickr

 

[JMF]

Same 50mm Zunow f1.1 lens on Ilford 50 Pan F Plus and Nikon S2:


Paris by JM__, on Flickr


Paris by JM__, on Flickr

Unfortunately, this very lens front focusses on my Nikon S bodies and I still have to find someone able to fix its calibration issue / a Nikon S able technician .
All hints are welcome !

Cheers, JM

 

[aw614]

My local lab has the Komura 35mm and Soligor 35mm for sale, unsure if it is either C or S mount though.

It's tempted me if it was for Contax mount, but I ended up with a cheap jupiter 12 instead and have a lot more 35s on LTM mount that I could use the money elsewhere.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1658762287/tanaka-kogaku-w-tanar-35mm-f28-contax-rf

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1557551135/soligor-35mm-f28-nikon-contax

 

[David Murphy]

The Komura and Soligor (both rarities), should work great on a Contax. For 50mm and higher, that is not the case. Most Nikon RF lenses mount OK, but some occasionally have mounting issues (but not back focus issues).

The Zunow discussed above is an amazing rarity. I hope you enjoy it well!

 

[David Murphy]

My recently acquired Tanar 35mm F2.8 for Nikon RF. I haven't had a chance to shoot with it yet. It's cosmetically challenged, but the glass and mechanics are good. I can make the engraving paint look like new with some engraving filler paint.

 

[David Murphy]

And here is my newest, a Soligor 35mm F2.8 for Contax. I just love the engraving used to write "Soligor" in cursive. It sports clean class too. The Soligor and the Tanar are so similar in construction details that the Soligor might have been based on the Tanar. Hard to say! Of course they might just be knock-offs of Zeiss and/or Nikons.

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