W-Nikkor C 3.5cm f/1.8 Photos!

[helen.HH]

Another Question:
Are the optics the same in the ltm version
And the Nikkor 35 1.8 for Nikon Rf ???

 

[Calzone]

Cal, for the 35/1.8 a regular LTM adapter will work fine. For the 35/2.5 LTM you need a type I adapter.

Also would like to mention that the 35/2 UC Hexanon is a modern coated copy of the 35/1.8.

Roland.

Roland,

Thanks again.

Cal

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Helen,
I'm coming back to the area in the next few months (maybe sooner) and you're more than welcome to try out my Nikon RF mount 35mm f/1.8. It WON'T work on a Leica using the Amedeo adapter because of the very large rear element striking the focusing cam follower in the Leica body which gives a false focus. If you're comfortable with scale focusing, it works fine but then that precludes using the lens at its magical f/1.8 aperture.
Cheapest solution would be to find an S2 and a Nikon RF mount lens. A superb combo but the S2 only has the frameline for 50mm. Doesn't work without an accessory finder for me because I wear glasses but I can also fudge the composition and shoot loose with the 35 on the S2 and get fine results.
One thing is that the controls are backwards from Leica so it takes a bit to get used to with regard to focusing. I'm sure the lens and you will make a fantastic pair.

Phil Forrest

 

[Bar8barian]

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[semrich]

Ok, last one with the M8. That one at KEH in Ex condition looks pretty good 😀

 

[menos]

Erik, through my several years of suffering, looking for this beauty, I learned , that the W-Nikkor 35/1.8 in Nikon S mount doesn't fit on a Amedeo adapter to Leica M due to it's large rear element (but never fondled it, so this info is not confirmed by myself).

Now, that I hold the LTM lens in my hands, I can certainly understand this, as the rear element indeed is … L A R G E ;-)

Helen, you really don't need to splurge for a Nikon S, but in my opinion, it doesn't hurt, to get a nice Nikon S body of any taste + W-Nikkor to hold you over until you find a LTM sample or just fall in love with the S.

Several times over the last years I was so close >< to doing just that.

I am the happiest kid now, that the search and suffering is over …

The W-Nikkor is the bomb - the cluster bomb that is:


portrait - cluster bomb by teknopunk.com, on Flickr


promotion tour by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

 

[menos]

… I was late with my post I guess ;-)

Helen, if it helps, to spend more of your money:

When I just couldn't wait it out anymore, my W-Nikkor search brought me through the same comments, mentioned above about the Konica UC-Hexanon.

When I found a nice UC-Hex copy, it immediately became my favourite 35mm lens, and I have used a few - I still love the UC-Hex much, much more over pre ASPH Leica Summilux, Summicron and also the ASPH.

The UC-Hex is all around the nicest 35mm lens for Leica M (it also is a LTM lens, so a wonderful fit on a LTM body as well) +++ it is the nicest black paint finished lens, I have ever used.

 

[f16sunshine]

Dirk that lens turns to gold in your hands 🙂 Nice images.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Very nice pictures, Dirk! I have to put my W-Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 at work again.

Erik.

 

[menos]

Thanks Andy and Erik - too kind ;-)
Take that W-Nikkor out Erik!

I am now hoping, the Walz filters, I ordered find their way to me still this year (US Postal has some serious issues due to Christmas shippings in continental US it seems).
I am also looking for a hood alternative to the beautiful Yama hood, Andy kindly supplied with the lens.
My big sausage fingers seem to always end up shifting the aperture with the little space between lens hood and body (that W-Nikkor is TINY!)

Does anybody know, if Nikon sold a specific lens hood just for the LTM version of this lens (fitting for the 43mm filter thread)?

I suppose, if such a hood really exist, it might be as costly, as the lens itself :~|

Ken Rockwell advises, to get one of the Nikkor 50/1.4 43mm hoods and just use that - any vignetting ?

 

[f16sunshine]

I used it with a B+W MRC filter and then the hood. The filter seemed to help give a bit more space for fingers. You are right though, it is very tight to adjust aperture with a hood on. It's too bad... The Hama shade looks so nice on this lens 😀

 

[menos]

Ahh - that makes sense Andy!
Can you specify more on the B+W filter?
I found, that the currently available B+W 43mm filters don't fit the thread pitch of the Nikkor 43 and Leica 43 filter threads (Summilux v2).

I use a B+W E43 MRC filter of the latest built on my UC-Hex, which would not fully screw onto the 5cm and 3.5cm Nikkor lenses.

The vintage Walz filters, I ordered do have a different 43mm thread, specifically matching the Nikkor lenses.

 

[kermaier]

Thanks Andy and Erik - too kind ;-)
Take that W-Nikkor out Erik!

I am now hoping, the Walz filters, I ordered find their way to me still this year (US Postal has some serious issues due to Christmas shippings in continental US it seems).
I am also looking for a hood alternative to the beautiful Yama hood, Andy kindly supplied with the lens.
My big sausage fingers seem to always end up shifting the aperture with the little space between lens hood and body (that W-Nikkor is TINY!)

Does anybody know, if Nikon sold a specific lens hood just for the LTM version of this lens (fitting for the 43mm filter thread)?

I suppose, if such a hood really exist, it might be as costly, as the lens itself :~|

Ken Rockwell advises, to get one of the Nikkor 50/1.4 43mm hoods and just use that - any vignetting ?

The original hood is, indeed, rare and costly. The original clip-on hood for the Nikkor 35/1.8 S-mount will not fit on the LTM lens, as the former takes 48mm filters, while the latter takes 43mm. The S-mount 35/2.5 takes 43mm filters, so the clip-on hood for that lens fits the f/1.8 LTM lens, but its also quite rare. There was, I believe, a Nikon rectangular hood made for the LTM version, marked with an "L", but that is vanishingly rare. Tom A made screw-in hoods to replicate the shape of the original clip-on hoods for the f/1.8 and f/2.5 S-mount lenses; those were merely expensive, rather than outrageous -- does anyone know if they're still available?

In any event, the hood I use on both the LTM Nikkor 35/1.8 and the UC-Hex 35/2 is an inexpensive CV hood sold by CameraQuest as a smaller round hood for the Nokton 35/1.4 -- perfect, IMO, as it's screw-in, doesn't block much of the viewfinder, and comes with a nice push-on cap.

Cheers,
Ari

 

[Highway 61]

The original hood is, indeed, rare and costly. The original clip-on hood for the Nikkor 35/1.8 S-mount will not fit on the LTM lens, as the former takes 48mm filters, while the latter takes 43mm.

The Nikkor 35/1.8 S-mount takes 48mm screw-in or clip-on hoods but it does take 43mm filters because it's double-threaded.

The throat between the 48mm and 43mm threads has levelled edges so no 48mm filter can be screwed in there unless you will break the filter glass.

So it's easy to use 43mm screwed-in or clip-on hoods as well on this lens.

 

[Erik van Straten]

So it's easy to use 43mm screwed-in or clip-on hoods as well on this lens.

Yes, you can, but as Dirk points out it then is very difficult to reach the f-stop control ring.
Another problem with a screwed-in 43mm hood is when I unscrew it I unscrew the complete front lens group too! I don't know how to fix this part firmly.

Erik.

 

[f16sunshine]

This one looks pretty clean overall and priced well. I don't have anything to do with this seller.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EX-Nikon-Ni...387&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1&sd=150959710305&

 

[kermaier]

This one looks pretty clean overall and priced well. I don't have anything to do with this seller.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EX-Nikon-Ni...387&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1&sd=150959710305&

I bought mine from Breguet Camera (the above seller) a couple of years ago. The lens arrived with an undisclosed dent in the focus ring, which scraped against the inner lens barrel during operation (advertised as "smooth focus"). To their credit, they agreed to defray the cost of the repair at Essex Camera, so in the end I got a great lens at a fair price.

::Ari

 

[menos]

Thanks for the lens hood tips guys! Very informative!
Andy, that link on eBay points to a lens, I almost bought, which was, when your ad came up out of the blue!

I almost spread my coffee over the computer, when I saw your ad that day ;-)

I bought from this seller a few times, my UC-Hex and a 43/1.9 Pentax LTM lens among others - always fast shipping and the products in top shape. I would buy again from them. I remember, they also have a real shop in Hong Kong, but I never visited personally.

EDIT: Sorry to hear about this Ari - good the seller made things right in the end.
That is the only way unfortunately to find out, if a seller/ camera shop is good or not - how it is dealt with issues. As long, as everything runs smooth, you never know, if the shop is any good.

 

[menos]

A few from this evening:

 

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35 f1.8 W-Nikkor LTM - light by teknopunk.com, on Flickr