W-Nikkor C 3.5cm f/1.8 Photos!

[jonmanjiro]

Thanks Erik! That's an interesting idea indeed regarding the book. I'll keep shooting for a bit and see if I can get enough material for one. Meanwhile here's a few more photos taken at Noge-cho in Yokohama, all snapped with an LTM W-Nikkor 35/1.8 on a Leica IIIf, and mostly at 1/25 and f/2 from memory.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Very nice pictures again, Jon. Wich 35mm viewfinder do you use on the IIIf?

Erik.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Thanks Erik! I use a Voigtlander 35mm metal finder which I've finely adjusted to get quite accurate framing. This is the setup pictured below.


Once upon a time, Nikon made lenses for Leica cameras - Leica IIIf and W-Nikkor 3.5cm F1.8 by Jon, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

How do you adjust that viewfinder? Interesting ...

Erik.

 

[jonmanjiro]

I didn't adjust the finder as such. The right edge of the frame was getting slightly cut off so I adjusted the camera's accessory shoe to point as far to the left as possible on the camera (within the limit of the four screws that hold it in place) and then shimmed the foot of the finder to make the finder point as far to the left as possible in the accessory shoe using the slight amount of play of the foot of the finder in the accessory shoe. These two very minor adjustments added up to make the framing quite accurate.

 

[pyeh]

Great photos Jon, you certainly should consider compiling a book. You're also making me miss the place already.
And ingenious finessing of your accessory viewfinder!

 

[jonmanjiro]

Thanks Pete. Let's go to Noge-cho for yakitori and sake again in December!

 

[jonmanjiro]

Chengdu, China

 

[jonmanjiro]

Muslim quarter, central Xi'an, China

 

[jonmanjiro]

Muslim quarter, central Xi'an, China

 

[jonmanjiro]

Muslim quarter, central Xi'an, China

 

[jonmanjiro]

Bell tower at the center of Xi'an, China

 

[jonmanjiro]

Xi'an, China

 

[Larry Cloetta]

W-Nikkor C 3.5cm/1.8 at f3.2 Nikon S2 Acros 100 XTOL 1+3 (yellow contrast filter)

 

[Larry Cloetta]

W-Nikkor C 3.5cm/1.8 at f3.2 Nikon S2 Acros 100 XTOL 1+3

Posted same scene, different lens, in the S.C. Nikkor 1.4/50 thread for comparison's sake.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Xi'an, China - I think this was grandpa giving his grand kids a ride home in a cart.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Xi'an, China - these street cleaners spiked up the little boy's hair, gave him a straw broom, and then let him go for it.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Xi'an, China

 

[jonmanjiro]

Xi'an, China

 

[giulio stucchi]

Brilliant series Jon!

Giulio