Who is rallying the flag for Nikon RF these days?

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Who is rallying the flag for Nikon RF these days?

I miss Tom A.

And what about the collectors? i.e. news, photos, lusting for things like the 21/4, 50/1.1 and 85/1.5 lenses.

Any current sales, or lenses available, or current valuations?

Were there any at Westlicht this year?

regards
Vick
 
I took a hiatus from shooting my Nikon SP for a while when I got my M6. I do like having a meter in my 35mm cameras...but I use mostly my Nikkor RF lenses with Amedeo adapters. Anyway I have been shooting the SP (and my Bessa R2S) more lately, but really mostly shoot larger formats.

I still think the Nikon SP is just about the best 35mm rangefinder ever made, with 6 different framelines in camera, great looks, and perfect control layouts IMO. If they got a meter in there it would be perfect (preferably not the M5-style probe like the prototype SP2 camera supposedly had).
 
I love them because Nikon SLRs and their lenses move the same direction. So when I make manual adjustments as I am raising the camera to my eye I don't have to think which camera am I using.

The speed of focusing internal and wide lenses, the SP's 1:1 finder for the 50....

B2 (;->
 
I use my S2 regularly. Shot a wedding with it last week, took it to Florida on vacation in August, even shot a couple rolls at a political event I was covering for work. Love the viewfinder almost as much as the one on my M3. Great little camera.

Best,
-Tim
 
Really hard in the uk as there is just nothing available, especially interesting lenses I'd love a 21 or a black paint sp!
 
Fraser said:
Really hard in the uk as there is just nothing available, especially interesting lenses I'd love a 21 or a black paint sp!
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Peter Loy has a Nikkor-H 18cm f2.5, not may of those about, amongst other more standard fare, he is probably the best UK source but I agree it is hard going.
I took my S3 Olympic on holiday with the CV 21mm as standard lens but not being able to swop anecdotes and cassettes/film etc with Tom has taken the shine off for me perhaps time will heal.

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ChrisLivsey said:
Nikkor-H 18cm f2.5
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I have one of those, it's a gorgeous piece of glass. I was lucky to pick up 2 of them from an old newspaper estate lot cheap, both in very poor condition. Got them both cleaned up at a repair shop and sold off one for the cost of both plus repair fees.

Unfortunately I can't use them on my SP because I don't have the reflex housing, and since they are such collectors items and sell for quite a bit I don't really plan on getting one. But it works on my F-mount cameras with the NF adapter so at least I can shoot it like that.
 
Nikon S2, S-Skopar 50mm f/2.5, 400-2TMY, Perceptol.

The man mirrored by the window behind the eating man is RFf member Michael Bialecki looking through his Leica.

Erik.

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We seldom see them in Australia, sadly although occasionally a Nikon lens turns up either in native Nikon mount or in LTM mount - usually something common like a 135mm. Had I access to one of these cameras I would have happily used one during my film shooting years.
 
Vickko said:
Who is rallying the flag for Nikon RF these days?

I miss Tom A.

And what about the collectors? i.e. news, photos, lusting for things like the 21/4, 50/1.1 and 85/1.5 lenses.

Any current sales, or lenses available, or current valuations?

Were there any at Westlicht this year?

regards
Vick
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Vick,

I assume you mean rallying the flag on this site. Well, as a long time NHS member, the flag has never dropped for me and other NHS friends. Our Head Bartender here is a HUGE Nikon RF enthusiast, as you know, and losing Tom A. means this site lost a champion of Nikon RF. My collection is complete-so far-but fun to look, and I rotate my Nikon RF gear in with my Canon and Leica RF gear. Facebook has a LOT of Nikon RF fans who report daily on gear, photography, and pictures of their equipment.


Bob
 
In June/July I spent two weeks in AZ with my Bessa R2S and a few good Nikon and Voigtlander lenses (along with some 120 gear). I decided to take the Bessa instead of my 2005 SP because I wanted the built-in meter and a camera that was not quite as valuable, just in case.

That camera and the Nikkor/Voigt lenses never disappoint. Along with my SP 2005 and R2S I have a black-dial S2 I recently fixed up. Great cameras, all of them.

One from AZ:

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Have some Ilford FP4+ loaded in an SP right now, with the 10.5cm f4 T lens attached. A lot of fun with not just the SP but the S2/3 or also. Fantastically build and great looking workhorses.
 
My only camera for a 1300 km trip trough Austria from east to west and back was the SP with 50/1,4 and Voigtländer 25/4.
 
With a streak of bad luck in health since late last year for some reason I lost a bit of that drive for photography.
I photographed much less (partly also because I wasn't able to walk on my own legs for several months) but also spent otherwise much less time with photography as it pained me to get to do something I just couldn't physically do any longer as I wanted.

Just in that time though I started a little journey into Nikon RF gear, which IU always had a big interest in but have been telling me that I just didn't need yet another system to add to the collection (I was always using Leica M and Nikon F SLR gear + many odd other cameras).

Well, … it turned out I am not using any of the Leica M gear any longer and usually have an S3 or SP loaded with film (as usual mostly BW film).
Now that I can walk better again, I also finally get to shoot more again.

I am at the moment exclusively using a Nikon S3 or SP and absolutely love them.

2017-09-06-0035--for_flickr by Dirk Steffen, on Flickr

2017-09-08-0033--for_flickr by Dirk Steffen, on Flickr
 
Hey Dirk,
I hope you will soon recover in full! A year of health issue is for sure no fun at all!
Wish you all the best.
LG
Giulio
 
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