You all need the Nikkor 85mm f2...

A very nice picture. I've had good success using Diafine and tri-x at ISO 1200. This pictures looks very nice at 3200.
How does the 85 mm Canon Serenar f2.0 compare? Also I am looking at a 50mm Serenar 1.9 lens and wonder about how it compares to lenses of that era.
 
The 85mm Nikkor is a little sharper at full aperture, the Canon 85mm 1.9 seems to a little better at portraiture in colour, at larger apertures.. seems to flatter the subject a little more. The Nikkor is a little shorter physically and a bit lighter than the chrome Canon 85mm. All in all , they are both nice lenses. The Nikkor was a Sonnar design type, where the Canon was a gauss type.
 
Exquisite shot. Makes me want to grab my Kiev 4a & Jupiter 9 to go bar hopping :)

William
 
i have the serenar 85/2 and find it to be very sharp.
some of the shots in my gallery were taken with it.
it is big & heavy though. (for a rf lens).
joe
 
is it worth buying a jupiter 9 (85/2) as it's looks much cheaper and easier to find on ebay ?
 
The Jupiter-9, one calibrated for the Leica 51.6mm standard, is well worth having. I sold mine after getting the Nikkor 8.5cm f2 in LTM. The Nikkor lens is sharper and has more contrast, BUT the biggest difference was the smoothness of the Nikkor vs the Jupiter. It also cost 6x as much.

One of my Favorite J9 Shots.

8.5cm F2 Wide-Open
 
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thank you Brian, the Nikkor shot / butterfly is beautiful and sharp
 
Pretty much the same IMHO. The only advantage of the Nikkor is that it combines the construction quality of the pre-war 85/2 Jena Sonnar w/the hard coated optics of a post-war Sonnar.

rover said:
That is a wonderful shot. How does the Nikkor compare to the 85/2 Sonnar it copies?
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Merciful,

this is a great pic, which reminds me of the nikkor 85/2 in my closet, its bulkiness and its slow focusing ring, and the hassle of an auxilary finder often stop me from bringing it out... but i WILL bring it out shooting tomorrow

thanks for the reminder!

lee
 
Thanks again, guys.

Lee, what body are you using your 85/2 on, that you need the extra finder? That would indeed be a hassle.
 
From THE SAME J9...

From THE SAME J9...

Brian Sweeney said:
The Jupiter-9, one calibrated for the Leica 51.6mm standard, is well worth having. I sold mine after getting the Nikkor 8.5cm f2 in LTM. The Nikkor lens is sharper and has more contrast, BUT the biggest difference was the smoothness of the Nikkor vs the Jupiter. It also cost 6x as much.

One of my Favorite J9 Shots.

8.5cm F2 Wide-Open
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My Canon 7 is really proud to be now the platform for Brian's Jupiter 9. This shot was taken at f/2.8.
 
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hi merciful,

i am using the nikkor 85/2 on my Canon L-1, which is my only RF body; it has 35/50 and RF (roughly 135) frame;

i wish i have a M3 just for this lens, ha! or at least a leica brightline finder but it is expensive

regards,

lee
 
This thread has been 6 feet under and growing flowers for some time now, but I just got one of these lenses and am excited to see if anyone has new shots with it!
 
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Nikon SP, Nikkor 85mm f2.0 black version. Kodak XX @ 320 iso (or thereabouts) developed in Adox MQ for 8 min.
It is a great lens, the 105f2.5 is a bit better in my opinion - but even heavier than the 85f2.
 
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