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Farside
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 Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: An unexpected Nikon |
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Wow. Months ago I scored a dirt cheap Ricoh Singlex, expecting/hoping it had an M42 1.4 on it - when it arrived I was slightly disappointed to find it was an earlier bayonet fit. Turned out the bayonet was basically a Nikon F, as Puplet said here...
http://forum.mflenses.com/rikenon-55mm-f1-4-t2459,highlight,singlex.html
This lens is identical, but I'd sort of forgotten about it until I get an adapter to fit Nikon->EOS and it just sat on the camera being ignored. I suddenly recalled what Puplet said about a slight mod being needed, so dragged up the thread and noticed that he'd said Nikon lenses would fit the camera without any modification.
Heheh... it's true - my Vivitars 19mm and 28mm fit it perfectly and stop down properly. The camera shutter speeds all seem to work fine and it's a nice hefty bit of kit. Nice metal shutter too. No meter on this cam to worry about - utterly manual and no batteries at all. It also means I have yet another film cam to take my Tamrons with a couple of AD2 Nikon mounts that came with some lenses.
(pic lifted from http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/singrex.htm)
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:02 am Post subject: |
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Congrats, Dave! Yep the genetic similarities between the two cams is
unmistakable!
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Richard_D
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:22 am Post subject: |
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The Nikkorex was made for Nikon by Maimya - I think when Nikon started producing their own budget models (Nikkomat etc.) Ricoh then bought the design from Maimya.
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The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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Richard_D
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Location: Faversham Kent UK
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:22 am Post subject: |
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The Nikkorex was made for Nikon by Maimya - I think when Nikon started producing their own budget models (Nikkomat etc.) Ricoh then bought the design from Maimya.
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The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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Farside
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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Location: Ireland
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:40 am Post subject: |
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I had a hankering to get an old style basic Nikon manual camera and was thinking about a Nikkormat FT2, for old time's sake. This Singlex is a bonus, but I suspect I may need to replace the light seals - they don't look all that hot.
Yay. Another giant leap backwards. Luddite, me? 
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The Lenses of Farside
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prosperity is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious,
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Richard_D
Joined: 21 Oct 2007
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Location: Faversham Kent UK
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| Farside wrote: | I had a hankering to get an old style basic Nikon manual camera and was thinking about a Nikkormat FT2, for old time's sake. This Singlex is a bonus, but I suspect I may need to replace the light seals - they don't look all that hot.
Yay. Another giant leap backwards. Luddite, me? |
You'll probably need to replace the lightseals on any Nikkormat - they're getting dodgy on my slightly later FE and EL2. The Singlex is an unusual find - congratulations.
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The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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Rob Leslie
Joined: 20 Mar 2007
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Location: UK Swindon
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Farside wrote: | I had a hankering to get an old style basic Nikon manual camera and was thinking about a Nikkormat FT2, for old time's sake. This Singlex is a bonus, but I suspect I may need to replace the light seals - they don't look all that hot.
Yay. Another giant leap backwards. Luddite, me? |
I had a Nikkormat for a few years in the mid seventies. It was a very well made camera IMO a much better standard than many latter more expensive models. If I remember right it had very good quick almost foolproof operation. I know I never had a bad shot from it and always enjoyed using it. It also got a fair bit of abuse in those days.
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Farside
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Rob Leslie wrote: |
I had a Nikkormat for a few years in the mid seventies. It was a very well made camera IMO a much better standard than many latter more expensive models. If I remember right it had very good quick almost foolproof operation. I know I never had a bad shot from it and always enjoyed using it. It also got a fair bit of abuse in those days. |
The FT2 was my first decent SLR, after years of faffing around with some less than optimal kit. It never let me down and just became a part of my hand in the end
That's probably why I took to the OM1 so readily - it was just so familiar after the FT2 and the OM was as well built. I suspect Nikon put much greater care into the design of the early Nikkormats than later, to capture customers and keep them. It was surprising how many pros had an F or F2 and an FT or FT2 as a spare cam then. I'd say they were just as tough as their more expensive stablemates of the time.
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prosperity is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious,
arrogant, unscrupulous ideology of environmentalism."
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