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 Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: Rikenon 55mm f1.4 |
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Puplet wrote:
I was never good at woodwork or metalwork at school. And so I felt a bit silly this week when I bought a broken Ricoh Singlex with a 55mm f1.4, thinking that, because the Singlex was the same camera as the Nikon Nikkorex, the lens would be Nikon F mount. Not quite: you can put Nikon lenses on the Ricoh camera but you can't put Ricoh lenses on a Nikon camera. The mounts are slightly different. Anyway, I felt very proud this afternoon when I bought a metal file and filed off bits of metal from the lens to make it fit a Nikon adapter. Sample pictures later!
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LucisPictor wrote:
Looks great! Well done!
I mean it really looks gorgeous! It resembles the old pre-AI Nikkors a bit and the glass looks pristine (as fas as I can tell from here...)
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Attila wrote:
Congratulation! I look forward samples!
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montecarlo wrote:
Hello,
I never knew that. ... but now I know: Ricoh didn't make only M42 and K bajonett lenses and cameras.
Searchig, I found:
http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/singrex.htm
and another Singlex, this time with M42
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ricoh/ricoh_singlex_tls/ricoh_singlex_tls.htm
Thank you.
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rick_oleson
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rick_oleson wrote:
The original Singlex was Ricoh's only Nikon-mount effort - the same camera as the Nikkorex F. After that they changed to the M42 mount and never looked back, following Pentax to the K mount in the late 1970s.
I have the 55/1.4 Rikenon in M42, I wonder how similar the lenses are? It's several years later than the bayonet version.
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pilant
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pilant wrote:
Congratulations, you've done it  |
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Puplet
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Puplet wrote:
Ok, I'm officially impressed. All these shots were taken wide open - I rarely use f1.4 during the day, but that's what I wanted to test - I have other 50/55mm lenses for when the fast aperture is not essential... As far as I am concerned, the results at f1.4 are as good as anything that came from the considerably more expensive Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AI that I just sold!
(Maybe should have stopped down aperture to get the brick in focus for this last one - but f1.4 is so much fun!) |
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Orio wrote:
Puplet don't tell me where those cats are, because if I knew, I would come there and abduct them!
They both are amongst the most beautiful cats that I have ever seen!!
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Attila wrote:
Nice ones!! Especially the last one!
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Puplet
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Puplet wrote:
Cheers, guys! Orio, all three are rescue cats. The white one and the black one were from the local animal shelter, and the tortoiseshell we found in our garden when she was a small (wild) kitten. Here she is on her first day in the house: she crept into the sleeve one of my jumpers (while I was weaing it!) and this is her waking up... Please don't abduct her 
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Attila wrote:
Very nice shoot also!!!
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Orio wrote:
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Please don't abduct her
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I can't promise that, she's too cute and the tortoise cats are my preferred cats of all. 
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Puplet wrote:
Now you are getting scary - perhaps Sootie (the black one) is hiding from you?  |
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Puplet
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Puplet wrote:
Really beginning to like this lens: took it out for its first non-test evening and bumped into these two devil-girls...
Any softness of focus is due to beer, not lens. |
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Orio wrote:
Devil girls? So I imagine they were very, very bad girls. 
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Katastrofo wrote:
Nice adaption and beautiful shots! I'll be looking for this lens. 
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Jesito wrote:
Nice work and nice shots, congrats!.
Kitten are charming, the #1 shot is perfect.
Best regards,
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LucisPictor wrote:
| Puplet wrote: |
| ...Any softness of focus is due to beer, not lens. |
Excellent shots, the cats and the "kittens".
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Puplet wrote:
Could handle one, but both at the same time? |
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Pancolart wrote:
Splendid samples Puplet. Did you make any good new ones during these years?
Gujo made nice different Pentax lenses 1.4/50(55) comparison and included Rikenon M42 claiming it's one of the sharpest:
http://www.pentax-forum.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1296&sid=285089674e6feb86c268c40a10c5d512
I recently received Nikon Rikenon (it's beautiful!) and it seems different lens then M42 versions (not to mention PK which is totally redesigned).
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spiralcity wrote:
the lens looks pretty good. The pics all look very nice. good work, thanks for posting the samples.
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Gothic_Snake wrote:
My copy of this chunk of glass) I bought it for 100 usd.
Samples taken with this glass:
What can i say - i like it!
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Pancolart wrote:
Nice samples!
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The original Singlex was Ricoh's only Nikon-mount effort - the same camera as the Nikkorex F. After that they changed to the M42 mount and never looked back, following Pentax to the K mount in the late 1970s.
I have the 55/1.4 Rikenon in M42, I wonder how similar the lenses are? It's several years later than the bayonet version. |
Nikkorex Rikenon has different optical design then Tomioka M42 Rikenon. At least bigger last group which looks exactly the same as one on my old Nikkor lenses. I think Nikkorex Rikenon optics was made by Nikon or Nikkor was cloned by Tomioka.
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dimitrygo wrote:
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My copy of this chunk of glass) I bought it for 100 usd.
What can i say - i like it! |
Nice samples but these are 2 completely diffrent lenses. The M42 was made by Tomioka. |
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ilguercio wrote:
It looks sharp, any crops? |
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