Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:53 am Post subject: |
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uhoh7 wrote:
Here's the one I like:
Entanglement by unoh7, Nikkor 8.5cm F/2
The Zeiss killer. Note "C" on lens body. Made to mount straight on the Contax RF bodies. Introduced in 1948, it out-performed the zeiss at every level, including build and quality control.
22,000 made, easy to find.
Underneath is 1937 CZJ 135/4
I paid $85 for both. A close look and you will see the gorgeous early nikkor build, in contrast to the older Zeiss, let alone the Russian clones. By 1951 LIFE shooters had dropped the Zeiss 85s for this lens, after extensive multi-copy head to head testing.
The Canons were really not far off, but it was Nikkor which lead the way for the Japanese Camera industry into the American market (at this time Europe was still staggering with limited consumer cash), and Canon has remained on Nikon coattails, at least psychologically, ever since
But for FD lovers, that's a good thing _________________ Making MFlenses safe for the letter *L* |