Micro-Nikkor -P.C 3.5/55mm

SandroB · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:34 pm Post subject: Micro-Nikkor -P.C 3.5/55mm

Recently I inherited a nice set of a Nikkormat EL and some lenses. I tried the Micro-Nikkor because it seems to have some reputation. Here are some results.
Lex
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caspert79 · Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 2967 Location: The Netherlands

Congrats, it’s a nice and (very) sharp lens.

SandroB · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:27 pm Post subject:

Yes it certainly is sharp! And that on a film that was expired in 2015!

Doc Sharptail · Joined: 23 Nov 2020 Posts: 1036 Location: Winnipeg Canada

One of my favorite lenses.
My copy is the old "P" only variant, and saw heavy use before I came along.
It still works well, if not a little bit stiffly.

At f5.6 here, IIRC. Taken in the last week of October last year.

It is also a reasonable general scenic lens, as long as it is stopped down a bit. It displays a tiny shade of bbl distortion when used near infinity at lower aperture values.

It is a lens that is well worth keeping.
It would be worth it to find the extension tube that most of these shipped with originally...

-D.S.

SandroB · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:32 am Post subject:

Doc, wonderful photo! I also have and use the Leitz Macro-Elmarit-R 2.8/60mm, which I use on a Leica R4. I have yet to find out how different these two lenses are.
Lex

SandroB · Posted: Tue May 21, 2024 9:38 pm Post subject:

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I ruined two films because I was unaware of the complicated calibration of each lens after mounting it on the Nikkormat EL, but now it seems to work fine. Here of course an example with the Micro-Nikkor-P.C. 3.5/55mm
Lex

Doc Sharptail · Joined: 23 Nov 2020 Posts: 1036 Location: Winnipeg Canada

You have done well, despite the somewhat dim view-finder of the EL.
The Nikon FE used the same viewfinder layout, with a screen that was a stop and a half brighter.
I have done best at f5.6 or f8 with my copy of the micro.

-D.S.

SandroB · Posted: Tue May 21, 2024 10:28 pm Post subject:

You're right about the focus screen, not as bright as I would have liked. The old lady of whom I inherited the set always told me that she only had Leica material inherited herself from her partner. So she gave me the Leica stuff and some Nikon items like hoods and also some focus screens. I sold that stuff a few years ago, which I now regret since she did have the Nikkormat after all.
Lex