Nikkor f4 80mm on NEX-3

[iangreenhalgh1]

Interesting lens, has great colours and contrast and a good deal of 3D in it's rendering:

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

#13

#14

#15

#16

#17

#18

#19

#20

#21

#22

#23

#24

#25

#26

#27

#28

[Attila]

Great series! I especially like closer shoots!

[sichko]

Ian, I've never heard of this lens. Can you tell us more about it ?

[iangreenhalgh1]

Cheers Attila. Same again but HDR this time.


#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

[iangreenhalgh1]

[Himself]

Strange lens. Never seen one like that. But I like what I see in terms of contrast and sharpness.
I don't see any aperture ring. It's an f/4 only or you can adjust the diaphragm with one of those knobs?


PS

Nice keyboard

[iangreenhalgh1]

It's for the Nikonos underwater SLR. Black knob controls aperture, silver is focus.

Keyboard is an old IBM one, much nicer to type on than a modern one. Needs a good clean though!

[sichko]

Thanks for the info.

[stingOM]

Hi,
Did you buy that adapter or is it a DIY mount? I guess the 35mm lens would be interesting to test as well.
http://photo.net/learn/underwater/uw2/Nikonos.html

[Ymmot]

The 35mm is nice, I used it on film on a Nikonos IV-A.
It has some swirl in the bokeh wide open.
The largest problem was flare.
it gave a large flare patch the shape of the aperture in the middle of the frame, likely due to the large flat front element, so try to find a hood that will fit and keep your back to the sun / bright areas.

http://forum.mflenses.com/nikonos-iv-a-underwater-camera-t45343.html

[iangreenhalgh1]

The lens just happened to be the precise right diameter to fit into/onto a NEX extension tube so it was the easiest possible DIY job.

The 35 does sound interesting, it's not cheap though, neither is this 80mm either.