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Zamo
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Zamo wrote:
I own about 30-35 different manual lenses, and have tried many many more. But I have never tried any Nikon lenses and only a single Canon one (fell in my hands and seemed interesting enough to try). I have no particular reason for that, I just do. Being all this just a hobby I can allow myself certain absurd behaviors 
Anyway, this Nikkor crossed my path and was at a very good price, and I like 100-105 lenses (as something between the most common 50s and 135), so I decided to try this one on my Sony camera. I have to find an adapter now... quick question, I know there are several different Nikon mounts, are there also different adapters, or they were only for the original cameras and mechanisms? I have not studied it yet...
Anyway, I hope I will enjoy this one.
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Doc Sharptail
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
| Zamo wrote: |
I own about 30-35 different manual lenses, and have tried many many more. But I have never tried any Nikon lenses and only a single Canon one (fell in my hands and seemed interesting enough to try). I have no particular reason for that, I just do. Being all this just a hobby I can allow myself certain absurd behaviors
Anyway, this Nikkor crossed my path and was at a very good price, and I like 100-105 lenses (as something between the most common 50s and 135), so I decided to try this one on my Sony camera. I have to find an adapter now... quick question, I know there are several different Nikon mounts, are there also different adapters, or they were only for the original cameras and mechanisms? I have not studied it yet...
Anyway, I hope I will enjoy this one. |
Your version looks to be home-converted to A/I.
I would look into getting the missing bayonet screw replaced first.
It isn't usually necessary to cut through the screw-holes for the rabbit ear aperture coupling- which is not needed for a digital adapter.
Nikon lenses are very backwards compatible for the better nikon digital cameras.
There are adapters for use on canon and sony dslr's that I know of.
A good place to look is the stickied nikon thread on the DSLR page here.
Edit: About the only thing you have to watch for is that the adapter is for Nikon F to sony, and not "Z".
-D.S.
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KEO
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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KEO wrote:
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| I know there are several different Nikon mounts, are there also different adapters, or they were only for the original cameras and mechanisms? I have not studied it yet... |
Nikon F is the adapter you want for your 105mm.
The differences in the mounts are generally only significant if you're using Nikon film cameras. Since you're going to be adapting to mirrorless digital, all you need is a simple Nikon F-to-Sony adapter.
The much more recent G-series lenses use essentially the same F mount but have no manual aperture control, so there are also Nikon G-to-Sony adapters with a built-in aperture ring. With one of those you can use about 95% of Nikon lenses, but they're more expensive and you don't need one unless you specifically intend to adapt more modern G-series Nikkors. |
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stevemark
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A few interesting classical old lenses, among them ...
* Zeiss Anastigmat 1:12.5 F=285M/M (beautiful small early Zeiss lens, SN 22047 => before 1900??)
* Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:4,5 F=15cm (176xxx => 1913)
* Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:6,3 f=12cm (the first f6.3 Tessar I've ever seen, SN 873xxx => 1927 or 1928)
* Voigtländer Braunschweig Apo Skopar 1:9 / 30cm (about 1947)
* Kodak Anastigmat f=4.5 / 7½ inch (pre 1940)
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D1N0
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Won an SMC Pentax-M 120mm 2.8.
seller pic
I now have most focal lengths in the Pentax-m series from 20 to 200mm (if not all lenses since there are different aperture models) Just 85mm still missing.
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Doc Sharptail
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
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Won an SMC Pentax-M 120mm 2.8.
I now have most focal lengths in the Pentax-m series from 20 to 200mm (if not all lenses since there are different aperture models) Just 85mm still missing. |
Is that a built in retractable hood?
Interesting! 
-D.S.
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D-810, F2, FTN.
35mm f2 O.C. nikkor
50 f2 H nikkor, 50 f 1.4 AI-s, 135 f3.5 Q,
50 f2 K nikkor 2x, 28-85mm f3.5-4.5 A/I-s, 35-105 3.5-4.5 A/I-s, 200mm f4 Micro A/I, partial list.
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D1N0
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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D1N0 wrote:
| Doc Sharptail wrote: |
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Won an SMC Pentax-M 120mm 2.8.
I now have most focal lengths in the Pentax-m series from 20 to 200mm (if not all lenses since there are different aperture models) Just 85mm still missing. |
Is that a built in retractable hood?
Interesting!
-D.S. |
Yes The 120,135, 150, and 200mm are fitted with a retractable hood.
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Tokina RMC 500mm f8 mirror lens. Amazed how small this thing is, makes my Russian mirror lenses look like dustbins by comparison.
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blotafton
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blotafton wrote:
Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f/1.4 made in Germany. |
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KEO
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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KEO wrote:
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| Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f/1.4 made in Germany. |
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stevemark
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stevemark wrote:
A few MF Nikkors -
* Nikkor-Q 2.8/135mm
* Zoom-Nikkor 3.5-4.5/35-135mm
An interesting Konica:
* Konica Hexanon AR 2.8/24mm "compact" (2nd computation)
A not-so-rare Canon FD, but I didn't have it yet 
* nFD 4.5/75-200mm
A Minolta I didn't have yet:
* Minolta MD-III 4.5-5-6/70-210mm
And a Tokina with a rather good reputation:
* Tokina AT-X 4/100-300mm
A few zooms I already had (but they were included in the bunch):
* Zoom-Nikkor 3.5-4.5/35-105mm
* Zoom-Nikkor 4.5/80-200mm (2nd computation, two copies)
* Minolta MD 4.5/75-200mm
* Canon nFD 4/70-210mm (two copies)
All this stuff hasn't arived yet, so don't expect any comments yet ... And some will have fungus or dirty lenses. A good opportunity to practise servicing zoom lenses ...!
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NikonD
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NikonD wrote:
Nikkor 16/3.5 on its way |
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eggplant
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eggplant wrote:
Lucky me- a Vivitar 200mm f/3.5 AF, one the owner had used in the 1990s. Don't know if one owner from new, but they say it still works with batteries, and the glass is clean. A few body wear marks but the battery chamber is clean and comes with original caps. The wear could be down to sharp edges which crop up on some lenses I own, and are the first to go.
Even if the AF is inaccurate, it will be fun to test against a Tokina RMC 200mm f3.5 I have. And I will stick this lens on a gutted 28mm to sensitively adjust the flange distance and see if AF accuracy could improve. |
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Doc Sharptail
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
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A few MF Nikkors -
* Nikkor-Q 2.8/135mm
* Zoom-Nikkor 3.5-4.5/35-135mm S |
Some of the older nikkors like the Q and QC series do not perform that well at infinity wide open....
which is no reason to get rid of them, or complain.
I have to remind myself of their age, and enjoy using them at their sweet spots- sometimes a bit closer than infinity.
You may be able to get away with 5.6 for infinity with the Q 135mm 2.8. I can with the cheaper f3.5 variant, but it really likes f8.
-D.S.
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35mm f2 O.C. nikkor
50 f2 H nikkor, 50 f 1.4 AI-s, 135 f3.5 Q,
50 f2 K nikkor 2x, 28-85mm f3.5-4.5 A/I-s, 35-105 3.5-4.5 A/I-s, 200mm f4 Micro A/I, partial list.
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Alun Thomas
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Alun Thomas wrote:
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Something unusual swam into my net today from the Goodwill online auction |
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D1N0
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D1N0 wrote:
RMC Tokina 80-200mm 1:4. Cheap find due to some fungus or separation inside. Probably only a problem shooting into bright light. It is creepy but otherwise looking good. Reverse zoom from the 50-200 (zooms out when extending) Hard stop well before the infinity mark but it does reach infinity (in fact I think it overshoots by quite a bit). Probably has been taken apart at some point.
 RMC Tokina 80-200mm 1:4 by The lens profile, on Flickr
 RMC Tokina 80-200mm 1:4 by The lens profile, on Flickr
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calvin83
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calvin83 wrote:
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Something unusual swam into my net today from the Goodwill online auction |
This is one of the lens i want to have a good copy. I have one with rear element badly scratched. 
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KEO
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KEO wrote:
| Doc Sharptail wrote: |
| stevemark wrote: |
A few MF Nikkors -
* Nikkor-Q 2.8/135mm
* Zoom-Nikkor 3.5-4.5/35-135mm S |
Some of the older nikkors like the Q and QC series do not perform that well at infinity wide open....
which is no reason to get rid of them, or complain.
I have to remind myself of their age, and enjoy using them at their sweet spots- sometimes a bit closer than infinity.
You may be able to get away with 5.6 for infinity with the Q 135mm 2.8. I can with the cheaper f3.5 variant, but it really likes f8. |
FWIW, I like my Nikkor-Q 135 2.8 quite a bit. It's an unusual body design with a built-in hood that screws into place. Although there are a lot of 4-element 135s, you don't often see them as fast as 2.8. Maybe I've got an exceptional copy, but I've been very pleased with the image quality. |
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stevemark
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
| Doc Sharptail wrote: |
| stevemark wrote: |
A few MF Nikkors -
* Nikkor-Q 2.8/135mm
* Zoom-Nikkor 3.5-4.5/35-135mm S |
Some of the older nikkors like the Q and QC series do not perform that well at infinity wide open....
which is no reason to get rid of them, or complain.
I have to remind myself of their age, and enjoy using them at their sweet spots- sometimes a bit closer than infinity.
You may be able to get away with 5.6 for infinity with the Q 135mm 2.8. I can with the cheaper f3.5 variant, but it really likes f8.
-D.S. |
Thank you for this information! While I have many 135mm from many manufacturers, the Nikkors up to now were a bit scarce Apart from an AiS 2/135mm, which I have used for years, there was only a Nikkor-Q 3.5/135mm until I got a nice looking (like new) AiS 2.8/135mm a few months ago. Sadly its aperture is stuck wide open, and I still have to clean it ... So the Nikkor-Q 2.8/135mm certainly is a nice addition.
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FWIW, I like my Nikkor-Q 135 2.8 quite a bit. It's an unusual body design with a built-in hood that screws into place. Although there are a lot of 4-element 135s, you don't often see them as fast as 2.8. Maybe I've got an exceptional copy, but I've been very pleased with the image quality. |
The highly regarded Minolta later MC-X and MD-I 2.8/135mm is a [4/4] computation as well, and so is the Konica AR 2.5/135mm. Both these lenses I like quite much, but of course they are not "exceptional" performers.
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Alun Thomas
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:14 am Post subject: |
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Alun Thomas wrote:
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I have been looking for one of these for quite a while - it's a Kaligar 300mm F/5.6 for the MF Fujita 66 camera with 44mm thread mount. It has a semi-automatic aperture the same as the 240mm F4, which fits in front of the shutter button and stops down as you press it, as well as a separate depth of focus lever which does the same function. According to a crop factor calculator, the full frame equivalent would be a 165mm F/3.08 |
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vivaldibow
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vivaldibow wrote:
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(sellers pic)
I have been looking for one of these for quite a while - it's a Kaligar 300mm F/5.6 for the MF Fujita 66 camera with 44mm thread mount. It has a semi-automatic aperture the same as the 240mm F4, which fits in front of the shutter button and stops down as you press it, as well as a separate depth of focus lever which does the same function. According to a crop factor calculator, the full frame equivalent would be a 165mm F/3.08 |
Nice one. I used to look for Kaligar lenses but in end end gave up. Really not too many showed. |
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NikonD
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caspert79
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Sexy lens!
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NikonD
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NikonD wrote:
Sexy and very sharp |
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Manichaean
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Manichaean wrote:
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| Sexy and very sharp |
I got one of those recently in Ai-s version. Not in such perfect shape, but still quite fit. BTW I have noticed that Nikkor lenses are more often come up rather worn, probably due to the system being often used by professionals. May be I'm wrong but it seems that it is easier to find a Minolta in mint condition than a Nikon. |
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