Old lenses
Apr 30, 2015 12:39:16 #
WOOF wrote:
WOOF here: br br I have some vintage lenses I pur... (show quote)
It is sad the Nikon stopped offering to modify these older lenses, but I can understand why. Have seen some that were modified by Nikon and the machining was excellent and extra mod for AI cameras added extra benefits for future use.
Ron
Apr 30, 2015 15:27:41 #
OldEarl
Loc: Northeast Kansas
Sad story from WWII. After VJ day, my father--he was commanding the airbase at Paiute Field in Texas where they mounted cameras in bombers for both recon and damage photography--got the order to dispose of the remainder of cameras and lenses in stock the base. This involved a ditch and three Caterpillers.
Note: I still shoot film and sometime in the late 80s I gave a home to a couple 50mm lenses made by Zeiss Jena in 1948 or thereabouts. They have an extremely flat field so I tasked them for macro and copy work by putting a Pentax to Nikon adapter on a bellows. Since they had a Praktica screw mount they interchangeable on the bellows which fastens to a Nikon F body. Why 2. At $10 a unit I could afford a spare.
Note: I still shoot film and sometime in the late 80s I gave a home to a couple 50mm lenses made by Zeiss Jena in 1948 or thereabouts. They have an extremely flat field so I tasked them for macro and copy work by putting a Pentax to Nikon adapter on a bellows. Since they had a Praktica screw mount they interchangeable on the bellows which fastens to a Nikon F body. Why 2. At $10 a unit I could afford a spare.
Apr 30, 2015 16:26:29 #
Apr 30, 2015 17:50:40 #
ssymeono wrote:
It is a shame and also a complete waste to discard film lenses. Some of us have found uses for them, especially thanks to Nikon's Df camera. What is the future for millions of these beautiful objects? How about enlarging lenses?
I recently found in one of my cabinets a Nikkor 63mm, f/2.8 in like new condition. Has anyone found a use for enlarging lenses?
I recently found in one of my cabinets a Nikkor 63mm, f/2.8 in like new condition. Has anyone found a use for enlarging lenses?
Yes, they can be used in large format camera's as "lens in barrel" where another shutter system is used, such as in the Old graflex with the focal plane shutter. Some surprising results.
In digital however....???
Apr 30, 2015 20:14:13 #
Thank you all for so much information and interesting discussion. You people are a treasure!
Apr 30, 2015 20:39:29 #
ssymeono wrote:
It is a shame and also a complete waste to discard film lenses. Some of us have found uses for them, especially thanks to Nikon's Df camera. What is the future for millions of these beautiful objects? How about enlarging lenses?
I recently found in one of my cabinets a Nikkor 63mm, f/2.8 in like new condition. Has anyone found a use for enlarging lenses?
I recently found in one of my cabinets a Nikkor 63mm, f/2.8 in like new condition. Has anyone found a use for enlarging lenses?
135mm Wollensak enlarging lens with Pentacon Six bellows on Pentax 645 ......
May 1, 2015 14:30:46 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
ssymeono wrote:
It is a shame and also a complete waste to discard film lenses. Some of us have found uses for them, especially thanks to Nikon's Df camera. What is the future for millions of these beautiful objects? How about enlarging lenses?
I recently found in one of my cabinets a Nikkor 63mm, f/2.8 in like new condition. Has anyone found a use for enlarging lenses?
I recently found in one of my cabinets a Nikkor 63mm, f/2.8 in like new condition. Has anyone found a use for enlarging lenses?
They can be mounted on a bellows for Macro Photography. Their flat field design is excellent for this application. Also for copy work.
May 11, 2015 13:23:37 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
i use nothing but manual lenses on my leica, minolta, nikon, pentax, hasselblad, mamiya rz, linhof 6x9, linhof 4x5 and 5x7 and juwell field camera. all my enlarging lenses, nikkor, minolta/rokkor and zeiss are used on my beseler 23cII and my zone VI 5x7 enlarger, along with the cold light heads.
there is no such thing as "old" lenses. the build quality of manual focusing lenses remains unsurpassed.
there is no such thing as "old" lenses. the build quality of manual focusing lenses remains unsurpassed.
May 12, 2015 10:31:49 #
May 12, 2015 10:47:25 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
mohawk51 wrote:
I didn't even know Nikon made a 63mm lens. Learn something everyday...
nikon made 2 EL-Nikkors; the 63mm f2.8 and the 63mm f3.5 enlarging lenses. both very nice.
May 12, 2015 11:06:31 #
mohawk51
Loc: Texas
wj cody wrote:
nikon made 2 EL-Nikkors; the 63mm f2.8 and the 63mm f3.5 enlarging lenses. both very nice.
Wow...
May 12, 2015 11:16:13 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
mohawk51 wrote:
Wow...
you think that's cool... how about the Apochromatic EL-Nikkor 105mm f5.6? oh yeah!!!! nikon made enlarging lenses in apochromatic formulations up to 480mm. gee, wonder if anyone has one of these babies?
May 13, 2015 10:21:40 #
In his COMPLETE NIKON SYSTEM (2000, pp. 425-6). Peter Braczko lists 57 EL (enlarging) and APO (apochromatic correction) lenses ranging from 30mm all the way to 1780mm!, and even including three EL-zoom lenses (53-80, 45-91, and 77-111). The lens I own is 63mm/2.8 has the serial # 740816. On p. 425 he also lists four Nikkor Macro lenses: 19mm/2.8 (enlarges from 15X-40X), 35mm/4.5 (enlarges from 8X-20X), 65mm/4.5 (enlarges 3.5-10X), and 120mm.6.3 (enlarges from 1.2X-4X). A friend of mine found a set of these four at a yard auction for $100! and bought them for me (people are selling these gorgeous objects as useless/old things). I am missing attachments BR-15 and BR-16 to connect the tiny 19mm and 35mm lenses and the more normal looking 65 and 120 to the bellows or camera.
In case you have never seen them, I attach a picture of the 35mm and 65mm lenses.
In case you have never seen them, I attach a picture of the 35mm and 65mm lenses.
nikkor macro 35mm and 65mm lenses
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