Anybody heard of Nikkor 5.8 cm f 1.4

[shuttergal]

i was told that there was such a lens and now hard to find. one old photographer in Penang told me that it was a special lens and very good. any one here used this lens before and how is it like? if can, please upload some photographs shot by this lens.

my uncle left me his nikon f2 and some lenses, but sadly no 5.8cm only a 50 f 2

[szekiat]

i believe he meant the 58mm (5.8cm) f1.2 Noct which is indeed a very special lens as it is optimized for low light use. Probably retails for a bout $2000 now.

[zac08]

There is a Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-S f=5.8cm f1.4



This is from Nikon Lenses review website.

I believe someone was selling this lens on BnS sometime back.


Cheers,

[szekiat]

oops i stand corrected then......

[shuttergal]

went to the cameras shops @ peninsula, some have not even heard about it at adephi, this shop owner just pretend pretend say he knows but I end up zero.....

tq zac for the website. i really hope to see some shots taken with tis mysterious lens.

[zac08]

Originally Posted by shuttergal went to the cameras shops @ peninsula, some have not even heard about it at adephi, this shop owner just pretend pretend say he knows but I end up zero..... tq zac for the website. i really hope to see some shots taken with tis mysterious lens.

Google it..

I believe there is something on this lens.

Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-S f=5.8cm f1.4

Cheers,

[eclectyx]

Leo Foo's website is always a good place to start for old Nikkor lens info. Now even steadily updating with AF lenses too.

See his page with some info on this lens at: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography...kor/index1.htm
The above page also points to http://home.planet.nl/~nicodijk/standardlens.pdf which has a short history

[zola70]

Originally Posted by shuttergal went to the cameras shops @ peninsula, some have not even heard about it at adephi, this shop owner just pretend pretend say he knows but I end up zero..... tq zac for the website. i really hope to see some shots taken with tis mysterious lens.

See if you can find any sample shots in Pbase Nikon library:

http://www.pbase.com/cameras/nikon

[shuttergal]

uu guys really good, and resourceful! but i canot find any sample photos by this mysterious lens.

[longkangman]

I currently have an 5cm f2 also. And too cannot find any details.

[eclectyx]

Originally Posted by longkangman I currently have an 5cm f2 also. And too cannot find any details.

Nikon's Thousand and One Nights article at http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/port...kkor/n02_e.htm

Leo Foo's page at http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography...1stnikkors.htm says:
5cm f/2 Nikkor-S Auto
7 elements in 6 groups
46 degrees angle of view
Note: later upgraded to a 6 element, 4 group design (reputedly much sharper after upgrade)
$89 list (1965) with body purchase o/w $91.95; $87.95 list (6E/4G) (1967)

[longkangman]

Originally Posted by eclectyx Nikon's Thousand and One Nights article at http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/port...kkor/n02_e.htm

Above url is good and thanks.

[lsisaxon]

Originally Posted by longkangman Above url is good and thanks.

It also explains why Nikon AF28/1.4 is so much more expensive than Sigma 30/1.4. So far, it is very hard to find lenses that performs so well at wide open except Nikkors.

Edit: I think all the articles are all worth a read. It really explains Nikon's philosophy in the lens design. A lot of thought is put into them and I'm utterly impressed!!

One interesting read is the Micro 70-180. They managed to maintain the maximum aperture over the largest magnification all the way to infinity for a particular focal length. There is a table which compares with the other Macro lenses.

[longkangman]

Originally Posted by lsisaxon One interesting read is the Micro 70-180. They managed to maintain the maximum aperture over the largest magnification all the way to infinity for a particular focal length. There is a table which compares with the other Macro lenses.

Heard ppls use it for portraiture shoot with very very good result.

[eclectyx]

Originally Posted by lsisaxon It also explains why Nikon AF28/1.4 is so much more expensive than Sigma 30/1.4. So far, it is very hard to find lenses that performs so well at wide open except Nikkors. Edit: I think all the articles are all worth a read. It really explains Nikon's philosophy in the lens design. A lot of thought is put into them and I'm utterly impressed!!

Yup, they add an article or two every month or every other month. So worth checking regularly. The 28mm f1.4 article was only very recently posted and just saw it when I came to check if there was indeed some info on the 5cm lens as I vaguely recalled. They did at least one complete redesign of the 28mm (with a delay of several years) because the QC dept wasn't satisfied with the image quality.

A bit OT, but since the TS had mentioned "special" and "mysterious" lens quality, the article on the legendary 105mm f2.5 lens gives a big hint as to what makes these lenses so good for portraits. As I understand it, they actually tweak the lens design so that there is actually some spherical/other aberration and curvature of field to get that "snap and pop". So it seems that the OLD lenses mentioned so far in this thread may have that special quality because the design isn't "perfect" but has a balance of aberrations that give that distinctive "look".

[longkangman]

Originally Posted by eclectyx A bit OT, but since the TS had mentioned "special" and "mysterious" lens quality, the article on the legendary 105mm f2.5 lens gives a big hint as to what makes these lenses so good for portraits. As I understand it, they actually tweak the lens design so that there is actually some spherical/other aberration and curvature of field to get that "snap and pop". So it seems that the OLD lenses mentioned so far in this thread may have that special quality because the design isn't "perfect" but has a balance of aberrations that give that distinctive "look".

OT: on

I think that is the P or G series. And not the AI/AIS sold previously.

OT: off

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