29 Oct
2012
29 Oct
'12
9 p.m.
At 7:11 PM -0700 10/29/12, Fred Cisin wrote:
An OLD Nikon. But a VERY old Nikon, such as
'S' uses the came lenses as a
Contax rangefinder. Both extremely nice cameras! The Contax is one of
the easier cameras for a left-handed friend to use - Was Emmanuel Golberg
left handed??
For fast 50mm lenses and >75mm lenses, the Nikon S and Contax
Rangefinder lenses are pretty much compatible, but for wide they
aren't
But, in addition to fitting newer Nikons, the early
Nikon F lenses can
also be relatively easy to adapt to OTHER cameras, since the Nikon body
was SO thick. The Mid 1960s 105mm, and the PC ("PERSPECTIVE CONTROL",
not "program Counter nor 5150, nor even Prontor) Nikor 28?mm are
especially fun and useful.
My favorite old Nikkor F lenses are the 135mm f/2.8 and the 55mm
f/3.5 Macro. OTOH, the 80-200mm f/4.5 is an absolute dog on my D300
(I haven't had the time to try it on a 35mm film body since I
inherited two of the lenses).
Zane
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