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sebboh wrote:
just too clarify – the nikkor 105/2.5 ltm is a different beast than the pre AI 105/2.5. the ltm costs around $100-$400 more these days (depending on condition, cosmetic style, and seller). optically the ltm version is the same as certain early versions of F mount but the design changed at from a sonnar to a double gauss at some point prior to the AI versions release. i'd have to look up exactly when that transition took place.
Sorry, yes, of course you are right. The ltm completely different and is more desirable than my early F-mount version, to which I was referring in my post, but if I am not mistaken (please correct me), they share the same optical formula.
Pre 1971 by most accounts, the optical formula F mount was a sonnar...
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#105
These pages also shed some light...
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-139753.html
http://www.dantestella.com/technical/nikoleic.html
I seem to have the early 5/3 Sonnar, it says nikkor p-auto 10.5. Photos for reference and size on N7.
IMG_2450 by artistwithlight, on Flickr
IMG_2451 by artistwithlight, on Flickr
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