I realized I'd forgotten to process images from a couple of days ago... busy day with photos. Not bad with abundant time on my hands. I did spend some time with Ken in Portland on Facetime and as you'd expect, the subject of lenses came up. Photography... a refuge in troubled times...
Here are a few more taken with the 80-200 f/4.5 AI with the PK-13 attached. Today I'll need to find a different lens, just to keep myself engaged.
CGrindahl wrote:
I'm very fond of the 105 f/2.5P enough so that after shooting with a fair condition copy of the lens that had Nikon AI conversion kit, I bought a second, mint copy and swapped aperture rings. My first manual focus Nikon lens was the venerable 105 f/2.5 AI-s and it is a great lens, but as my kit building continued I learned to love the earlier lenses. So long as you can mount the lens, it doesn't really matter which version you buy since they can all be a joy to use.
I ended up getting the Auto-P as well as an AI-S that showed up locally.
I'd say for sharpness they seem identical though the contrast behaviour is slightly different. The single coated P is a bit smoother whereas the AI-S draws bolder shadows in strict AB comparisons, seemingly regardless of the angle to the light.
Subjectively the P feels nicer in hand. I like the longer focus throw, I like the scalloped metal focus ring. The sliding hood is a nice benefit for the AI-S.
I prefer the P so far. Both are certainly excellent.
Very nice Solaire. Perhaps you're aware there are two versions of the 105 2.5 P with different optical designs. Here is an old photo that shows the different 105mm manual focus lenses...
On the right is my first manual focus lens, the 105 f/2.5 AI-s. Next to it is the second P lens with the same optical design as the AI-s but it has curved aperture blades rather than straight blades. Next to it is the original P lens, the Sonnar design that was replaced in later lenses by the Gauss design. Here is an article comparing the two lenses...
They have a number of databases... here is the one with lens specifications. They have one for serial numbers as well. We've learned over time how to identify the many lens versions as we experiment with them. It took me quite some time to begin exploring the earlier lenses. I came to this with the judgment that the latest must be the best, but a few folks brought older lenses to the thread and that piqued my interest. I discovered that the older lenses not only have their own charm, but they a fully made of metal... beautifully crafted lenses.
The far left is the 105 f/1.8 AI-s, a different breed of fish.
In reality, the second version of the P, the one you're using, is the one that gets the least attention. Clearly there is nothing wrong with the lens and in reality the longer focus throw would make it a better lens with tubes... but the first P has an even longer throw.
Glad you're playing with us. We've had a few friends from Sweden including Kristian who is with us now. Enjoy yourself and stay safe.
Alas, I leave rangefinder gear alone... trusting that you and George, as well as a few others who might be interested EITHER is processing film, or mounting these lenses on cameras that will accept them... But I'm delighted you are having fun with them and that you share the work you do with them.
I thought I'd shoot with the 135 f/2.8 K AI this afternoon with an extension tube mounted, but I arrived at a nearby cemetery and realized there was nothing there that lent itself to doing close work. I removed the tube and did a bit of shooting...
The Barney family... if I read this correctly, Sophia married A.I. and they had six children... Alexander came first, his mother 23 years old. He lived for 20 years. Jerome arrived two years later and he lived for 42 years. John arrived three years after Jerome and he lived 73 years. Charles arrived when his mother was 32 years old and he lived for 78 years until shortly after the end of World War I. The first girl, Ruthie Anne arrived when her mother was 36 years old. She lived for 71 years. The last child, Sophia Maria arrived when her mother was 38 years old. She lived for nine months.
For the fun of it I did a search on A.I. Barney and found this...
Judge Al Jerome Barney
death:
as a result of burns suffered when his clothing accidentally caught fire.
He was survived by two sons and a daughter
"Ai" Barney began his career as a teacher at age nineteen. He continued to study and qualified as a medical practioner; he followed that pursuit until he was 25 years old. He settled in Frederick, Maryland where he was a Justice of the Peace from 1832 to 1842. He was elected county surveyor in 1844 and served in that capacity until he left for California in 1849. He joined up with several other men and they formed the Baltimore and Frederick Trading and Milling Company; Barney was elected vice president. In April of 1849, the men sailed to the Isthmus of Panama aboard the schooner, Creole, and there chartered a brig, Corbiene, for San Francisco, arriving in the Fall of the year (one source says Sept. 10; another says Nov. 10). They had shipped mill machinery ahead of them, and after arriving in Marin County they built a saw mill in Baltimore Canyon. They also started a trading post. A short time later the store was discontinued and the mill sold to Benjamin Buckelew. Barney did a little mining in the Stockton area, and returned to Marin. In 1850, he gave farmer as his occupation; he served as Marin County’s second judge for seven years, the first judge having resigned after four months on the job. In 1858 he opened a butcher shop with Elisha Dubois. In 1861, he and his son, Jerome, began this county’s first newspaper, the Marin
Journal. The paper was sold in 1872 to S. F. Barstow....Show more →
CGrindahl wrote:
I thought I'd shoot with the 135 f/2.8 K AI this afternoon with an extension tube mounted, but I arrived at a nearby cemetery and realized there was nothing there that lent itself to doing close work. I removed the tube and did a bit of shooting...
The Barney family... if I read this correctly, Sophia married A.I. and they had six children... Alexander came first, his mother 23 years old. He lived for 20 years. Jerome arrived two years later and he lived for 42 years. John arrived three years after Jerome and he lived 73 years. Charles arrived when his mother was 32 years old and he lived for 78 years until shortly after the end of World War I. The first girl, Ruthie Anne arrived when her mother was 36 years old. She lived for 71 years. The last child, Sophia Maria arrived when her mother was 38 years old. She lived for nine months.
For the fun of it I did a search on A.I. Barney and found this...
CGrindahl wrote:
I thought I'd shoot with the 135 f/2.8 K AI this afternoon with an extension tube mounted, but I arrived at a nearby cemetery and realized there was nothing there that lent itself to doing close work. I removed the tube and did a bit of shooting...
The Barney family... if I read this correctly, Sophia married A.I. and they had six children... Alexander came first, his mother 23 years old. He lived for 20 years. Jerome arrived two years later and he lived for 42 years. John arrived three years after Jerome and he lived 73 years. Charles arrived when his mother was 32 years old and he lived for 78 years until shortly after the end of World War I. The first girl, Ruthie Anne arrived when her mother was 36 years old. She lived for 71 years. The last child, Sophia Maria arrived when her mother was 38 years old. She lived for nine months.
For the fun of it I did a search on A.I. Barney and found this...
