asiostygius wrote:
Oh no Chuong, this is a horrible lens, nothing more than a paper weight. I can do you a favour buying it right now
Kidding apart, superb samples Chuong. This is one of my last, if not the last lens to buy before giving up to NMFAS! No lucky finding a good copy. Anyway, any day you need to sell this beauty, please consider your old friend!
For......
D810 + PK11 (8mm) tube + Nikkor UD 20mm f/3.5F ai'd + tripod + built in flash + diffuser; ISO 1600, f5.6 at 1/80s
gbohannon wrote:
Well Rafael, I didn't take my own advice or learn from your past lens adventures.
I wanted to test and see how the medium format Nikkors made for Bronica would hold up on the GFX compared to the Nikkor F primes that cover the sensor.
So I found a 13.5cm f/3.5 Bronica S Nikkor on eBay and was going to compare it to the 135mm f/2 F mount. Advertised as free of fungus, a few scratches etc... Only $50 so good for a test.
After 2 weeks sitting at the USPS distribution center 25 miles from my house and 2 inquiries and a call to consumer affairs at that center, it finally arrived today. That should have been a sign.
The aperture blades are frozen. Not sticky, but frozen solid. No movement at all.
And the seller was a US camera shop too, not an individual. I am done with eBay.
great lens the 85mm 1.4, best lens at 1.4 I have experienced, sharp contrasty, this copy is just beautiful, perfect like new.....
EXCEPT... it does not focus to infinity, surely it was cleaned and they assembled the rear CRC wrong.
Back to Japan it goes...... at the sellers cost.
As I am intent on getting an 85mm 1.4, I bought this darkly presented copy with a few minor paint scratches, less than half the price, it has good potential of being an excellent copy once cleaned up, few paint scratches polished away. Otherwise, seller takes returns.
gbohannon wrote:
It has been quite a while since I bought out of Japan and my experience was always positive there. I looked there too for this lens, but shipping costs were almost what I paid for this lens and would take a month to get here due to what I am assuming is covid related shipping delays. In hind sight, if it would have been a working lens, maybe it would have been worth the added shipping costs.
So may look later this winter. Never say never, right?
Edit: but then you see listings like this....
N-Mint Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-H 5cm F/3.5 for Bronica S2 EC from Japan
EX+++ on the optics
EX+++ ? Read the details and find this...
There is fungus on the lens, it maybe affect shooting in some situations.
There is scratches on the lens, it maybe affect shooting in some situations.
I’m surprised they didn’t see that it would not reach infinity. That is a pretty big thing to miss. I bought one last week that had an oily aperture. I didn’t catch the separation point on the CRC unit exactly. From my experience there it only appears that one engagement point will work. One helical thread off in either direction will not work. One thread early and the CRC bottoms out before infinity. Just one set screw on the front barrel to take out the objective.
I’m also surprised you didn’t already have one of these.
Hopefully better luck with the next one.
rafaelcasd wrote:
To reinforce this reality George, my top price, top tier, perfect looking 85mm 1.4 came in from Japan.
great lens the 85mm 1.4, best lens at 1.4 I have experienced, sharp contrasty, this copy is just beautiful, perfect like new.....
EXCEPT... it does not focus to infinity, surely it was cleaned and they assembled the rear CRC wrong.
Back to Japan it goes...... at the sellers cost.
As I am intent on getting an 85mm 1.4, I bought this darkly presented copy with a few minor paint scratches, less than half the price, it has good potential of being an excellent copy once cleaned up, few paint scratches polished away. Otherwise, seller takes returns.
This lens is likely an easy fix. But having paid top price, I am not touching it. I bought another for half the price and the cheaper one I will pull apart and clean if need be.
jpelt78 wrote:
I’m surprised they didn’t see that it would not reach infinity. That is a pretty big thing to miss. I bought one last week that had an oily aperture. I didn’t catch the separation point on the CRC unit exactly. From my experience there it only appears that one engagement point will work. One helical thread off in either direction will not work. One thread early and the CRC bottoms out before infinity. Just one set screw on the front barrel to take out the objective.
I’m also surprised you didn’t already have one of these.
No Rafael, I would prefer the QD·C Auto version.
And also I prefer to make my own ai conversion (or no conversion at all because Z cameras), preserving the scalloped aperture ring.
Jose.
Placing some fall pics taken in Missouri a few weeks ago!
I've been on the lookout for skittish "Ollie" who showed up early this morning and was basking in the sun. Took off while I was getting the camera. Obvious he has had no interactions with humans yet since he still fears us! Will keep you posted!
I watched an interesting if lengthy Photo Pills webinar on pp Landscapes last evening and was interested to see how simply the author processed some images - on or two sliders in lightroom. I've shared it below for interest.
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I revisited one of my old images shot with the 28 3.5 PC lens of the lighthouse at Cape St Francis, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Very simple adjustments in DxO Photolab 4 and PSE 12
