Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After Nikon dropped the "P" from the 10.5cm lens and it became the 105, it was no longer the Sonnar design of the rangefinder. Once the AI lens came along it was a completely new telephoto formulation that happened to use the cachet of the old 10.5cm Sonnar from the rangefinder and early F days. Phil Forrest On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:52:30 -0400 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I shot with a 105 2.5 Nikkor last night on my D700 full frame digital > body. I did do some shots before it got dark. > This is the lens which I cut my teeth on in photography it was my > second lens after my 45GN. Optically its famous but I'm sure would > not compare well to anything Leica or Leitz made going back decades. > It was like an old friend. This lens was designed in 1954 for the > Nikon Rangefinder and if its not still in production it has not been > long out of production. Nikon called it a 10.5CM lens. Certain > elements have been tweaked but its the same basic lens the whole run. > It says in my Braczko book the the first Nikon lens to used the 52mm > filter thread. And was later adapted to the slr F system. The > results seem not hurting. I'll post them soon as I have been. > > I like grabbing the F stop ring and changing the f stops. > > I hate the retractable hood I use a short B+W screw in hood. Its > gorgeous. Says "made in Germany" on it conspicuously. And is the best > combination of compactness and functionality. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest