Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Jim, The 43-86 is a dog, that's period. But there's another nikkor about it I've always heard it was a "true dog" even from pure Nikon aficionados, it's the 55mm f/1.2. I used it with an F, some Agfapan 25 and got a fairly good "noctilux effect".. More flare, that's for sure, but not bad at all...Maybe this number is not a dog At 10:51 01/03/1999 -0800, you wrote: >A very long time ago, in a Galaxy... no sorry... a very long time ago, >while visiting Alpa in Switzerland, they had finished making a few >pre-production Nikkor to Alpa adapters. I was going to be there for a week, >so they gave me one to take out and use. Along with a Nikkor 43-86mm zoom. >They let me keep the adapter, but I happily gave them back the lens. What a >dog! > >Jim > > >At 01:10 PM 3/1/99 -0500, BD wrote: >>Does anyone >>remembers the Nikkor 38-76mm zoom? The one Nikon apologized about because it >>was not a sharp optic. It tested lousy. But still sold in large numbers to >>many PJs and others in the 60s because it offered something they wanted, a >>short zoom! Even if it was not as tack sharp as say the 50mm F1.4 Nikkor, >>they found it usable. >> >>----- >> >>Peter - While I agree with some of what you said in this post about less >>than optimal equipment meeting people's needs for certain purposes, I really >>have to say you're way off on this lens. This lens was a DOG. Woof! Woof! A >>coke bottle in a zoom housing. It mostly sold to "amateurs" who wanted a >>Nikon, wanted a short zoom, and didn't know the difference. PJs who bought >>and used did so at the time because they needed a short zoom and there was >>no alternative. As soon as there was an alternative, this turkey was >>history, and really sad history at that. And, yes, I owned one - and it was >>a bit like having a zoom with a non-removal "soft" filter on it! >> >>B. D. >> > >