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Nippon Kogaku/Nikon/Nikkor 3.5cm (35mm) f2.5 Rangefinder Lens |
| Do you have a Nippon Kogaku/Nikon/Nikkor 3.5cm (35mm) f2.5 Rangefinder Lens? Repair needed? Or maybe a CLA? |
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| All Chrome In LTM; Leica Screw Mount |
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LN- |
$795.00 |
Supplied with a very fine quality B + W KR3 warming filter. Perfect mechanics and optics. Gorgeous aesthetics. Calibrated in meters. This lens is a singular event. It is simply the sharpest 3.5 cm lens of its era. No lens of that focal length manufactured by Leica, Zeiss or any other maker was as sharp. It was the very best. It was historically significant in that it was unexpected excellence. Purchasers, thinking that, at best, they were obtaining a credible substitute for the lens that they wanted, got the lens that was distinguished by being the very sharpest and finest for its era. This particular lens formulation may also be distinguished by being one of Nikon's longest lived formulations. In a different physical embodiment it lived on as the standard lens for the Nikonos series of cameras, where because its simplicity, excellence and economy it survived for decades. |
NOT FOR SALE |
| Chrome With Black Trim Barrel In LTM; Leica Screw Mount |
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EX++ |
$745.00 |
Nikon's sharpest 3.5cm formulation and hence the very best WA lens formulation available for LTM/SM; sharper than any of the contemporaneously produced Elmars, Summicrons, or Summiluxes; an historical part of what was to become the Nikon legend. |
SOLD |
| Original Version; All Chrome With Smooth Rear Ring; 7 Ounces; Variable F-.Stop Spacing |
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LN |
$595.00 |
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EX++ |
$495.00 |
Perfect optics and mechanics. Only the slightest of cosmetic defects. Completely CLA'd. |
SOLD |
| Second Version; All Chrome With Knurled Rear (Grip) Ring |
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EX++ |
$488.84 |
CLA'd. Perfect optics and mechanics. Very nice cosmetics show only minimal past use. |
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The 3.5cm (35mm) F2.5
This lens was first conceived of and earliest development prototypes were of an F2.7 and F2.8 lens. But, surprisingly the glass curvatures combined with the particular glass formulations available to Nippon Kogaku at the time worked out to obviously good enough corrections to extend the formula to an F2.5 lens. (The seeds may have been sown here for the F1.8) The 3.5cm F2.5 is an amazingly good lens for its time. Some argue that it was, for a very long time, the very best 3.5cm focal length lens available from any supplier. It is that good. this formulation also has extremely low distortion.
On its introduction, at f2.5, it was the brightest lens of its focal length. When Nikon replaced it with the f1.8 as the brightest offering at 3.5cm, in the minds of many Nikon afficienados, it remained its best 3.5cm and possibly the very best 3.5cm available from any manufacturer.
This lens held the reputation for being Nikon's best "35" for a very long time. None of its slr lenses ever did measure up to it in many respects.
| Focal Length (Begin) |
3.5cm (35mm) |
| Type of Lens (mount[s]) |
Nikon Rangefinder Bayonet
Contax
Leica SM |
| Filter Size |
43mm |
| Elements / Groups |
6/4 |
| Coating Type |
Coated |
| F Stop (begin) |
2.5 |
| F Stop (End) |
22 |
| Camera Format Type |
24mm X 36mm
24mm X 34mm |
| Color Scheme(s) |
Black and Chrome
Chrome |
| Date/Event of introduction |
Fall 1952 |
| Focusing System/Method (Lens) |
Conventional Physical Displacement |
| Serial Number Onset Data |
242900 (approximately) |
| Type of Camera |
Rangefinder (mechanical) |
| Aperture Mechanism |
Manual |
| Angle of View |
62 degrees |
| Price on introduction |
139.50 |
| Focusing Range |
3ft (0.9m) to Infinity |
New in box with warranty papers as it came from the dealer Indistinguishable from new but no box or no papers or both Very close to new condition with only subtle signs of use or handling. Extremely nice condition but does show some handling and use but no hard use whatsoever. Excellent condition but shows some wear and use. Perfectly Excellent operating condition but cosmetics leave something to be desired. Usable but has mechanical, optical and cosmetic issues as indicated in individual descriptions Issues as indicated in individual descriptions Very significant conditions as indicated in individual descriptions. The lower end of this range is basically a paperweight that looks something like it might once have taken some pictures.
| ID: {inv_id} - All Chrome in LTM; Leica Screw Mount: {inv_pic_name} | NOT FOR SALE |
| ID: {inv_id} - Chrome with Black Trim Barrel in LTM; Leica Screw Mount: {inv_pic_name} | SOLD |
| ID: {inv_id} - Original Version; All Chrome with Smooth Rear Ring; 7 ounces; Variable F-.Stop Spacing: {inv_pic_name} | Add to Cart |
| ID: {inv_id} - Original Version; All Chrome with Smooth Rear Ring; 7 ounces; Variable F-.Stop Spacing: {inv_pic_name} | SOLD |
| ID: {inv_id} - Second Version; All Chrome with Knurled Rear (Grip) Ring: {inv_pic_name} | Add to Cart |
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