Used Nikon Lenses (Manual Focus) |
The first Nikon F-mount lenses were what are today termed unofficially NON-AI lenses. NON-AI lenses lacked the ability to inform the camera body of the maximum aperture. So, in fact, the maximum aperture had to be indicated to the meter by setting the lens with the aperture ring set to f/5.6, and then turning the ring to first the minimum and then the maximum. AI lenses introduced technology that eliminated this step.
The AI lenses mechanically indicated the value of the maximum aperture and also included a ridge that encodes the aperture setting relative to maximum aperture. Nikon offered a kit to adapt NON-AI lenses to AI lenses, in their widely-acknowledged consumer-friendly legacy policies.
An enhanced AI-S specification added two mechanical features required for the automatic modes of the FA, N2000, and F4. AI-S lens apertures move linearly. This allowed the aperture to be uniformly controlled via a mechanical protocol and thusly enabled shutter priority capabilities.
These lenses can be used to varying degrees on modern DSLRs. Some offer a great value and perform as well or almost as well as their modern brethren in manual focus mode. |
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Nippon Kogaku/Nikon/Nikkor |
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| Introduced in early 1966, this was Nikon's fastest "normal" lens for the "F".
All dimensions in engineering drawing in mm.
Version 1: Onset SN 184711 Earliest examples were "blue" coated and as time progressed an ... |
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ED glass and Nikon's SIC (Super Integrated Coating) ensures high-contrast pictures, with better color balance even at large apertures. This is one of Nikon's very first lenses to benefit from the ultra-low reflect... |
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| The 80-200mm F4.5 Zoom Nikkor
Nikon's first commercial "true" telephoto zoom design. Previous designs had been "long focus" zooms which are larger, heavier and far more cumbersome and expensive to produce. Refin... |
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| (Version 1) This lens was another triumph in optical design. Introduced a full 17 years after the F1.8, it was every bit of a solid performer but added two thirds of a stop of brightness range. Employing "CRC" floating e... |
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| Introduced in 1977, the 85mm F2.0 was intended to replace the 1/3 stop faster F1.8. It never actually did and the F1.8 was later resurrected. Though by scientific measure it is at least as sharp as the 1.8, it lacks its ... |
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| 105mm f2.8 AIS Micro Nikkor
In April of 1984, with onset serial number 182001, Nikon introduced its arguably best "portrait/micro" to that date. It had "floating element" CRC (Close Range Correction), 9 elements arran... |
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| The 13.5cm/135mm f3.5
Along with the 10.5cm f2.5, the 13.5cm f3.5 was one of only two rangefinder lenses that were directly adopted for normal everyday use on the original "F". Introduced February 1959 along with the ... |
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| The 135mm f2.0
Version 1: Introduced as a non AI lens in early 1976 with Nikon's "new look", it had a built-in retractable hood with its lens data engraved. Braczko asserts that the color depth of field scale w... |
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| 180mm f2.8
Version 1: Serial number onset 312011. Introduced with a non AI mount in the second half of 1970. Matte black finish with a broad hard rubber diamond pattern RIFR; large chrome, easy to grip, mounting grip ri... |
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| 400mm f5.6 ED-IF Nikkor
A NEW LENS DESIGN not just a set of improvements over the existing 400mm f5.6 lenses but a radical set of differentiating improvements in basic lens design. Employs ED (Extra low ... |
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