thompsonks
Well-known
I was surprised to come across this on the Walnut Creek Camera West Updates list, and one of you might enjoy it as much as I enjoy mine:
LEICA SM 5cm1.4 Nikkor-SC, Cap, Cse 9+ $495.00 WALNUT CREEK
This would be a 'David Douglas Duncan' LTM Nikkor in top condition and well below usual asking price. If you like mid-century rendering/bokeh, BART to WC and check it out? I know Robert, Donald, & others in our group like to shoot wide open with ND filter. Unless someone has 'fixed' it, it would be calibrated for close focus at f1.4 (with typical Sonnar focus shift to about f6.3).
Wide open, it should glow like this –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thompsonkirk/16572264086/
And stopped down it's still a low-contrast lens, so you can retain highlight and shadow detail like this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thompsonkirk/16607016702/
I recently bought one from a local RFFer (for higher price w/ CLA by DAG) and am loving it on Monochrom for BW, & A7 for color.
Kirk
LEICA SM 5cm1.4 Nikkor-SC, Cap, Cse 9+ $495.00 WALNUT CREEK
This would be a 'David Douglas Duncan' LTM Nikkor in top condition and well below usual asking price. If you like mid-century rendering/bokeh, BART to WC and check it out? I know Robert, Donald, & others in our group like to shoot wide open with ND filter. Unless someone has 'fixed' it, it would be calibrated for close focus at f1.4 (with typical Sonnar focus shift to about f6.3).
Wide open, it should glow like this –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thompsonkirk/16572264086/
And stopped down it's still a low-contrast lens, so you can retain highlight and shadow detail like this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thompsonkirk/16607016702/
I recently bought one from a local RFFer (for higher price w/ CLA by DAG) and am loving it on Monochrom for BW, & A7 for color.
Kirk
maddoc
... likes film again.
This sounds to be a very good price, especially given the prices I have seen posted at various auction sites. Didn`t also Robert Frank favor that lens or was it the 5cm 1:1.5 ?
thompsonks
Well-known
I don't know which. Some folks say he also used 8.5cm Nikkor.
I also use a 50 pre-asph Summilux, but they weren't calibrated for closest focus at 1.4 – and BP version is too rare for everyday street-use. For BW I like the even lower contrast and the aberrations ('glow') of the Nikkor.
I also use a 50 pre-asph Summilux, but they weren't calibrated for closest focus at 1.4 – and BP version is too rare for everyday street-use. For BW I like the even lower contrast and the aberrations ('glow') of the Nikkor.