Subtle

[Slider]

Picked up an old Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 off ebay for a pitance and thought I'd have a play with the extension tubes with it.

The lens is fully manual (aperture and focus) but it is now the fastest lens I have and may come in handy in low light where flash is inappropriate.

This shot was taken in quite a dark area of the grevillea. I thought the very limited DOF gave a nice subtle and pastel feel.

Iso 200
1/160s @ f/1.4

[Dargan]

MArk, Lovely colour. Did the extension tubes come with the deal? Are they Kenko or Nikkor? The depth of field is the issue with these shots though. Fiddling with the PB6 I faced even worse depth of field challenges. I am thinking of the R1 package for it to allow smaller aperture and more depth.

[sirhc55]

Very nice Mark - is that the 50mm f/1.4 Ais

[Slider]

MArk, Lovely colour. Did the extension tubes come with the deal? Are they Kenko or Nikkor?

Thanks Michael. I already had the tubes which are "Glanz Triplus"

Very nice Mark - is that the 50mm f/1.4 Ais

Thanks Chris. This is the lens. It does seem a bit tight (the aperture ring is seems to touch the camera) when fitted direct to the camera but fits easily onto the extension tubes. Have to work on that.

[sirhc55]

That is the earlier S model - they came in two forms - fine aperture ring or ribbed. Serial # 403283 would have been made between 1964 and 1966 and comes within the range 396566 and 454363.

[gstark]

Mark,

That is sweet. Pre AI even.

Our pre-AI 55 micro is also tight, but ....

[Slider]

Thanks for the info Chris. One of the reasons I chose Nikon over Canon was the ability to use older lenses and this sure backs up that decision

Mark,

That is sweet. Pre AI even.

Our pre-AI 55 micro is also tight, but ....

Gary,

The aperture ring is almost impossible to move with the lens mounted to the camera. Any workaround you know of? I thought about having a few thou shaved off where it comes in contact with the body.

[gstark]

Mark,

Sorry, no. We just deal with it.

[Slider]

I guess for $57.00 I can live with a few limitations

[Finch]

Mark,

It may be an old lens but it still takes sharp pics. You scored a bargain there, mate

Cheers

Michael

[SteveGriffin]

Mark,
I may on the wrong track here but I think that if you use a pk-11a extention you will find that the you will get around the aperture ring binding issues.

There have been a few bargains on ebay recently. I scored a PB-6 bellows and PS-6 slide copying adaptor for $175 a couple of weeks ago out of Alaska. Looks like it had never been out of the box. Looking for a lens with a bit more length than the Nikkor 60 now.

[Slider]

Thanks Steve. I'll look into that. Though, it does seem to focus OK when on the camera so I would think any extension would present problems focusing at infinity. Worth a look though

[Dargan]

Makes me wonder if this 50mm 1.4 is a sharper lens than the later digital 50mm 1.4? It looks better built.

[Slider]

Michael, it is very solid. I haven't really had a chance to have a play on camera with no extension tubes but when I do I will post the results.

[DionM]

Thanks for the info Chris. One of the reasons I chose Nikon over Canon was so when my photos came out bad I could blame the equipment

Very nice shot Mark. Definately subtle and has appeal on many levels.