Let's see Your Nikon Rangefinders!

[shambrick007]

My S3 is in the mail and I can hardly wait (the price was good so hopefully it's

not a junker - no pix of it on KEH.com), so let's see what you guys have! <p>

 

...Oh yeah, pictures that you may actually taken w/them are welcome too ;-)

[al_kaplan1]

Hi Sheldon. The 50mm f/2 is a nice lens and the f/1.4 is as good as the Leica pre-asheric Summilux. The 50 f/3.5 was considered the sharpest normal on the planet back then. The 105/2.5 was a very popular portrait lens with good sharpness and very smooth bokeh. I still get a lot of use out of my 85mm f/2 (Leica mount). It's damned sharp even wide open. The wide angles were probably a shade below Leitz and Canon lenses of the day. The S3 body was popular with news photographers. Here's one (scroll down a bit) probably with the 85/2 wide open: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BXjB

Sorry, I have no pix of Nikon rangefinder cameras.

[frank.schifano]

If it's from KEH, it's not a junker unless they advertised it as such.

[connealy]

I have a portfolio of photos <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=219679" target="new">here</a> shot with a Nikon S in NYC in about 1967. Wish I still had the camera.

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=219679" target="new"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/868200-sm.jpg"></a>

[mskovacs]

<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/506013205_32f852c477_o.jpg">

 

<p>Nikon S, 35/2.5 W-Nikkor C, Provia 100F

 

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[shambrick007]

Great shots Mike C and Mike K. Mike K, what did you scan those with? They are so clean, they almost look like digital captures.

[todd frederick]

Beautiful photos and beautiful camera pictured.

 

Isn't it interesting that even when we take photographs with a glorious vintage film camera we must still work with some form of digital imaging to get them on the internet! (^U^)

[mskovacs]

Nikon Coolscan III

[david_m]

Beautiful shots and very good scans.

[connealy]

If I had been smart five years ago I would have found a Nikon S when they could still have been had at a reasonable price an sent it on to Kovacs for a CLA. My only consolation now is that my Kiev IIa is a pretty good approximation, and likely has more potential than I am likely to realize as a photographer.

[gib]

Mike, a lot of people would like to catch up to you, that is, your current state of photography.

[dave_reichert1]

Not for sale...<div></div>

[dave_reichert1]

Shot with the S2.<div></div>

[dave_reichert1]

Nice shots Mike!

 

I once had an S, but I never really got along with the winder, and the 24 x 34 format just

didn't feel right to me, so I sold it. I never really missed it, but I wish I hadn't sold my 85/2

along with it. At the time, lenses for my F2 were more dear to me. Live and learn...

[johnnycake_.1]

A pretty camera ---><div></div>

[shambrick007]

Dave, that shot kicks a$$!

[mskovacs]

Thanks William. By the way, those shots are of Stratford Ontario. (you're a Canadian too I recall)

 

Dave, nice composition and tonality in that shot.

 

Mike: the S price isn't too bad but most of the lenses will kill you. I am not a huge fan of the Nikon S viewfinder which is tiny and dim with a fairly small RF patch. The S2/S3/SP would be much nicer. I think the Contax II (& Kiev) viewfinder is better IMO.

[connealy]

George Eastman House has a nice page of <a href="http://www.geh.org/fm/nikon/htmlsrc/nikon_sld00001.html" target="new">Selected Nikon Cameras</a>. Clicking the thumbnail images brings up pages with features, production dates, serial numbers, etc.