Nikkor-O 2.1cm f/4 article/fix (not safe for home tinkering)

[JDMvW]

I put this here because I think it deserves a wider audience than Nikonistas alone.

 

But it is, to paraphrase "Jay" in the original Men in Black, truly some weird sh*t.

 

LINK Nikkor-O 2.1cm f/4

 

The author repeatedly emphasizes "do not try this at home", a problem for which few are likely to have the opportunity.

 

But for me, as a jackdaw, it is a shiny bauble.:rolleyes:

[conrad_hoffman]

Interesting, but I can't see a single reason to use that lens for anything. Nice shelf queen for the collection, if I were still collecting.

[rodeo_joe1]

And that's why we will probably never see those much anticipated symmetrical and non-retrofocus wide angle lenses for Nikon Z mount cameras. Nor for any other MILC for that matter.

 

Big - yes, heavy - yes, but I'll take Nikon's 14 - 24mm f/2.8 AF zoom over that collection of old bottle-bottoms any day. And get 1.5 times the width of subject in the frame.

[m42dave]

Interesting lens. It looks a bit like the Russar 20mm f/5.6 for Leica screw mount, which was introduced around the same time.

 

Russian 20/5.6 LTM Lens