02-26-2016, 07:47 AM
Lens arrived!
<span style="font-size:14px;"> The Nikor-S 55mm F1.2 arrived yesterday.........</span>
<span style="font-size:14px;"> It looks great and the fungus is nothing more than a couple of bits of </span>nothing whatsoever(not fugus but bits) , the glass looks unblemished....it turns smoothly and everything functioned ........with a nice Nikon F metal lens-hood with quick release side buttons, a metal buttoned lens cap and a presentation case.....
Within minutes it was on the cleaned table.......marked the 5.6+ 2/3rds for the cutout.......and using another lens marked the end of it...... removed the bayonet and the aperture ring and starting filing....I used a vernier gauge for measuring the depth and in half an hour it was back together and I was shooting with it. Using aperture mode on the D750 functioned fine, just dial the aperture on the lens and the camera did the rest.
The second image shows my cut out, one of the old meter link threads has been exposed.....yet to be painted......Nikon's official aperture ring had the threads set further back with a longer base to the coupler.
I'm not sure if the infinity is spot on yet, so I will do some tests today as well as some street shots, certainly stopped down it's very sharp will post some shots later.
Cleaning it today.........a link to a utube cleaning video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN_KRIjNoKw
be careful if your like me you'll be whistling that damned tune all day!
This indeed called for a celebration and I have a thick head this morning......paracetamols for breakfast?
<span style="font-size:14px;"> The Nikor-S 55mm F1.2 arrived yesterday.........</span>
<span style="font-size:14px;"> It looks great and the fungus is nothing more than a couple of bits of </span>nothing whatsoever(not fugus but bits) , the glass looks unblemished....it turns smoothly and everything functioned ........with a nice Nikon F metal lens-hood with quick release side buttons, a metal buttoned lens cap and a presentation case.....
Within minutes it was on the cleaned table.......marked the 5.6+ 2/3rds for the cutout.......and using another lens marked the end of it...... removed the bayonet and the aperture ring and starting filing....I used a vernier gauge for measuring the depth and in half an hour it was back together and I was shooting with it. Using aperture mode on the D750 functioned fine, just dial the aperture on the lens and the camera did the rest.
The second image shows my cut out, one of the old meter link threads has been exposed.....yet to be painted......Nikon's official aperture ring had the threads set further back with a longer base to the coupler.
I'm not sure if the infinity is spot on yet, so I will do some tests today as well as some street shots, certainly stopped down it's very sharp will post some shots later.
Cleaning it today.........a link to a utube cleaning video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN_KRIjNoKw
be careful if your like me you'll be whistling that damned tune all day!
This indeed called for a celebration and I have a thick head this morning......paracetamols for breakfast?