The extremely rare nikkor auto lenses belong to the following four:3.5cm/2.8, 5cm/2,
10.5cm/2.5, and 13.5 cm/3.5.They come with nikon's SLR camera F.They only exsited in one year (1959).They have many unique characters from other auto lenses.They are extremely well built like cost out of considering.They have even better optic feeling compared with many newly developed lenses.......
This introduction
is from http://www.cameraquest.com/nftick.htm
"The earliest Nikon F lenses are the four very rare TICK Mark lenses: the 3.5cm/2.8, 5cm/2, 10.5cm/2.5, and 13.5 cm/3.5. Remember the F was Nikon's first SLR -- Nikon was in a learning curve on the early F cameras and lenses. TICK Mark lenses get their name from the fine calibration Marks on the aperture rings, precisely indicating the Marked f/stop. This kind of calibration made sense if the aperture ring has no click stops, but its superfluous with click stopped lenses. As a result, TICK Mark lenses were soon discontinued, creating a rarity for the intent Nikon F collector. To a knowledgeable collector, the earlier the TICK lens, the better -- just like the early F bodies."
Luck enough, I've owned two of the four:5cm and 10.5cm. And also, I have some late version lens of them. So that I can compare the shape, structure and even performance of them.
Today, the comparison will start from their shape and structure.
The left one is tick mark version, where the tick marks is very obvious, and big red "R" differs also from the late version. The biggest difference I think is the quality of white finish: a very shine and smoothy finish can be observed on tick mark lens, whereas the late version exhibit darker feeling.
This is the back photo, where the differece lies in "patent" mark.
The style of fonts has a little difference.
The lagest differnce of structure can be observed here obviously------the number of aperture blades:tick mark lens has 9 round blades, where late version only has 6.This will lead to huge difference in Bokeh image.
Please notice the color of coating. They are similar.
This pic collects my two "tick mark"---10.5(L)and 5(R).
Similar feeling of them
to be continued.....
This introduction
is from http://www.cameraquest.com/nftick.htm
"The earliest Nikon F lenses are the four very rare TICK Mark lenses: the 3.5cm/2.8, 5cm/2, 10.5cm/2.5, and 13.5 cm/3.5. Remember the F was Nikon's first SLR -- Nikon was in a learning curve on the early F cameras and lenses. TICK Mark lenses get their name from the fine calibration Marks on the aperture rings, precisely indicating the Marked f/stop. This kind of calibration made sense if the aperture ring has no click stops, but its superfluous with click stopped lenses. As a result, TICK Mark lenses were soon discontinued, creating a rarity for the intent Nikon F collector. To a knowledgeable collector, the earlier the TICK lens, the better -- just like the early F bodies."
Luck enough, I've owned two of the four:5cm and 10.5cm. And also, I have some late version lens of them. So that I can compare the shape, structure and even performance of them.
Today, the comparison will start from their shape and structure.
The left one is tick mark version, where the tick marks is very obvious, and big red "R" differs also from the late version. The biggest difference I think is the quality of white finish: a very shine and smoothy finish can be observed on tick mark lens, whereas the late version exhibit darker feeling.
This is the back photo, where the differece lies in "patent" mark.
The style of fonts has a little difference.
The lagest differnce of structure can be observed here obviously------the number of aperture blades:tick mark lens has 9 round blades, where late version only has 6.This will lead to huge difference in Bokeh image.
Please notice the color of coating. They are similar.
This pic collects my two "tick mark"---10.5(L)and 5(R).
Similar feeling of them
to be continued.....
