Most Nikkors perform best at f/8.
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Most Nikkors perform best at f/8.
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Opinions on optics are far less reliable than measurements -providing that one can measure what matters.
I for one, like resolution and contrast which requires less stray light and reflections. The more recent Leitz products (labelled Leica) usually qualifies. Some of their pre millelnium products such as the M-50/2, the R-macro 60/2,8 and R-100/2,8 do well. .Some ancient Nikon stuff is also reasonably good. The oldest design I have is the UW 35/2,5 from rangefinder times with more recent multicoating. That one resides on my NIkonos for use on days with exttreme weather.
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I for one, like resolution and contrast which requires less stray light and reflections. The more recent Leitz products (labelled Leica) usually qualifies. Some of their pre millelnium products such as the M-50/2, the R-macro 60/2,8 and R-100/2,8 do well. .Some ancient Nikon stuff is also reasonably good. The oldest design I have is the UW 35/2,5 from rangefinder times with more recent multicoating. That one resides on my NIkonos for use on days with exttreme weather.
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I do not have such a narrow opinion of Nikkors' perfomance. I have found that the preform well at any f/stop.
Taken with my Nikon S2 and 50 1.4
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The Leica M Summicron 50 f2 is considered the standard by which all other 50's are measured. I'll match my Leica M Summilux 75 F1.4 against any medium-length lens.
Nikon don't make glass, cameras and lenses yes, but not glass. The specialist optical glasses are mostly made by Pilkington, then blended by Hoya for Japanese lenses.
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Yes they do…!
They buy (or bought) in the specialist glasses needed to blend optical glass. So a pedantic point
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They buy (or bought) in the specialist glasses needed to blend optical glass. So a pedantic point
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They buy (or bought) in the specialist glasses needed to blend optical glass. So a pedantic point
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It says, “Makes their own glass “…!
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Maybe it should read “makes their own optical glass” from bought glass stock…?
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I know that they have the ability to formulate their own optics, and have done so since the early days of the Japanese photo industry, which is where they got their start.
Yet this wasn't always true. In fact, the very Nikkor I laud so much on this forum was chosen by Leitz to be the lens they used to model the first series of modern Summicrons.
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It should be called a Summikon...!
Or... make their own lens elements from raw optical glass stock that they buy from a supplier that they thouroughly inspect and closely scrutinize. That's how I've always understood it.
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I congratulate Nikon for its dedication...!
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Now that you/Photrio congratulates them, I'm sure that they can finally rest easy.
Rest assured...!
Out of curiosity, where does this information come from? It hardly seems the kind of thing Leica would voluntarily admit.
A magazine article in the '70's that also discussed the fact that Leitz favored using several Minolta lens designs as their own.
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