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Dear Group:
If by chance you have a Nikkor 35mm f1.4 AI lens, (NOT the AI-S version, but the longer throw AI version---starts with 5 meters on the engraved scale, late 70's copy), do you feel a mechanical hysteresis while focusing? It would feel almost like a "click" when going from forward focus, to backward focus, with a slight play.
I have a new old stock (NOS) copy of this lens. I am trying to confirm whether this is typical of its design for that era of copy or if I have a problem. It was the first CRC lens for Nikkor, so I can image that it might have a little play when the focus direction shifts. For me, it is just enough to feel, and frankly I find it a bit irritating.
I have a Nikkor 28mm f2.8 AI and and AI-S copy. Both feel quite exact in focus at all times, even changing focusing directions. So yes, trying to figure out if what I am feeling is specific to the 35mm f1.4 AI copy.
Pete
If by chance you have a Nikkor 35mm f1.4 AI lens, (NOT the AI-S version, but the longer throw AI version---starts with 5 meters on the engraved scale, late 70's copy), do you feel a mechanical hysteresis while focusing? It would feel almost like a "click" when going from forward focus, to backward focus, with a slight play.
I have a new old stock (NOS) copy of this lens. I am trying to confirm whether this is typical of its design for that era of copy or if I have a problem. It was the first CRC lens for Nikkor, so I can image that it might have a little play when the focus direction shifts. For me, it is just enough to feel, and frankly I find it a bit irritating.
I have a Nikkor 28mm f2.8 AI and and AI-S copy. Both feel quite exact in focus at all times, even changing focusing directions. So yes, trying to figure out if what I am feeling is specific to the 35mm f1.4 AI copy.
Pete
