Lens "porn" with the Df: The 105 mm Nikkors. Part 2

[Wannabebetter]

I am duly impressed with the images produced by that 105 mounted on the Df. Moreover, I would die a happy man if only I could spend the remainder of my years living on that houseboat on the water.

[Luc]

Df + 105mm f2.5

[Hugh_3170]

Lovely image Luc.

(It is really nice to see a young man reading printed matter - without his head buried in a bloody cell phone!  )

[Luc]

Thanks Hugh. And I agree upon the reading.

[Michael Hopferwieser]

Sad Thoughts.

[toups]

A little late to the party and I don't have a Df, but I do have a 105 mm f/2.5 pre-AI lens that I have been found very enjoyable. 

I purchased it for a fair price, but it wouldn't focus properly, one of the helicoids was jammed.  Thanks to Richard Haw's website, I was able to disassemble and get it back together again and working quite nicely.  I AI modded it for use with a D50 and D70 that I had at the time and added a Dandelion chip.  Since then I acquired a D610.

I have two pre-AI lenses I modified, but this is the only one with the metal scalloped focus ring. It's a shame they didn't keep the metal focus rings and moved to the plastic/rubber rings. 

This is the 6 aperture blade variant with a min aperture of f/22.

[Fons Baerken]

A little late to the party and I don't have a Df, but I do have a 105 mm f/2.5 pre-AI lens that I have been found very enjoyable. 

I purchased it for a fair price, but it wouldn't focus properly, one of the helicoids was jammed.  Thanks to Richard Haw's website, I was able to disassemble and get it back together again and working quite nicely.  I AI modded it for use with a D50 and D70 that I had at the time and added a Dandelion chip.  Since then I acquired a D610.

I have two pre-AI lenses I modified, but this is the only one with the metal scalloped focus ring. It's a shame they didn't keep the metal focus rings and moved to the plastic/rubber rings. 

This is the 6 aperture blade variant with a min aperture of f/22.

Well done! Happy shooting!

[toups]

Thanks.  As you can see, 2 screws are now "missing" and need to be replaced.  Basically the heads were destroyed when trying to remove them.  Tried all the normal tricks (heat, solvent) without luck.  I believe I ended up having to drill the head off of one. Since these are straight slot versions, the need for a JIS screwdriver wasn't involved.