I've fallen for manual focus lenses and I blame all of you!

[RonVol]

Fisky

What's the mounting surface you're using in the shots of the 8mm Erik.
I really like the reflection it's producing

[Erik Lund]

Thanks! Yes they really go well with the fisheye, I can post a few more, I believe it was part of a kitchen appliance,,,

[RonVol]

Thanks! Yes they really go well with the fisheye, I can post a few more, I believe it was part of a kitchen appliance,,,

Do you mean a kitchen appliance as in a bench top of some kind, or an electrical appliance?

[chris dees]

Should be:
10.5 Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-P (Sonnar)
105 Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-P (Sonnar)
105 Nikkor-PC AI-d and chipped (Gauss or more accurately Xenotar)
All the chrome barrel 105s are the older Sonnar design. The Xenotar lenses have a slightly longer barrel are found in the black barrel Nikkor-P, P.C, K, AI and AIS versions.

Ah.. never too old to learn.

[Erik Lund]

Yes I think it was a heat shield from a electrical stove or something like that,,, 

[gryphon1911]

I just cannot get enough of this lens.  Bolted onto the PEN-F today and visited a living historical farm.

[Robert Camfield]

I leave the HN-7, HS-8 and HS-14 hoods in place in the shooting possition at all times and cap them with Tupperware #G Tumbler caps. There is one exception and that's the 105/2.8 AIS Micro when the hood might interfer with light on the subject. I don't like to mess with hoods and I don't like to shoot without them. I don't even reverse the hood on my AF-S 105/2.8G ED-IF VR Micro. My secret fear is Nikon will release a replacement for that lens that is both smaller and apochromatic and I won't be able to afford it.

Dave Hartman

Regarding shades for 105's: Nikon offered a screw-in lens shade for 105 2.5/135 3.5/105 4.0 lenses, referred to as HN-8. The appearance of the HN-8 shade is virtually identical to the HS-8 snap-in shade. Though somewhat difficult to find, the HN-8 resolves the issue of wobble/insecurity. I've acquired 3-4 over the years, and they work well shades.

[Airy]

The HS-4 does not seem to wobble though.

[David H. Hartman]

The HS-4 does not seem to wobble though.

The HS-4 didn't wobble. What I remember is one could bump the hood with your hand or one of the chrome buttons and of it would come. Also if a pretty girls walked by it would jump off of its own volition just to make me look like a fool.

I would remove a screw and increase the tension on the threaded spring part and that helped some but that wasn't a fix. The only reason I'd have one of those old snap on hoods was as a collectable. I would not use one for photography.

Dave

[gryphon1911]

Ok....so I don't "need" any manual focus lenses....and I'm going to get probably both of these eventually.  If you could get one of these right now which would you get first.

Nikon 55mm f/1.2 or the 180/2.8

There is a shop close to me and they have both on the shelf.  I've done some research and have a good haggling price structure setup....just don't know which one to pull the trigger on first.  kind of leaning toward the 55mm first.

[Jack Dahlgren]

I have both of those, and I use the 55mm much more. I just don't have many subjects around that 180mm is useful for. However, I've heard that the 50mm f/1.2 is a better lens than the 55mm, so sometimes I feel I should trade up. I don't feel that way about the 180/2.8 ED.

Buy both and sell the one you don't use!

[gryphon1911]

That is kind of where I was leaning too...They also have some inexpensive 24/2.8 I might pick u pas well...see if I can make a bundle deal of some kind.

Thanks for the response.

[pluton]

Get the 180 if it is the ED version, maybe pass on it if it's the 'regular' 180/2.8.  Extra bonus points for the 180 ED:  It works really well on DX and mirrorless DX.
Get the 55/1.2 if you want to play with the dreamy look wide open. 

[gryphon1911]

I'm going to make it difficult on myself and muck about with both in store. 

[Matthew Currie]

I'm enjoying this thread, but confused by one thing. The assertion has been made that the 105/2.5 is especially suited to the Df, which implies that it is not so well suited to everything else.   If somewhere there is a Nikon camera that does not grab on to this lens like sulfuric acid to a drop of water,  please let me know so I can avoid it.