Nikon's Summicron killer

[richardHaw]

https://richardhaw.com/2020/02/23/review-nikkor-s-50mm-f-1-4-millennium/

one day...i will have the money to buy the Olympic!

[Birna Rørslett]

Oh yes, that one. I have made a focusing mount for it for the Z.

[Akira]

As a standard lens shooter, the Olympic Nikkor (original or receated) is THE dream lens for me.  I haven't even seen any images taken with the lens (maybe I just didn't aware?).

A big thank-you, Rick, for sharing!

[Birna Rørslett]

Akira: Here you can see an image recently taken with the Olympia 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor (on Z6).

[Akira]

Akira: Here you can see an image recently taken with the Olympia 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor (on Z6).

Thank you, Birna!  It's amazing to see the main motif sharply separated.  (Even assuming that the post processing helped as well?)

[Birna Rørslett]

The Olympic has a very natural, smooth transition between in- and out-of-focus areas

[John Geerts]

Very interesting article Rick,  Thanks for posting. 

I was wondering, how does it compare to the first f/1.4 Nikon F, the 5.8cm ?

[Thomas Stellwag]

thanks a lot for this article Rick

[Akira]

Rick, it may be a nitpick, but you might mean Summilux killer rather than a Summicron killer?   

[Erik Lund]

Indeed, Leica is calling the f/1.4 lenses Summilux  Summicron is f/2.0

[JJChan]

Hi Rick - thank you for posting this.
I too have this millennium lens and use it on an Amadeo adapter on Leica M. I use that on a helicoid M to Z adaptor to focus closer than 0.7m.

I found it online at a reasonable price. I was about to post some pictures but your article tells the story much better than I could ever do. Thanks also for the photos from the Ghibli museum.

Keep up the good work!
JJ

[richardHaw]

Yes, it is the Summilux!

if you guys have any photos taken by the Olympic and you would like me to share them in the blog please let me know

i like this little lens a lot

[Birna Rørslett]

I'll start with showing my DIY adapter for the Olympia 50/1.4  for my Z cameras. Here seen on a Z50. My plans initially were for using my old rangefinder lenses on a Sony A7-series, but I did take an instant dislike to the camera and its haptics. Thus moving over to adaptions for the Z ecosystem only was logical. I did have a nice Amedeo focusing adapter for 5 cm Nikkors to the Sony E mount which I managed to recast as a Nik(RF)-Z adapter. I availed myself of an original factory Z mount, a Dremel, epoxy glue, some odd screws, and a bit of black shoestring in the making of this new adapter. Works like a charm.

[Birna Rørslett]

The "first day of spring" captured with the 50mm f/1.4 Olympic, Z50.

[Birna Rørslett]

Another early morning snapshot. I didn't focus the lens as the moment was fleeting, but by sheer luck focus wasn't that far off.

Again Z50 with the Olympia Nikkor.