Lenses of Insanity

mloc

Came across these three Nikkor behemoths earlier, they're pretty obscure but can you actually imagine putting them on the front of your camera?


The Fisheye-Nikkor 6mm f/2.8s

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/fisheyes/6mmf28.htm

The Reflex-Nikkor 2000mm f/11

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/reflex/2000mm.htm

and the bazooka like Nikkor 1,200mm

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/telephotos/1200mm.htm

Less mad however is this, the Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/1.2, which I would actually love to have... it's meant to be pretty amazing for low light stuff, although the cheapest i've found one was on eBay for more than 3k.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/speciallenses/55mmnotcnikkor.htm

Anyone else find anything exotic?

311

They're w*nk ,try the leica medium format zoom lenses ,which cost about 20,000 euro a pop.

mloc

ah but does the leica look like a giant glass jellyfish? i think not!

311

You're right ,it could easily pass as an umbrella on the next shower.

Roen

I think Canon used to do a 50mm f1.0, try that for a mental low light set up. Depth of Field how are ya!

Fajitas!

Canon 50mm F/0.95 ftw!

Less than 400 quid too on Ebay!

Roen

Lol hardly.

melekalikimaka

nikon have a 50mm 1.0 too, its one of those ultra rare S lens

Fajitas!

Two examples - Price is higher because of the camera being included...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Classic-Canon-7-RF-camera-with-massive-50mm-f0-95-lens_W0QQitemZ300015423709QQihZ020QQcategoryZ30027QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-7SZ-with-50mm-f-1-0-95-Mint-condition-Rare_W0QQitemZ270017397557QQihZ017QQcategoryZ30027QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I've seen the lens going for a fair bit less on its own.

And Leica have the ever famous nocti...

Roen

Lol I wouldn't have thought it possible. That actually means that the aperure is larger than the focal length of the lens! This gives an actual aperture of 52mm in a lens of focal length 50mm...Spooky!

Fajitas!

Lol, they ARE pretty huge!

heffsarmy

here are some crazy lenes,

5uspect

That shot of the reflex doesn't do it justice. This one puts things in perspective...

Its like a stalkers wet dream.

halenger

The Noct is a very specialist lens. Very, very expensive. It's not specifically to do with the big aperture, it's a lot to do with the lens itself. There was a great link putting it side to side with a 50mm f/1.8 and it was an incredibly difference (particularly the bokeh - night time shots, point lights resolved very 'nicely').

If you're looking for fast then off with you and hunt for a Rodenstock f/0.75 (55mm I think). Then convert it for your mount. Bjorn Rorslett has details of stuff like this on his site, including how to convert it. Well worth a read here:
http://www.naturfotograf.com/need_speed00.html

311

Thats some lens halenger ,everytime you move a millimeter the image completely changes ,mind blowing stuff.

JMcL

halenger wrote:

The Noct is a very specialist lens. Very, very expensive. It's not specifically to do with the big aperture, it's a lot to do with the lens itself. There was a great link putting it side to side with a 50mm f/1.8 and it was an incredibly difference (particularly the bokeh - night time shots, point lights resolved very 'nicely').

If you're looking for fast then off with you and hunt for a Rodenstock f/0.75 (55mm I think). Then convert it for your mount. Bjorn Rorslett has details of stuff like this on his site, including how to convert it. Well worth a read here:
http://www.naturfotograf.com/need_speed00.html

Add to that the 50mm f0.7 lens (linky) that Kubrick used for Barry Lyndon so that he could film candlelit scenes using only candlelight!

Roen

JMcL wrote:

Add to that the 50mm f0.7 lens (linky) that Kubrick used for Barry Lyndon so that he could film candlelit scenes using only candlelight!

Filmed in good old Waterford. Lol I've got a few stories about that.

Fajitas!

Sorry to go thread digging, but this lens defo needs a mention... 220 degree's of vision.

http://www.tbk.de/news/birdeye1.htm

Hope you speak german though...