{"id":17734,"date":"2012-05-11T04:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=17734"},"modified":"2012-05-10T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T04:27:00","slug":"a-few-from-the-50mm-f1-4-nikkor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/05\/11\/a-few-from-the-50mm-f1-4-nikkor\/","title":{"rendered":"A few from the 50mm f\/1.4 Nikkor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>A bargain classic lens.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Nikkor-S 50mm, f\/1.4 lens I own dates from 1968 and needs no excuses.  After adding a <a href=http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/03\/17\/adding-a-cpu-to-mf-nikkor-lenses-part-ii\/ target=_blank>CPU<\/a> and adjusting the <a href=http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/05\/10\/adjusting-the-cpu-focus-point-in-mf-nikkor-lenses\/ target=_blank>LED focus confirmation light<\/a> for critical focus accuracy at closer distances wide open, the results are a wonderful thing to behold.  Contrast is high, definition outstanding and the chunky lens balances well on the large D700 body.  I use a period Nikon HS-9 hood on mine which helps out with the lens&#8217;s modest single anti-reflection coating.  But, really, no excuses need be made.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/50_1.4_1.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Electrifying, like the lens.  At f\/1.4.  D700.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/50_1.4_2.jpg\" width=\"814\" height=\"546\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Whale time.  Same gear.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/50_1.4_3.jpg\" width=\"814\" height=\"597\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Pretzels, Churros, Corn Dogs &#8230;. and sugared water.  A highly disciplined display. Same gear.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/50_1.4_4.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Pier 39.  Same gear.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/50_1.4_5.jpg\" width=\"814\" height=\"546\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>At the mechanical toy museum.  At f\/1.4.  Same gear.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/50_1.4_6.jpg\" width=\"814\" height=\"546\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Marie.  Same gear.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/50_1.4_7.jpg\" width=\"814\" height=\"546\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Four.  In the style of <a href=http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2006\/09\/04\/keld-rediscovered\/ target=_blank>Keld Helmer-Petersen<\/a>.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/50_1.4_8.jpg\" width=\"814\" height=\"546\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Chef and Waiter, at <a href=http:\/\/www.scomas.com\/ target=_blank>Scoma&#8217;s Seafood Restaurant<\/a>.  Same gear.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>All snapped a couple of days ago around Fishermen&#8217;s Wharf, San Francisco.  If you go to the north end where the fishing boats are moored you will find the authentic Fishermen&#8217;s Wharf rather than the awful tourist trap down the road at the end of the Embarcadero.  There are a couple of really good seafood restaurants among the boats and Scoma&#8217;s (last snap above) is one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bargain classic lens. The Nikkor-S 50mm, f\/1.4 lens I own dates from 1968 and needs no excuses. After adding a CPU and adjusting the LED focus confirmation light for critical focus accuracy at closer distances wide open, the results are a wonderful thing to behold. Contrast is high, definition outstanding and the chunky lens &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/05\/11\/a-few-from-the-50mm-f1-4-nikkor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A few from the 50mm f\/1.4 Nikkor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nikon-lenses","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17734"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17741,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734\/revisions\/17741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}