The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8

This lens was never upgraded to AI standard although conversion kits were available for a few years after it was discontinued. Nikon made this lens from 1964 until 1975 and then inexplicably replaced it with a lens more-or-less universally agreed to be its inferior. The construction quality, fit and finish of this lens is exquisite. Nothing like this is made now and even the current lens offerings will mostly be gone before this lens breaks. It was a lens like this that David Hemmings used to photograph Veruschka in the studio scenes of the 1966 film ‘Blow-Up’. You can appreciate therefore that owning a lens like this will enhance your style credentials as well as instantly make you a better photographer.

Bien sûr. They met outside the front door of the Old Rectory, a Regency building in need of renovation. He had passed her earlier in his car as she walked up the lane a short distance from the bus stop. He made no reference to that; perhaps he had not noticed her in the fine mist enveloping the landscape. She said nothing either. He said this was unofficial. His mate who worked for the agent handling the sale had lent him the key the previous night. He unlocked the door and led her to a large reception room with dustcovers over the furniture. He extracted a couple of chairs and draped his jacket over one of them. He said he would not take long to set up, and placed his camera on the edge of a large table mostly covered by more dustsheets. He indicated the second chair. ‘You can put your clothes on that,’ he instructed. A small cloud of condensation formed in the air by his face as the words left his mouth. It seemed colder inside than out, she thought. He was precise in directing her in the poses he wanted by the window at the end of the room. They worked quickly as the morning light grew stronger. At one point he said he needed to fetch a reflector from the car. He retrieved his coat and put it round her shoulders. ‘Shan’t be long,’ he told her. She shivered whilst waiting for his return with a flimsy-looking contraption which he quickly put in place. She took off his jacket and replaced it on the chair. He took a few more pictures but by now the cold air on her skin was having an effect beyond her control. He announced he had all he wanted. She got dressed while he packed his stuff away. He restored the two chairs to where they had been underneath the dustsheets and indicated that they should now leave. Outside he locked the door and took an envelope from his coat pocket which he passed to her without a word. In a moment he had started his car and left the grounds. She counted the cash inside the envelope before stuffing it into her handbag. On her walk back to the bus stop she again felt the surface of the badly made road through the worn soles of her shoes. She thought the shoeshop would be open by the time she got back to town. There was a rather nice three-quarter length wool coat in Frobisher’s; maybe she could afford that too.

Nikon D700 made sometime between 2008-2012, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens from 1971. 250 ISO; 1/125th; f/4.

Detail from a letter card. These innovative Post Office products spared you from buying stationery and being expected to write at length, because being the same in size as just two postcards you soon ran out of space. '3d' converts to one and a half new pence in Britain's decimal currency which replaced the old Lsd in February 1971. Photographed with a Nikon D700, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8, and a Nikon Close-Up supplementary lens no.4T.

A coat, a chair, a Nikon D700 and a Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8. For a change I got a few settings more-or-less right. The ISO was 200; shutter speed 1/400th; aperture f/2.8.

Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens manufactured circa 1971. Fitted to a Nikon D2Xs; the Nikkor-H has fortunately been converted to AI standard.

Try to see it my way Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.

Photographed with a Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens on a Nikon D2Xs, The lens dates from 1971 and bears the battle scars of rattling around unprotected in at least one camera bag and more likely several. But the optics function well enough. This is a hefty crop of the bottom left-hand corner of the original, which might have survived unsullied if the focus had been consistent. The greater the degree of telephoto, the more need for stopping down, which carelessly I failed to do.

Spider plant. Nikon D2Xs and Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens with a factory AI conversion. 200 ISO; f/4; 1/125th.

Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens from c1971. Nikon stopped making this lens when they introduced the AI standard in 1977 and substituted a smaller f/2 model. It was not as highly regarded as the old model and in the fullness of time the original was resurrected in AF form in 1987. Coincidentally the AF version was the one I used to photograph the old timer above.

Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens on a Nikon D2Xs. 100 ISO; f/6.7; 1/125th.

Photographed with a Nikkor-H Auto 85mm f/1.8 lens on a Nikon D2Xs. 100 ISO; 1/160th; f/2.

Photographed with a Nikkor-H Auto 85mm f/1.8 lens on a Nikon D2Xs. The lens dates from c1971; the camera from c2006. I aim not to exceed 400 ISO with the D2Xs because its performance is stellar between 100 and 400 ISO; less so beyond. Here it was at 450 ISO. That's accounted for by my need for a fast shutter speed given that the 85mm lens is behaving like a 120mm on this crop sensor camera. And the light being limited, the aperture was close to wide open.

Photographed with a Nikon D2Xs fitted with a manual 28mm f/2 Nikkor AI lens and a Minolta Close-Up No. 1 supplementary lens.

Accidental household signposting. Nikon D2Xs and Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens. A handy nearby stepladder used for the viewpoint.

Depth of field courtesy of a Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens manufactured circa 1971. Fitted to a Nikon D2Xs; the Nikkor-H has fortunately been converted to AI standard. The D2 cameras have crop sensors; thus the field of view of an 85mm is more akin to 130mm. Here I was at 100 ISO with an aperture of f/4.2 and shutter speed of 1/125th.

Depth of field courtesy of a Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens manufactured circa 1971. Fitted to a Nikon D2Xs; the Nikkor-H has fortunately been converted to AI standard. The D2 cameras have crop sensors; thus the field of view of an 85mm is more akin to 130mm. Here I was at 100 ISO with an aperture of f/4.5 and shutter speed of 1/60th, which was a bit risky for the focal length. Heigh-ho.