[Leica] Nikkor 50/1.4 LTM

[datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff)]

Then f1.5 was very rare, only a few hundred made in Leica Thread 
Mount. I had one about 10 years ago. In buying some Leica gear from a 
local fellow, he said, wait a minute, I still have one more lens, 
went in the house and came out a few minutes later with the LTM 
Nikon. I had no idea of its value then. Went out shooting with it and 
got nothing but total blur. Turns out the front element was gone! On 
closer inspection, there were still some glass shards in the threads 
of the lens mount. Always made me wonder if he had broken in on his 
way through the house. I was especially disappointed after some 
research showed how rare it is!

A very informative web page on this "most collectible of the Nikon 
normals" is at
http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/nhs/50f15/50f15.htm

A couple years ago I sold my 1.5 on eBay, hopefully to someone who 
knew how to repair it. $200 was a fair amount for a badly broken lens 
and  a good indication that a decent example is probably over $1000, 
if you could ever find one.

Gary Todoroff


At 07:46 PM 01/15/07, you wrote:
>I think the Nikon 50/1.5, which preceded the 1.4 is even scarcer yet.
>Or the Nikon 50/1.1 I haven't looked for the Canon.
>
>Len