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Nikon 200mm Micro Nikkor on Leica CL

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Tomm111

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I have a history of using Micro Nikkors from my medical photography days. The 200 is a big well balanced lens on the CL. Adapting with a Nikon F mount to Leica M adapter then using Leica M to L (T) adapter so you can use the top wheels on the CL for magnification.
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  • Leica Camera AG - M8 Digital Camera
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.7
  • 1/90 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • ISO 160
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Very nice. Do you have a medical kit by any chance?

Danny.
 
nzmacro said:
Very nice. Do you have a medical kit by any chance?

Danny.
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I worked for eye surgeons, I mostly used the 200 Micro Nikkor on either an F3HP or an FE, I usually used them with a flash mostly a Metz 45 CT1 mounted on the lens tripod bracket. With the 200 the eye would fill the frame. I was trusted to get in fairly close by the surgeons and OR staff.
 
nzmacro said:
Good to know.

I was meaning a full Nikkor medical kit ..........



All the best your way.

Danny.
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I had a 105 Micro Nikkor and another clinic I used a 120 Medical Nikkor but found it restrictive, just ring lighting, we preferred the 105 with a rotating small flash mounted on it. The 200 I have used is an f4. Have to admit I didn't know there was a 200 with the integral ring light. As I said ring lights have their pluses and minuses. The 200 f4 Micro Nikkor is one of the best handling lenses around, buttery smooth internal focusing.
 
Tomm111 said:
I had a 105 Micro Nikkor and another clinic I used a 120 Medical Nikkor but found it restrictive, just ring lighting, we preferred the 105 with a rotating small flash mounted on it. The 200 I have used is an f4. Have to admit I didn't know there was a 200 with the integral ring light. As I said ring lights have their pluses and minuses. The 200 f4 Micro Nikkor is one of the best handling lenses around, buttery smooth internal focusing.
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That makes more sense for sure. I use a ring flash for most macro shots at higher ratios. Always handy to get the DOF I'm after.

Danny.
 
Nice! I've still got my 200/4 MF Micro Nikkor that I bought new in 1980. Here it is mounted on my Nikon 1 V3 via the FT1 adapter.
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  • NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON 1 J5
  • 1 NIKKOR 18.5mm f/1.8
  • 18.5 mm
  • ƒ/2
  • 1/250 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • 0.7
  • ISO 220


A quick shot of one of my wife's potted plants outside the front door using a Nikon 1 J5. Not an easy focal length to get pointed correctly with the 2.7x crop factor of the J5. I stopped down to f/8 to help a bit with the DOF, but that wasn't enough.


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  • NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON 1 J5
  • FT1
  • 1/40 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 160
 
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