Taking apart a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4

I was taking apart my Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 tonight and was just impressed with the build quality of the lens. This piece is the part that the camera body uses to change/read the aperture of the lens. This same part in different forms is found in every Nikon lens although the newer lenses generally use plastic pieces instead of metal and don't use the ring of ball bearings.

Shot with D300s and onboard mic.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Nikkor
• 50mm
• prime
• f/1.4
• aperture
• AI

[w0ble]

This is neither D nor G. This is an old manual focus AI lens.

[mootsfox]

@w0ble Yup, it's a Pre-AI lens converted to work with AI systems.

[nekrosoft13]

@mootsfox how did you get the lens mount off?

[nekrosoft13]

@MadWatchStudios that the original Nikkor-S Auto 1.4 from 1960s

[ledzepplin23453]

song?

[MadWatchStudios]

Is this the f/1.4G or f/1.4D?

[Katalyzt]

Interesting...