Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 Limited Macro Lens
Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 Limited Macro Lens

Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 and Special White Paper for Lens Element

Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0

Lens Construction 12 Elements in 8 Groups
Grand Optical Art
Nippon Kogaku Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0
The Highest Record Supersonic F1.0
Limited Macro Lens

Grand Optical Art Lens

Features of Repro Nikkor

Until now, the Micro Nikkor has topped the list of close-up lenses in brightness and resolution.
However, the new Repro Nikkor is several times brighter than the Micro Nikkor.
It also has much higher resolving power, capable of more than 200 lines per mm over the entire picture area when stopped down to f/5.6 in full-size reproduction.
However, due to the high speed and correction of aberrations in the lens, magnification is limited within the practical range of 0.9X - 1.1X.

Another outstanding feature of the lens is that the entrance and exit pupils are located far behind the lens, which makes the principal rays (rays passing through the center of each pupil) run almost parallel to the optical axis.
This feature gives Repro Nikkor lens a great advantage when used as a relay lens.
It enables taking over of the image relayed from a front lens system and them by producing a full-size image.

Lens Construction 12 Elements in 8 Groups

Specifications

Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0

Focal length :  87.5 mm
Max. aperture :  f/1 ( ∞ )
Min. aperture :  f/8
Lens construction :  12 elements in 8 groups
Standard reproduction :  1X
Range of reproduction ratio :  0.9X - 1.1X
Picture angle :  14° (at 1X), 14.8° (at 0.9X)
Correction wavelength range :  400 nm - 650 nm
Vignetting :  0% (at f/2.3)
Distortion :  0%
Resolution :  200 lines/mm
Image area :  24 mm x 36 mm (43.2 mm⌀)
Overall working distance :  224 mm
Filter size :  48 mm P=0.5
Mount :  Screw 53 mm P=0.75
Weight :  640 g
Actual weight :  628.5 g

Release date :  1967
Price :
  250,000 Japanese YEN (1968)
  250,000 Japanese YEN (1969)
  300,000 Japanese YEN (1974)
  300,000 Japanese YEN (1977)

Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 Lens Construction

Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 Lens Construction

Lens Dreaming

I traveled the countryside of Japan.
Daikon Radishes were sold at a farmhouse.
Even the lens was also sold.
Those were 100 yen (1 dollar) all.
Was it a dream?

100 Yen All

Cute Daikon Radishes and Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0

Special Designed Mount Adapter for Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 Lens

I made mount adapter with a special order in 2004.
The mount adapter is special designed to fit in with Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 lens.

53mm Mount Adapter for Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 Lens

This 53mm - Nikon F mount adapter also conforms to the following lenses.

  • FR Nikkor 75mm F1.0
  • EL Nikkor 150mm F5.6
  • APO Nikkor 150mm F9
  • APO Nikkor 180mm F9
  • APO Nikkor 210mm F9
  • APO Nikkor 240mm F9
  • APO Nikkor 300mm F9, etc.

Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 at Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo, August 2004

Special Mount Adapter for Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 Lens

Special Mount Adapter for Repro Nikkor 85mm F1.0 Lens

Mount Adapter Fit for APO EL Nikkor 240mm F9

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