This sample circa '72.
Filter size: 52mm
Close focus distance: 1 foot or .3 meters
Aperture range: f/1.4 - f/22
Aperture blades: 9 (some versions have 7)
Depth of field scale for f/4, f/8 - 22, plus IR focusing index. (Some versions stop down to f/16)
Design: 9 elements in 7 groups
One of Nikon's longest-lasting designs. This relatively early copy has radioactive Thorium glass, which gives it a heavy yellow cast. Leaving the elements exposed to the sun should clear it out, but I don't mind it for black and white shooting. Has close range correction. All versions are multicoated.
Nippon Kogaku marked versions are rare, with about 2700 made.
The Nikon (not marked C) version is pretty rare with 8700 made.
The Nikon C version is pretty rare with 7000 made.
The K, AI, and AI-S versions do not have the Thorium glass.
The K version has 7 aperture blades and stops down to f/22. It is rare with around 4500 made.
The AI version has 7 aperture blades and stops down to f/16.
The AI-S version has 9 aperture blades and stops down to f/16.
Here are the other non-perspective control Nikon non-AI 35mm lenses: 35mm f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, and 3.5cm f/2.8
It also looks pretty similar to the 105mm f/2.5 P non-AI (the later version with the black front) and the 28mm f/2 N non-AI.
More information:
Nikkor Thousand and One Nights
Ken Rockwell
MIR
Andreas Isenegger
Richard de Stoutz
Brochure
Another brochure
Sample photographs:
Other photos with this lens: here
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