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Nikon Rangefinder Lens Price & Information Guide


Prices are the approximate amount one should expect to pay for a Nikon Rangefinder lens in excellent, but used, condition. Glass & body should be clean and without scratches or marks. Hoods, boxes, caps and finders will all add to the price listed below. Pricing was gathered from sales on photo.net, ebay auctions, nikonhs.org, Ritzcam.com, KEH.com, kevincameras.com and other camera dealers. Prices are biased towards ebay auctions. Expect to pay more buying from a dealer. Note: most lenses have more than one version but only cosmetics & lens weight (materials) were changed. Optical layouts remained the same. I have only listed the major versions of each lens. Last Update: July 15, 2006.

Lens Name
$$$
  Notes
Nikon 21mm F4
No data, but likely $ 5K-8K
Introduced in 1959. Crazy rare, less than 700 made. 8 Elements. Sold w/finder. A review of this rare lens (and others) from an owner.
Nikon 25mm F4
$ 1,700(1) w/finder
Introduced in 1953. Rare, about 2,500 made. 4 Elements. Sold with finder. Versions: 1. Chrome 2. Black. Three of these lenses have shown up for sale on ebay in the last 9 months. S.Gandy article on this lens.
Nikon 28mm F3.5
$ 375(1) $ 500(2)
Introduced in 1952. About 10,000 made. 6 Elements. Versions: 1. Chrome 2. Black.
Nikon 35mm F1.8
$ 650*
Introduced in 1956. 7 Element design. About 8,000 made. Possibly the best 35mm of its time. * Prices vary widely on this lens. Great article on this lens from Nikon.
Nikon 35mm F2.5
$ 200(1) $ 325(2)
Introduced in 1952. 6 Element design. About 28,000 made. Versions: 1. Chrome 2. Black. Discussion of the performance of this lens
Nikon 35mm F3.5
$ 150(2) $ 350(3)
Introduced in 1948/9. 4 Elements. About 19,000 made. Versions: 1. Early Chrome 2. Chrome 3. Black. Simple design similiar to the Leica 35mm F3.5 Elmar
Nikon 50mm F1.1
$ 4,000(1&2)
Introduced in 1956. 9 Elements. Versions: 1. Internal mount 2. External mount. About 1,500 of version 1 and 1,800 of version 2 made. In depth look at this lens from Nikon's site.
Nikon 50mm F1.4
$ 210(1) $ 265(2) $2,500(4)
Introduced in 1950. 7 Elements. Probably more than 75,000 made. Versions: 1. Chrome 2. Black 3. "All Black" 4. Olympic. The low down on this famous and most classic of lenses.
Nikon 50mm F1.5
$ 2,000
Introduced in 1950. 7 Elements. About 1,100 made. Rotoloni article on this rare lens.
Nikon 50mm F2.0
$ 150(2) $ 225(3)
Introduced in Nikon mount 1948. 6 Elements. Versions: 1. Collapsible 2. Rigid chrome 3. Black
Nikon 50mm f3.5 Micro
unsold on ebay ( 1/06) at $ 3,500
Introduced in 1956. 5 Elements. About 1,500 made. Highly desired & rare. Pacificrimcamera.com article on this lens.
Nikon 85mm F1.5
$ 1,900
Introduced in 1951? 7 Elements. About 2,000 made. Article from Nikon.com on this lens.
Nikon 85mm F2.0
$ 300(2) $ 600(3)
Introduced in 1948/9. 5 Elements. Versions: 1. Early Chrome (F16) 2. Chrome (F32) 3. Black (price varies widely). S. Gandy article on this lens.
Nikon 105mm F4.0
$ 921 Sold ebay-Jan '06 but had small engraving
Introduced in 1959. 3 Elements. About 2,000 made. S. Gandy article on this lens.
Nikon 105mm F2.5
$ 350 (1&2)
Introduced in 1953. 5 Elements. About 22,000 made. Versions: 1. Early, w/studs on lens rim 2. No studs
Nikon 135mm F4.0
No data
Introduced in 1948. 4 Elements. Rare, less than 900 made. S. Gandy article on this rarity.
Nikon 135mm F3.5
$ 100(1) $ 125(2) $ 200(3)
Introduced in 1950. 4 Elements. Anout 30,000 made. Versions: 1. Chrome 2. Black 3. "All Black"
Nikon 180mm F 2.5
No data
Introduced in 1953. 6 Elements. About 1,200 made.
 
 
Some of the larger, more exotic Nikon RF lenses also made were:
250mm F4.0, 350mm F4.5, 500mm F5.0, 1000mm F6.3
Also, not mentioned above:
35mm F3.5 Stereo Nikkor, Original 50mm F3.5 Nikkor ( made for Canon and Nikon )

Click thumbnails below for the optical layouts of each lens





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