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I've been a Nikon shooter for about 30 years. I still have a number of Nikkor lenses.
One of the legendary Nikkors that I still own is the 105mm f/2.5 Ai lens. I have a good copy of this lens and wondered, "How would it fair on my Pentax K1 camera?"
I've adapted many Zeiss ZF "Classic" and "Milvus" lenses to Pentax K mount using Leitax adapters. I had an extra
Leitax adapter laying around, so I thought I'd put it on this old legendary Nikkor lens and see how it performed.
The Leitax adapter installation went well, and the adapted Nikkor fit perfectly onto my K1. Shooting in the "aperture priority mode" worked great.
Below are a few, quick, handheld test shots I just took. Overall, the lens performed very well on my K1.
When I compare these test shots I took with my $200 USD Nikkor 105mm lens to similar test shots I've taken with premium/expensive Pentax glass (A 85mm f/1.4) and Zeiss glass (ZF 100mm f/2 Makro Planar) I have to say that I slightly prefer the Pentax and the Zeiss images over the Nikkor images. While the Nikkor images are indeed very good, the much more expensive Pentax and Zeiss lenses produced images that I considered to have a bit better: detail, color, and bokeh. But, I guess that I should not be surprised to find that I prefer the images taken with lenses that cost over $1,000 to images taken with a $200 lens.
Maybe more modern and/or expensive Nikon Nikkor lenses would compare more favorably with premium Pentax and Zeiss glass when shot on a K1? I'm now thinking of maybe Leitaxing and testing one of my expensive Nikkor telephotos lenses on my K1. Stay tuned...
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Last edited by Fenwoodian; 05-02-2017 at 01:34 PM.