
5cm f/2 is one in a long line of Japanese lenses made specifically for Leica Thread Mount, otherwise known as LTM or M39 mount. Rather than cause an inevitable flame war, the type that happens when one talks about products that engender fanboyism, I’ve decided to do something more productive – review the Nikkor to see what it’s really capable of.īut first, a little historical context.


Some even cited that it was the Nikkor that spoiled the entire “Leica experience” for me, and that I could only truly understand Leica if I chucked the Nikkor and slapped a Summi-whatever onto my M2. The lens sparked a mini-revolt in the comments section, with its detractors crying “Heathen!” at my mounting of a non-Leica lens onto a Leica body. In my Leica M2 review, I mentioned a certain lens, a Nikkor-H.C.
