An Old 85mm Lens

In the picture is a Nikkor-H Auto 85mm f/1.8 lens made circa 1971. Nikon never provided these lenses in Ai configuration and their production run was terminated in 1977, having been available in F mount from 1964. You can see from the prongs that this one has been converted to Ai status. It took a long time to find one like this. They seem to be highly prized. Thomas Pindelski reckons it is superior to the AF-D version which came later: pindelski.org/Photography/2013/02/22/nikkor-h-85mm-f1-8-lens and almost everyone agrees the f/2 version which was the immediate successor when Ai came in is a poor job by comparison.