I have the Mark I version, and in my opinion it looks far more professional. The mounting handle on the Type II, while necessary for its design, is noticeably narrower and has an odd hump with a protruding tab. On top of that, the two-tone silver-and-black finish, along with the sleeve that doesn't appear to be perfectly flush from the factory, makes it look less refined. Not to mention the overall silver-and-black color scheme, which I personally don't find as elegant.
4ALL wrote:
I have the Mark I version, and in my opinion it looks far more professional. The mounting handle on the Type II, while necessary for its design, is noticeably narrower and has an odd hump with a protruding tab. On top of that, the two-tone silver-and-black finish, along with the sleeve that doesn't appear to be perfectly flush from the factory, makes it look less refined. Not to mention the overall silver-and-black color scheme, which I personally don't find as elegant.
The one shown on your picture is a Voigtländer non-helicoid adapter version I (discontinued since 2014). There are also 2 versions of this adapter, with this first one made before there were full frame Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras, and these cause some vignetting on FF since they don't have large enough opening for FF. Version II of this regular adapter was optimized for FF.
Are you talking about this non-helicoid adapter I or is it a wrong image?
I think this non-helicoid version II is a solid adapter too but the key selling point of the original CV helicoid adapter was the helicoid extension (when it came out there were not so many helicoid adapters in the market). Version II of the CV helicoid adapter is a lot better than the Version I helicoid adapter, i.e. 50g lighter and still very solidly built etc. I have both versions of the helicoid adapter and V1 of the non-helicoid adapter which I originally got for my NEX-6 in 2013. All are very good but having the helicoid available is a very useful feature with many rangefinder lenses that don't focus very close otherwise.
I think the helicoid adapter looks sexier than that above. So far I haven't needed it's close focus, nor do I know how to use that, but it is very nice. So far, the 75mm lens is working out. I'm going to take it out for more shooting tomorrow. The size makes it the perfect travel lens.
stgrove wrote:
@fred@
Did I see an early photo in this thread of an M3 with a filter under the 4mm doomed hood?
Please refresh my memory on the image you're referring to by posting a link to it.
It's definitely possible to place an UV filter (glass only) before the hood. I did this with the Voigtlander 40mm f/2 Septon lens using a 3D-printed enclosure.
