James Markus wrote:
Rafael,
Does that Voigtlander 15mm mount right through the shutter (it looks long enough to touch the film plane)? I am not sure how you plugged it in to your F mount bodies.
Jim
rafaelcasd wrote:
With apologies for the clinical presentation and the T-shirt, here are all my 'mirror-up' lenses.
I have the correct mint caps and viewfinders for all except for the 2.1cm. I have bought and returned 4 each of the 2.1cm as they are hard to find defect free. The 2.1cm cannot be used with the digital mirrorless cameras, but it is excellent on film, it is very easy to mount on the F cameras. This 2.1cm came with no viewfinder so I found a 21mm Contax viewfinder to use with it. I only have one F to normal flash mount adapter, so the Voigtlander viewfinder is not on the F camera.
The Voigtlander 15mm is the only non Nikkor lens I have bought, as it is in homage to the F mount.
The fisheyes I keep on the Z mounts, and save the mint original caps from wear.
I have an extra circular fisheye viewfinder in mint condition, would trade for a 2.1cm finder,
The flash and the 70mm 1:5 micro are responsible for the clinical look, will do better in the near future, promise.
This version of the Voigtlander is made specifically for the Nikon F series cameras, you have to lift the mirror to the up position but it does not go as deep into the camera as the Nikkor 2.1cm does, it also has a smaller circular diameter inside so it does not need the complicated mechanism to align the square cut rear element to the mirror, it mounts easy. This Voigtlander is a good lens, not as good as the Nikkor 15mm, but good; it is also a bit rare so it is not cheap in this version. The same Voigtlander in LTM is $350, in Nikon F it is $700. There are newer versions of the Voigtlander with better optics but not made for Nikon F mount.
