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Dallas wrote:
I see one on KEH for a grand. Looks like a stunner, but is that price worth it? Are there any alternatives? Definitely. If you really want better results, and lower cost, get a Voigtländer 15 mm (under $350). All you really need then is an old Leica body, a low cost Bessa-L body (under $100), or a Bessa-T (under $200). I have seen quite a few sample images from using that lens, and it is easily the best 15 mm results I have ever seen. Check out more information, and pricing at http://www.cameraquest.com That 15 mm has so much DoF, that see through the lens is not necessary. Using a shoe mount finder works quite well with such a wide view. Ciao! Gordon Moat A G Studio http://www.allgstudio.com/gallery.html Updated! |
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Gordon Moat wrote: That 15 mm has so much DoF, that see through the lens is not necessary. Using a shoe mount finder works quite well with such a wide view. The hyperfocal distance for 15/3.5 is more than 2 meters. The first test photos I took with a 16/3.5 fisheye made it very clear: dof is still an issue. -- The Electronic Monk was a labor-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. [...] Video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electronic Monks believed things for you, [...] -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
In article ,
Gordon Moat wrote: That 15 mm has so much DoF, that see through the lens is not necessary. Using a shoe mount finder works quite well with such a wide view. The hyperfocal distance for 15/3.5 is more than 2 meters. The first test photos I took with a 16/3.5 fisheye made it very clear: dof is still an issue. -- The Electronic Monk was a labor-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. [...] Video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electronic Monks believed things for you, [...] -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
In article ,
Gordon Moat wrote: That 15 mm has so much DoF, that see through the lens is not necessary. Using a shoe mount finder works quite well with such a wide view. The hyperfocal distance for 15/3.5 is more than 2 meters. The first test photos I took with a 16/3.5 fisheye made it very clear: dof is still an issue. -- The Electronic Monk was a labor-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. [...] Video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electronic Monks believed things for you, [...] -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
Philip Homburg wrote:
In article , Gordon Moat wrote: That 15 mm has so much DoF, that see through the lens is not necessary. Using a shoe mount finder works quite well with such a wide view. The hyperfocal distance for 15/3.5 is more than 2 meters. The first test photos I took with a 16/3.5 fisheye made it very clear: dof is still an issue. Very true, so I should qualify my statement a bit. The Voigtländer 15 mm has distance markings on the lens barrel. Very good results can be accomplished by guessing the distance, or using an external rangefinder to set the distance by the lens scale. That ability to set the distance with a reasonable degree of accuracy is what I meant by not needing to look through the lens. In practice, setting the distance in that manner can give quite good results. Ciao! Gordon Moat A G Studio http://www.allgstudio.com/gallery.html Updated! |
Philip Homburg wrote:
In article , Gordon Moat wrote: That 15 mm has so much DoF, that see through the lens is not necessary. Using a shoe mount finder works quite well with such a wide view. The hyperfocal distance for 15/3.5 is more than 2 meters. The first test photos I took with a 16/3.5 fisheye made it very clear: dof is still an issue. Very true, so I should qualify my statement a bit. The Voigtländer 15 mm has distance markings on the lens barrel. Very good results can be accomplished by guessing the distance, or using an external rangefinder to set the distance by the lens scale. That ability to set the distance with a reasonable degree of accuracy is what I meant by not needing to look through the lens. In practice, setting the distance in that manner can give quite good results. Ciao! Gordon Moat A G Studio http://www.allgstudio.com/gallery.html Updated! |
"Dallas" wrote in message
.za... I see one on KEH for a grand. Looks like a stunner, but is that price worth it? Are there any alternatives? Still got the F2? Only the Voigtlander 15mm is available in Nikon mount, but requires your mirror be locked up. The accessory finder simply replaces your prism. See- http://www.cameraquest.com/Voigt%20SL.htm -- Martin Francis http://www.sixbysix.co.uk "Go not to Usenet for counsel, for it will say both no, and yes, and no, and yes...." |
"Dallas" wrote in message
.za... I see one on KEH for a grand. Looks like a stunner, but is that price worth it? Are there any alternatives? Still got the F2? Only the Voigtlander 15mm is available in Nikon mount, but requires your mirror be locked up. The accessory finder simply replaces your prism. See- http://www.cameraquest.com/Voigt%20SL.htm -- Martin Francis http://www.sixbysix.co.uk "Go not to Usenet for counsel, for it will say both no, and yes, and no, and yes...." |
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