Vieri Posted August 19, 2016 Share #1 Posted August 19, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) An article dedicated to those who wished that Voigtlander made the Super Wide-Heliar 15mm without a built-in lens hood... https://vieribottazzini.com/2016/08/surgery-voigtlander-super-wide-heliar-15mm-iii.html Enjoy! Best, Vieri 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 19, 2016 Posted August 19, 2016 Hi Vieri, Take a look here Surgery on the Voigtlander 15mm III. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
rafikiphoto Posted August 19, 2016 Share #2 Posted August 19, 2016 I love my Heliar III but, because I am mechanically challenged, I'd never attempt this! However I congratlate you on your success... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted August 19, 2016 Share #3 Posted August 19, 2016 Another person drilled a small hole in the vertical lens shade 'leaf', threaded it and put a tiny thumbscrew in it. That would retain a rimless glass filter. I do not remember the size, but I could measure mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted August 19, 2016 Share #4 Posted August 19, 2016 Not a bad job at all. A milling machine would have done it more cleanly, if you happened to have one of those around... ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted August 19, 2016 Share #5 Posted August 19, 2016 I couldn't bear to look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VVJ Posted August 20, 2016 Share #6 Posted August 20, 2016 I will probably never buy any used gear from you... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieri Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted August 20, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I love my Heliar III but, because I am mechanically challenged, I'd never attempt this! However I congratlate you on your success... Thank you rafikiphoto, it was a bit scary to put a saw to it, but it turned out well Another person drilled a small hole in the vertical lens shade 'leaf', threaded it and put a tiny thumbscrew in it. That would retain a rimless glass filter. I do not remember the size, but I could measure mine. pico, the 15mm has a filter thread already, so I don't see why you would go all that trouble to use a round filter with it - the reason I did the hack was to be able to use square filters with it Not a bad job at all. A milling machine would have done it more cleanly, if you happened to have one of those around... ;-) I actually do, one came with the house when I moved, it actually is in perfect working shape but I never used and felt bad about trying it first on the 15mm inexperience with the tool aside, for some reasons I preferred to do the cutting and filing manually, I thought less could go wrong and less vibrations on the lens, but you definitely have a point there. I couldn't bear to look. jrp, the patient survived and it's in much better shape than before (for my use, at least!) I will probably never buy any used gear from you... LOL JorisV, you'd better ask for pictures of the gear! Seriously, I always treat my gear very well, this is the first time I attempt anything like this - however, I felt it was worth it, the 15mm is such a good lens with what to me is a huge design flaw (its built-in lens hood), so I thought I'd give it a try... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted August 20, 2016 Share #8 Posted August 20, 2016 pico, the 15mm has a filter thread already, so I don't see why you would go all that trouble to use a round filter with it - the reason I did the hack was to be able to use square filters with it I was talking about version 1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieri Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted August 21, 2016 I was talking about version 1. Ah, OK. My post is about version III Best, Vieri Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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