Has anyone tried THIS 15 on a M ?

[luigi bertolotti]

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The Super Elmar 15 3,5 for R - Zeiss design : I'm vaguely tempted by it... there is one for sale at a not indecent price (about half than a new Zeiss 15 ZM); R to M adapters are easy to find... focusing ought not to be a big issue... of course :

1) Is terribly bulky compared to the CV 15

2) No way to manage UVIR filtering onto M8

3) Most important, it can be problematic (impossible ?) the use of an external VF on the accessory shoe... front is really WIDE.

 

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I wonder if someone in the forum has ever used this lens on a M8/M9.

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[lars_bergquist]

Dear Luigi,

Optically, it should be possible. I do sometimes use a 16mm Olympus semi-fisheye lens, with very satisfactory results. But this is indeed a monster – maximum diameter is listed at 283.5mm. So it would completely obscure anything that you could mount in the accessory shoe. (Let's not talk about the weight of 710 grams ...)

 

A finder, with a lens like this, is really more for levelling the camera than for composing the picture. You do really get just about everything! So maybe a spirit level in the accessory shoe would work well, with you operating the camera as if it would be a Rolleiflex TLR ...

 

Lars Bergquist

The old man from the Age of the Rolleiflex T

[luigi bertolotti]

Ok, Lars... you convinced me... let's stay with the CV... , there are much better ways to spend money (even on lenses...)