I have one of the 15/4.5 Super-Heliar lenses that fit on a Leica screw
mount or a Leica M via an adapter. I paid $450 w/finder, which was quite a
deal for a lens of this FOV. As for light falloff, show me a lens of
similar focal length that DOESN'T have this issue. The famed 16mm Zeiss
Hologon comes with a special center spot filter to correct its
falloff. Stop the Heliar down to f/5.6 or f/8 and it's a real
winner. Wide open, it doesn't fare so well.
Being a rangefinder lens, it has a deep rear element so the only way you'd
get it to fit on an OM body would be to use it on an OM-1 with the mirror
locked up. But I don't know if the flange to film distance of an OM-body +
Adapter would allow the lens to focus.
A better alternative would be to buy a Bessa-L body for using the
lens. Those bodies don't have any rangefinder, and can be had for about
$250 new (see B&H). Look at http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtsys.htm for an
overview.
Skip
At 09:36 PM 6/25/00 +0800, you wrote:
I'm not an expert, but Pop photo mentioned this lens has serious fall off,
also it will not work with OM bodies due to the long lens mount to film
distance.
C.H.Ling
-----Original Message-----
From: Gareth Knight <gareth.knight@xxxxxxx>
To: Olympus List <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000 9:16 PM
Subject: [OM] 39mm lens use
>Dear all,
>
>I recently had the opportunity to play with the new (well fairly)
>Voigtlander range finder cameras and lenses. They are based on a Leica
39mm
>screw fitting. The lens that interested me was a 15mm super wide, for the
>low price of 300UKP new. I have seen a 39m to OM mount adapter advertised,
>can anyone with optics expertise suggest any obvious flaws with this
>arrangement ?
>
>Gareth.
>
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