[Leica] OT: CV 15/4.5 in Nikon F Mount

[len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier)]

The 13mm, the two 15mm's and the 18mm are retrofocus rectilinears and  
can be used on todays digital bodies. The old 10mm that you remember  
is a fisheye and requires the mirror lock up. I have been tracking  
the prices of these wide angle lenses and am thinking about getting  
the 15mm f3.5. It has no distortion where the new AFS 14-24mm zoom  
has some barrel at 14mm. The AF 14mm has a lot of distortion and  
vignetting on a digital FF body.  The 13mm is very rare and if you  
find one may cost thousands. A clean 15mm is between $900 and $1200  
which is why I perked up at Chris's post. However I couldn't find the  
CV 15 F mount on Gandy's site either.

Len


On Mar 30, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> Is this about RF lenses or are the SLR lenses included in this  
> discussion?
>
>> From what I remember, there was a 13mm full frame rectilinear  
>> lens... and I
> remember a 10.5mm, but forget if it is rectilinear or fisheye.....
> The 15mm was also available....and it was rectilinear.....
> The 18mm was also available as well as the 20mm..... both  
> rectilinear.....
>
> Now, what I do not know is if these lenses were retrofocus designs or
> not.......
>
> I could not find a lens on the Cameraquest site that lists a
> Cosina/Voigtlander 15mm lens for the Nikon F...... Where is it?   
> And does it
> focus to infinity?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
>
> The 1.5X crop bodies would probably be OK but I'll bet full frame
> would be a big problem. I'll bet this is the biggest challenge Leica
> is having in making a full frame rangefinder. I would like to see
> some photos using the CV 15mm on an F2 though. I think that except
> for the circular fisheyes, the 2.1cm f4 Nikkor was the widest non-
> retrofocus lens Nikon had.
>
>
>
>
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