"Cheap" wide lenses anyone?

[Kozhe]

Hi everybody!

I´d like to get a wide lens (no more than 20mm) in a budget, and would like to know which are the best choices. It seems there´s not too much besides the Voigtlanders, but I wonder if someone is using for example a M42 adapter with some lens I should know 🙂

 

[sweathog]

Is it the Orion 15? I think that's a 28/6 There's the Russar too, that's a 20/5.6. Lets see...

The Russar on CQ: http://www.cameraquest.com/russian.htm

 

[rxmd]

Hm, the Orion-15 is rather expensive, and the Russar even more so. Getting a used 21/f4 CV lens seems like the most reasonable option (and the lens is excellent).

 

[sweathog]

Just goes to show how long it has been since I looked at buying a proper wide...
Damn economy, it interferes with my GAS.

 

[Al Kaplan]

The 20mm Zeiss Jena Flektagon is as fantastic lens, and the 1970's vintage 20mm Vivitar is pretty decent also. You'd still need to get a LTM to Exacta or 42mm thread mount adapter, and buy a viewfinder. That would wipe out a lot of the savings over buying the 21mm VC. Those older lenses aren't multi-coated and are a lot larger than lenses designed for a RFDR camera.

 

[ali_baba]

Zenitar 16mm Fisheye

Zenitar 16mm Fisheye

I purchased off 3bay a Zenitar 16mm fisheye.
It was fun, i finally upped to a better 15mm, so I can sell this fisheye, I jammed a toothpick in so you can change the aperture, it has some weird spring that wont let you change it.

it has an M adaptor.

~200 will take it + shipping.

thanks