MigL
"perpetuum motus”
Hello !
I've found a "cheap" Nikon 28mm f2.8 AIS lens (50€).
Would it be worthy to use it on my new (to me) R-D1 ?
With a Nikon-mount to leica-M mount adapter, of course.
What do you think?
Do you think there are better alternatives ?
Thank you very much in advanced...
Best regards,
Miguel
I've found a "cheap" Nikon 28mm f2.8 AIS lens (50€).
Would it be worthy to use it on my new (to me) R-D1 ?
With a Nikon-mount to leica-M mount adapter, of course.
What do you think?
Do you think there are better alternatives ?
Thank you very much in advanced...
Best regards,
Miguel
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
The main disadvantages are:
- You have to find a Leica M - Nikon adapter
- It's big and heavy compared to 28mm rangefinder lenses
- You have to scale focus, which can get tricky already on a 40mm-equivalent focal length
The main advantages are:
- You already have it
- You can then use the adapter to play with all the other Nikon lenses you may have
- The overall package is likely to be a lot cheaper than a 28mm rangefinder lens
If all you want is something in the 28-35 focal length range, by far the cheapest alternative and a quite decent one is a 35/f2.8 Jupiter-12, which works on the R-D1.
If you insist on 28mm, it gets difficult and more expensive. An Orion-15 28/f6 will cost 150-200 EUR, but it's more a collectible and not rangefinder-coupled and rather slow. The Voigtländer Skopar 28/f3.5 is very nice, but is discontinued and getting expensive and hard to find (in the 280-300 EUR ballpark in Germany). The Ultron 28/f1.9 is in the 380-400 EUR ballpark apparently. Around these prices there are also some older used Canon and possibly also Nikon lenses.
- You have to find a Leica M - Nikon adapter
- It's big and heavy compared to 28mm rangefinder lenses
- You have to scale focus, which can get tricky already on a 40mm-equivalent focal length
The main advantages are:
- You already have it
- You can then use the adapter to play with all the other Nikon lenses you may have
- The overall package is likely to be a lot cheaper than a 28mm rangefinder lens
If all you want is something in the 28-35 focal length range, by far the cheapest alternative and a quite decent one is a 35/f2.8 Jupiter-12, which works on the R-D1.
If you insist on 28mm, it gets difficult and more expensive. An Orion-15 28/f6 will cost 150-200 EUR, but it's more a collectible and not rangefinder-coupled and rather slow. The Voigtländer Skopar 28/f3.5 is very nice, but is discontinued and getting expensive and hard to find (in the 280-300 EUR ballpark in Germany). The Ultron 28/f1.9 is in the 380-400 EUR ballpark apparently. Around these prices there are also some older used Canon and possibly also Nikon lenses.
Better to find a cheap Nikon FM to use with the lens no?
bellyface
Registered Nice Guy
28 AIS is a great lens, I suggest give it a try! You'd need to scale focus and go from there. But, yeah, it will be a lot bigger considering the lens will be a bit further from the CCD. That sounds funny. CCD... you can say CCD with the epson 
MigL
"perpetuum motus”
Thank you very much for your answers !!!
Best Regards,
Miguel
Best Regards,
Miguel
BobYIL
Well-known
Buy an adapter and give it a try with zone focusing; even on the Nikon SLRs I use the 28 mostly with zone focusing... You can never find a decent 28 for €50, the low price is worth to go with an adapter. Later if you find a good RF type 28 for your money then you sell it probably with no loss.