Is it worth to use a Nikon 28mm AIS with an adapter in a R-D1 ??

[MigL]

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

 

[rxmd]

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.

 

[rover]

Better to find a cheap Nikon FM to use with the lens no?

 

[bellyface]

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]

Thank you very much for your answers !!!


Best Regards,

Miguel

 

[BobYIL]

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.