chris55m
Newbie
I'm playing around with a 907X 50C, and to my delight, some of my rangefinder Nikkors cover 44x33mm reasonably well.
Of the lenses I have, the 1:2 5cm, 1:2 8.5cm, and 1:2.5 10.5cm work quite well. The 1:3.5 3.5cm is almost usable - only the extreme edges remain dark. The 1:3.5 2.8cm, 1:1.4 5cm, and the 1:3.5 13.5cm don't have enough coverage. The 18.5cm would obviously cover 44x33 as it was available in Bronica mount, but currently, I can mount it only using the N-F adapter, which causes severe mechanical vignetting.
Using these lenses handheld is a challenge because you only have the electronic shutter with a scan time of about 300ms. In a sense, you're always handholding a 1/3 second. This result in images such as this:
Nikkor-P 1:2.5 f=10.5cm, f/2.5, ISO 100, 1/320 sec., cropped a bit (larger version)
The top of that junction box is straight in reality.
Here is one from the 1:2 f=8.5cm, at f/4. ISO 100, 1/200 sec., uncropped:
(full size, 5MB)
I didn't have time to go out with a tripod yet, so I don't have more images to show for now. I hope that'll change in the coming weeks.
Of the lenses I have, the 1:2 5cm, 1:2 8.5cm, and 1:2.5 10.5cm work quite well. The 1:3.5 3.5cm is almost usable - only the extreme edges remain dark. The 1:3.5 2.8cm, 1:1.4 5cm, and the 1:3.5 13.5cm don't have enough coverage. The 18.5cm would obviously cover 44x33 as it was available in Bronica mount, but currently, I can mount it only using the N-F adapter, which causes severe mechanical vignetting.
Using these lenses handheld is a challenge because you only have the electronic shutter with a scan time of about 300ms. In a sense, you're always handholding a 1/3 second. This result in images such as this:
Nikkor-P 1:2.5 f=10.5cm, f/2.5, ISO 100, 1/320 sec., cropped a bit (larger version)
The top of that junction box is straight in reality.
Here is one from the 1:2 f=8.5cm, at f/4. ISO 100, 1/200 sec., uncropped:
(full size, 5MB)
I didn't have time to go out with a tripod yet, so I don't have more images to show for now. I hope that'll change in the coming weeks.
nightlight
Well-known
Very nice, especially the second photo. There is a certain Manet sense to it 