Xpan with 35mm PC-Nikkor - Good and useful

[europanorama]

Tha adapter is one I bought on Ebay a couple of years ago, sorry I can't remember the sellers name. It says m4/3 to Nikon on it, but it is for the Hasselblad Xpan mount. It was around 60 GBP if I remember correctly, and it's well made. The fit between the body and adapter is perfect, and the also between the lens and adapter.

Once had seen a C/Y-TX2(Xpan) adapter at photokina. but seller is out of business. kt163 was also reseller of liere67 cams.

 

[europanorama]

Scura 26 x 70mm pinhole

Scura 26 x 70mm pinhole

want to remind you that dora goodman cameras has a Scura called 35mm pinholecamera with 26 x70mm image. 30mm equiv.lens.
Scura 66 takes 120 film.
there are some tricks. i posted it in emulsive. no easy filmchanging but terribly tiny. use MUP 65mm viewfinder( i doublechecked angle with app) or let this one on ebay in IL make one: boriska_gr

 

[Rayt]

I no longer have my Xpan but tried a few 35mm lenses including the Zeiss C/Y 35mm shift lens and several Curtagons. I know the 35mm Curtagons are all the same whether they are in Leica R, Exakta or Contarex but my Contarex version is exceptionally good. It’s sharp wide open with little fall off. The Zeiss is a close second. The Leica 21-35 zoom also covers at 28mm to 35mm.

 

[rabbitbug]

I no longer have my Xpan but tried a few 35mm lenses including the Zeiss C/Y 35mm shift lens and several Curtagons. I know the 35mm Curtagons are all the same whether they are in Leica R, Exakta or Contarex but my Contarex version is exceptionally good. It’s sharp wide open with little fall off. The Zeiss is a close second. The Leica 21-35 zoom also covers at 28mm to 35mm.

Are you referring to PA-Curtagon? Would you mind sharing pictures taken by this lens with XPan?

 

[Rayt]

Are you referring to PA-Curtagon? Would you mind sharing pictures taken by this lens with XPan?

I no longer have the files nor the negatives. Sorry. I have the Contarex version of the Curtagon and while I no longer have the Xpan I might find it’s intended use with an M adapter with an M10.

 

[Zeddo]

I have used this combo with a non-rangefinder coupled adapter and found the results to be surprisingly good:

Here is a picture of the camera body / lens combo:

I find this lens more useful than the Hasselblad 30mm lens. It's way cheaper, has a field of view that better suits me (I found the 45mm too narrow and the 30mm too wide), it focuses (by scale) down to 0.3 meters, no need for a huge external viewfinder (full Xpan finder is nearly perfect for framing), and last but not least it's f/2.8 and no need for a center filter (so all that light reaches the film).

Here's a crappy scan of a handheld sunset picture taken at f/2.8 and 1/8th:

Has anyone else tried this cool combo?

Hey, I know this is quite an old thread but I recently got an Xpan, and while I love its panoramic frame, I’ve felt that something wider would be more interesting. I was hoping you could shortly explain how focusing works with this combo you used? Will the viewfinders focusing square still work with the Nikkor 35 PC lens?

 

[splitimageview]

No focusing aid. Scale focus

 

[Zeddo]

No focusing aid. Scale focus

Thanks, and will automatic mode still function for the shutter speed or will this also have to be done manually?

 

[splitimageview]

Should work just like a native lens as it has a manual aperture, not electronic. Pick the aperture, camera chooses shutter speed

 

[snaefell]

Thanks, and will automatic mode still function for the shutter speed or will this also have to be done manually?

Yes, this works. The aperture of the Xpan lenses is manual as well.