No 12mm rectilinear prime?

How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

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"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
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How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

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Sander

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Do you think your zoom lens is rectilinear at 12mm?

"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
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How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

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Sander

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Do you think your zoom lens is rectilinear at 12mm?

"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
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How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

Just buy a rangefinder and you're all set:
http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt...l-m/index.html

Why? Because the manufacturers thought they'd make more money
from selling the zooms. We may eventually see 12mm primes for APS-
sensor dSLR's, but 12mm applications for a full-frame 35mm SLR are
quite limited.

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"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
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How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

Just buy a rangefinder and you're all set:
http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt...l-m/index.html

Why? Because the manufacturers thought they'd make more money
from selling the zooms. We may eventually see 12mm primes for APS-
sensor dSLR's, but 12mm applications for a full-frame 35mm SLR are
quite limited.

--
Michael Benveniste --
Spam and UCE professionally evaluated for $419. Use this email
address only to submit mail for evaluation.

In article ,
Sander Vesik wrote:

How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/re...ses/12mm.shtml

Lourens

In article ,
Sander Vesik wrote:

How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/re...ses/12mm.shtml

Lourens

Sander Vesik writes:

How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

Because digital cameras tend to be used with zooms, so there's a
demand for really wide zooms because of the smaller size of most
digital sensors?

Because it's a pain (i.e. expensive) to make a retrofocus with good
performance (esp. low distortion) that goes that wide?

Because more folks will buy a multi-purpose lens than a very
specialized wide angle?

But anyway, there is already a 12mm Voigtlaender from Cosina, whic
others have pointed out. Originally in Leica thread mount for the
Bessa cameras, it's also available in Nikon F mount, but requires
mirror lockup. See, for instance,
http://www.cameraquest.com/VCSL1215.htm
There's also an F-to-rangefinder adapter that mounts this on Nikon
rangefinders, and perhaps old Contax etc.

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-Stephen H. Westin
Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not
represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.

Sander Vesik writes:

How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

Because digital cameras tend to be used with zooms, so there's a
demand for really wide zooms because of the smaller size of most
digital sensors?

Because it's a pain (i.e. expensive) to make a retrofocus with good
performance (esp. low distortion) that goes that wide?

Because more folks will buy a multi-purpose lens than a very
specialized wide angle?

But anyway, there is already a 12mm Voigtlaender from Cosina, whic
others have pointed out. Originally in Leica thread mount for the
Bessa cameras, it's also available in Nikon F mount, but requires
mirror lockup. See, for instance,
http://www.cameraquest.com/VCSL1215.htm
There's also an F-to-rangefinder adapter that mounts this on Nikon
rangefinders, and perhaps old Contax etc.

--
-Stephen H. Westin
Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not
represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.

"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
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How come? Why do I have to buy a silly zoom lens that is
otherwise well covered by other prime lens to get down to 12mm?

Cosina make one for numerous cameras, including some MLU-enabled SLRs.

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