I want vignetting. Strong vignetting.

Hello to you all.

Do you know of any wideangle (35 mm preferably) lens that fits Leica screw mount cameras (or Nikon F mount) that

produces strong vignetting ? Like the Lomo LC-A or Holga lens ? and that can be bought on ebay cheaply ?

Or, as an option, "adapt" a Summaron or Elmar 35mm for that effect ?

 

Thank you all in advance.

Cut a gel filter to fit behind a glass filter. Then make a hole in the gel filter center. Layer with different size holes for stronger effect.

 

I suppose a sheet film exposed to 50% grey would work as well.

LTM lenses that show strong vignetting that I know for sure:

 

1. Orion-15 28mm f/6 (relatively "cheap")

 

2. W-Nikkor-C 2.5cm f/4 (expensive)

 

3. Hektor 2.8cm f/6.3 (less expensive)

 

Hove Leica book (Erwin Puts) gives how many stops vignetting for many lenses.

 

From that, it seems the Elmar 35mm f/3.5 would fit your bill (2 stops, the book says).

 

In F mount, it is easy. The worst possible 35mm FL lens I have used is the 35mm f/2.8.

This can be found "cheaply".

Make a vignette frame. It's easy to affix stiff black paper or card stock, cut in a jagged-edged semi-circle, to the edges of

a lens hood, an inch or two in front of the lens. You can experiment with all sorts of shapes, and various amounts of

intrusion into the frame. It's surprising how little intrusion is needed to cause vignetting- have fun.

If you're scanning in negatives or slides, of course, you can do this easily in Photoshop CS3, for example.<div></div>

or burn in the drkroom

Or use a Holga...

I'd probably try a lens hood myself, from maybe a 90mm, depending on how much vignetting you're after, and shoot wide open.

I got a lot of vignette from the cv color skopar 35mm f2.5 lens with the hood that is supplied<div></div>

If you want something that's variable, check the Aldorama ads in Shutterbug. There was

gizmo that attached like a filter and had an adjustable iris. Probably called the

Vignettemaster or some such nonsense.

21 f4.0 Super Angulon is a dandy when it comes to vignettes. It first came out as a screw mount. 'Tends to be a bit pricey,

but it will vignette with the best of 'em.

Make a lens from the lens out of a cheap fixed-focus meniscus-lens Kodak Bantam camera. Just a matter of mounting to a kludge made from a body cap.

 

Doing this with the meniscus lens from a Vest Pocket Kodak is popular project in Japan.

Ye olde Spiratone Vignettar filters. Alternatively, get a set of empty filter rings and stack them past the depth of a proper hood.