Nokton & Leica IIIF

[Aoresteen]

I'm considering purchasing the the new Nokton f/1.5 lens to use with a Leica IIIF. With a 52mm filter & shade attached, does this lens cut into the 50mm viewfinder window? If so, how much?

 

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Years ago I had a Canon 50mm f/1.2 om my M3 and it cut into the 50mm frame which I didn't like.

 

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Oh, how good is the Nokton?

 

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Thanks!

 

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Tony

[robert_whiten]

All of the Voitglander/Cosina lenses are supposed to be pretty good. I

have a 25/4 Skopar which is excellent. Click on the link on the

Cameraquest site and if you scroll down you will see the 50/1.5 on a

IIIf. with info on all of the lenses.

<a href="http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtlen.htm">CLICK</a>

[robert_whiten]

I forgot to add I think that this lens (as you can see from the

picture) will probably obstruct a large part of the viewfinder. I have

a Russian Jupiter-3 with a small hood extention which while useable on

my IIIc cuts into about 20% of the frame. I would think the 50/1.5

lens on the similiar IIIf would cut into a larger area. You could

always use an external viewfinder which would give a much larger

brighter view with any 50 you choose. Since you have to look in two

windows anyway to frame and focus and the viewfinder in the camera is

not parallex corrected it shouldn't matter.

[joe_buechler]

Forget the Nokton with a IIIF. The built-in viewfinder will be

unusable, even without the shade.

 

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Too bad Cosina/Voiglander still doesn't make a decent standard lens

for the screw mount cameras. I gave up on waiting for them and bought

the current 50mm Summicron in LTM instead.

[carlin]

Voigtlander does make

wonderful bright-line

viewfinders similar to the

classic Leitz 50mm finders. The

new 50 and 75 finders are made

of metal and IMHO quite a

bargain. Adorama sells them

for $140. And they fit perfectly

even into the early black II's

and III's, something most of the

later finders from Leitz would

not do.

[john_fleetwood]

The new LTM summicron 50 protrudes quite a bit into the finder, as

well. The 50 brightline finder is so nice, I sometimes use it on my

EOS 5!

[graham_line]

Unless you must have the 1.5 aperture, consider Voigtlander's 35/2.5

classic. It's better scaled to the IIIf and produces wonderful

negatives. Cheaper too. The alternative might be some of the later

Canon LTM RF lenses, which are similarly priced.