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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: Peter786 on February 26, 2021, 01:35:55 am

Title: Cheap 15mm external VF
Post by: Peter786 on February 26, 2021, 01:35:55 am

Hello. I need a 15mm external vf for a voigtlander super wide 15 V1 that I’m considering buying. Anyone know of cheap external VFs? Or anyone have one for sale? I found one for the Nikonos underwater lens but I think the VF will, like the lens, be only for UW. Anyone know about this?

Title: Re: Cheap 15mm external VF
Post by: Peter786 on February 28, 2021, 02:25:13 pm

No one know?

Title: Re: Cheap 15mm external VF
Post by: mcbroomf on February 28, 2021, 06:01:48 pm

I may have the original 15mm Voigtlander VF somewhere as I use Sony (although there's a possibility it might be the 12mm).  I'll see if I can dig it out.  Really not sure where it might be.

PM me and we'll see.

Title: Re: Cheap 15mm external VF
Post by: langier on February 28, 2021, 06:03:53 pm

Pretty sure you are correct about the 15mm UW Nikkor that it's optimized for underwater...

I'd take a look on eBay and hope you find one unbundled from one of the several 15mm versions and doing a quick search out of curiosity, there are several Voiglander and Ziess besides the UW Nikkor for sales from around $100.

An alternative would be to buy a combo lens/viewfinder and sell the lens. Otherwise, you may be able to hack one from mounting board and duct tape like I once used to do, akin to a sports finder. It may look ugly but does the job!

Title: Re: Cheap 15mm external VF
Post by: mcbroomf on March 01, 2021, 04:53:31 am

I have looked around and cannot find the VF I used to have.  Probably discarded when I cleared out boxes some time ago.