Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard and all, How is the optical quality of the Nikon 15mm versus the Heliar 15mm? I know that one is for a SLR and the other for a rangefinder. Just want to know if you had any problems with the Nikon 15mm and which version it was. Either the 5.6 or the 3.5 AI or AIS. I am asking because, I just recently purchased a used Nikon 15mmF3.5 AIS for $1025. I couldn't afford to buy the Elmar 15mm, so went the next possible route for a SLR lens usage. Any tips on how to use and shot correctly with any 15mm? Thanks in advance, Evan Dong Hi Evan, Nikkor 15mm F:3,5 AIS is a good lens with very smoll distortion and satisfactory sharpness. You will for sure like the output. Only problems are vignetting, gone if you close a little, and, mainly, ghosting not so much from sun coming in front of you, but surprisingly if the sun, or a strong light point, is on a side. Great difference with superwides on rangefinder as Heliar, you actually see the real image in your finder and if you use a Nikon F you will see whole image. Price is OK. Kind regards Félix