Norway Meetup 2025 Birna & Frank

[Birna Rørslett]

Sudden rain storm and sun.

Comet is coming, end time is here?

 Zf, CV 50/1.0

[Frank Fremerey]

lichen

[Frank Fremerey]

by the opera

[Frank Fremerey]

Oslo

[Birna Rørslett]

Playground by Voigt 15mm f/4.5 SL on Z30

[Birna Rørslett]

Apart from having a good time with a fellow NG member and supporter, our discussions and experiments during the week of Frank's visit, manifested itself like the setup below.

Z30 with the old, yet super capable, Voigtländer 15mm f/4.5 SL wide-angle lens. I added the 'finder' from my Skopar 21mm f/4 lens, as its coverage is about correct for 15mm on the DX format camera. A bit of tape and superglue ensure the finder stays put.

The solution is eerily similar to my black Nikon S3 with 21mm f/4 Nikkor which I used extensively in the '80s. But now it's digital, has a completely silent shutter, can use higher ISO, and will record GPS if that feature is set up [Snapbridge to the rescue, Foolography is not useful and current version is a disaster].

However, the "feeling" and ways of using the camera is identical.

[Frank Fremerey]

However, the "feeling" and ways of using the camera is identical.

Supernice, congratulations!!!

[John Geerts]

Great shots, Frank and Birna.

Nice setup with the Z30

[Frank Fremerey]

I got back my favourite lens!!!
I am a happy person!!!!

[Frank Fremerey]

Great shots, Frank and Birna.

Thank you, John

[Birna Rørslett]

I got back my favourite lens!!!
I am a happy person!!!!

Well, I got mine (which used to be yours) quicker than I had expected leaving a dent in my banking account ....

Of course happy on your behalf. It's a very nice lens once its quirks are sorted out.

[Birna Rørslett]

I finally came to the need for adjusting the focusing accuracy on the F-Z adapter dedicated to the Voigtländer 15mm f/4.5 SL. This because the adapter, a sturdy Fotasy design, like almost all third-party adapters makes the lens focus a smidgen beyond infinity. Hardly worth bothering - or even noticeable - for most lenses, however, for the quite short focal length 15mm of the Voigtländer lens, it meant besides moving the near focus about 10cm further away also that the scale focusing wasn't accurate enough when the wider apertures were selected. The ability to focus beyond the Moon was not very useful in real life either

The adjustment amount required was very tiny and I ended up using the "Leica" approach, meaning using tiny pieces of waxed paper for shimming. Now, focus by scale is spot on and I can forego the use of the rear monitor on the Z30, which anyway often is useless in many bright shooting situations. Better rotate the rear panel of the camera to a closed position, which helps making the outfit even sturdier and less susceptible to knocks and bumps.

[Frank Fremerey]

Well, I got mine (which used to be yours) quicker than I had expected leaving a dent in my banking account ....

Of course happy on your behalf. It's a very nice lens once its quirks are sorted out.

... speaking about dents in the bank account: Using your 15mm  Voigtländer increased my longing for the current 15mm Super Wide Heliar for Z. And because it cannot be bought in Germany at all I got it from Japan for 709€ used as new

[Birna Rørslett]

We should call it quits then.

[Frank Fremerey]

We should call it quits then.

Deal