PC 19mm f/4 E ED

[Erik Lund]

Very nicely captured!, Also an amazing building!

[Sören Hese]

wonder if someone tested the 19 with the TSE FRAME: https://rogeti.myshopify.com/products/tse-frame from ROGETI. This aluminum frame was designed for the Canon TS-E 17mm but it should fit to the 19mm from Nikon. Seems as if nobody did it so far - at least there is nothing in the net.
I also wonder why Nikon didnt provide a rotating tripod collar design for this lens. It would totally make sense and would make it much easier to harvest the full potential of the lens (parallax free compositon of panos & diagonal shifting). Some shots from some architecture training shots with the 19 ...  - well one is a 14-24 pano :)   

[bobfriedman]

I didn't think the 19 T/S was that tolerant to direct sun... (even with the flare).

[Sören Hese]

I didn't think the 19 T/S was that tolerant to direct sun... (even with the flare).

Well the last shot is from the 14-24 (F-mount version). The first and the second shot however are from the 19. It handles against the sun better than my 14-24 imo but I havnt tested all sun positions in the frame.

[MILLIREHM]

wonder if someone tested the 19 with the TSE FRAME: https://rogeti.myshopify.com/products/tse-frame from ROGETI. This aluminum frame was designed for the Canon TS-E 17mm but it should fit to the 19mm from Nikon. Seems as if nobody did it so far - at least there is nothing in the net.

Thanks for the link. But that the  Frame would also fit the Nikkor 19mm lens is currenty a guess and not yet confirmed, right?

[Sören Hese]

Thanks for the link. But that the  Frame would also fit the Nikkor 19mm lens is currenty a guess and not yet confirmed, right?

yes! pure guess from the dimension and the support elements of the TSE FRAME. There is likely some adaption needed. Someone mentioned that it fits also to the Nikon here: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65386448, but that is the only source I can find. But looking closely at the design of the TSE FRAME its obvious that it was very precisely created for the Canon and its nobs.

[Sören Hese]

I have to correct my statement. The DPREVIEW comment was linking a collar from iShoot and NOT the TSE FRAME!

[Lewis3000us]

Hi Erik Lund,

As a first time owner of a PC NIKKOR 19mm f/4E ED, I was delighted to see the good idea you posted in late 2016 about using a modified LC-K101 with this lens.  I have located an LC-K101 and will be trimming it shortly so I may use it with my PC 19mm.

I noticed it falls off the lens when bumped slightly.  And I see you mentioned, “It will just need a tiny trimming to lock at the right point since the original lens cap LC-K101 has a small locking hatch.”  I’m assuming the hood falls off easily because I have not done the tiny trimming yet and that must be why it does not rotate on very much.

Can you kindly elaborate a little about how you did this trimming?  Was it to both sides, or just one side?  Does it correspond to where the latch is on the lens cover?

Thank you much.
Tom

[Erik Lund]

It's on both sides of the hood, so the two small notches in the lens hood will fit the below ridge marked in blue

[Lewis3000us]

Thanks, Erik.  I’ll review.

[Akira]

Unfortunately, PC19 seems to be discontinued; it is listed as legacy in the Japanese Nikon website:

https://www.nikon-image.com/products/nikkor/fmount/pc_nikkor_19mm_f4e_ed/

See the word "旧製品" to the right of "ED".

[Ilkka Nissilä]

Unfortunately, PC19 seems to be discontinued; it is listed as legacy in the Japanese Nikon website:

https://www.nikon-image.com/products/nikkor/fmount/pc_nikkor_19mm_f4e_ed/

See the word "旧製品" to the right of "ED".

NR had a rumour post about possible Z tilt/shift lenses coming. I would hope so, as the Z mount should be ideally suited for liberating the movements. ;-) However, I am a little concerned about the cost, assuming that they will have independent directions of tilt and shift, which adds mechanical complexity. Though perhaps the mount makes it easier to do the optical design so that the overall cost would not be through the roof.

I would like to see one 19-24 mm and another either 45 or 85 mm if there are two coming. I'd probably choose 24 and 85 if given a free choice of focal lengths, but I could work with others.

[Akira]

NR had a rumour post about possible Z tilt/shift lenses coming. I would hope so, as the Z mount should be ideally suited for liberating the movements. ;-) However, I am a little concerned about the cost, assuming that they will have independent directions of tilt and shift, which adds mechanical complexity. Though perhaps the mount makes it easier to do the optical design so that the overall cost would not be through the roof.

I would like to see one 19-24 mm and another either 45 or 85 mm if there are two coming. I'd probably choose 24 and 85 if given a free choice of focal lengths, but I could work with others.

I think that one of the challenging factor is the correction of the lateral chromatic aberration due to the fact that the optical axis of a PC lens is not always at the center of the image or perpendicular to the sensor plane.  I don't know how to correct it.

Currently, Fuji GE 30mmF5.6 T/S would be the most advanced and well-designed PC lens.  According to the  description of Fuji, it has the sensor to record the shift and rotation to the RAW file, so that the aberration can be corrected in PP.  Also, it comes with a tripod collar to fix the front part of the lens to the head.  Very well thought-out design.  Of course, the price seems to be formidable...