F-Rolleinar-MC 14mm F/3.5
akaVoigtlander Color-F-Skoparex AR 14mm F/3.5
Fisheye lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · January 1977
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
- Original name:
- · F-Rolleinar-MC 1:3.5 f=14mm
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame diagonal fisheye lens
- System:
- · Rolleiflex SL35 (1970)
Abbreviations
| F | An ultra-wide angle lens with strong uncorrected barrel distortion and extreme angle of view. |
| MC | Multi-layer anti-reflection coating is applied to the surfaces of lens elements. This anti-reflection coating increases light transmission, eliminates flare and ghosting, and maintains color consistence among all lens models. |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 14mm | |
| F/3.5 | |
| 10 elements in 7 groups | |
| Diagonal (full-frame) fisheye | |
| Rollei QBM [44.46mm] | |
| 180° | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings only) |
| 5 (five) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.30m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 320g | |
| ⌀64×56mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Removable front filters are not accepted | |
| Built-in LB-A, SL, Y48 (Y2), R60 (R) (part of the lens optical system) | |
| Built-in petal-shaped | |
| Not compatible |
Sources of data
- Rolleiflex 3001 user's manual.
- Rolleiflex 3003 booklet (September 1984).
- Rolleiflex SL 2000 F - Practical hints handbook.
- Rolleiflex SL 2000 F 35mm SLR camera system booklet (August 1982).
- Rollei Fototechnic SL 2000 F system booklet (December 1983).
- Lens specifications for SLR's booklet (January 1978).
- Lens specifications for 35mm SLR's booklet (September 1979).
- Lens specifications for 35mm SLR's booklet (August 1980).
Manufacturer description
A fisheye lens with an extremely short focal length. It has full definition over the whole 35 mm format and is strongly corrected with a maximum depth of field. It is surprisingly small and light and has a quadruple revolving filter holder for black-and-white or colour film. It can be recommended for restricted interiors, creative composition, panoramic photographs and distortion effects.
Typical characteristics of fisheye lenses
- Extreme angle of view (at least 180° diagonally);
- Circular types (the image circle of the lens is inscribed in the image frame) or diagonal types (cover the entire image frame);
- Usually of equidistant projection type, with the distance from the picture center to any given point always proportional to the angle from the optical axis to that point;
- Huge barrel distortion;
- Short closest focusing distance (0.20 - 0.30m with 35mm full-frame prime lenses);
- Very large depth of field, eliminating the need for autofocus or precise manual focusing;
- Due to the extreme angle of view and convex front element, front filters cannot be used;
- Often equipped with a filter turret with swivel-mounted filters;
- Often come with a small, built-in petal-shaped lens hood.
From the editor
The lens was produced under the following names:
- F-Rolleinar-MC 1:3.5 f=14mm - made by Mamiya
- VOIGTLÄNDER COLOR-F-SKOPAREX 3.5/14mm AR - made by Mamiya
The reason for the release of this lens in different names was that Rolleiflex SL35 series cameras were sold under the name Voigtlander in a number of markets.
Optically the lens is identical to the Auto Mamiya/Sekor Fish-eye SX 14mm F/3.5.
Other fisheye lenses in the Rolleiflex SL35 system
| ■Rollei QBM mount (1) | |||||||||
| Carl Zeiss F-Distagon HFT 16mm F/2.8 akaOpton Oberkochen F-Di HFT 16mm F/2.8 | A | 8 - 7 | 0.30m | -- | 1972 ● | ||||
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Rollei QBM mount (2) | |||||||||
| Sigma MF 16mm F/2.8 Filtermatic Fisheye Multi-Coated | A | 9 - 8 | 0.15m | -- | 1980 ● | ||||
| Sigma[-XQ] MF 16mm F/2.8 Filtermatic Fisheye Multi-Coated | A | 11 - 9 | 0.15m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||