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I absolutely want to, I just need the right one hahaha. Got my eye on the canon FD 20mm right now, but in trying to do a little more digging

Just might work, but it's not something I've tested. None of my lenses have autofocus!

Thread hijack haha...my question about a wider taking lens without extreme vigneron get is still on the table! Thanks!

In my limited experience thus far, I'd say no.

Besides, I wouldn't suggest using autofocus for video anyhow.

Thanks, this was all extremely helpful. This lens is incredible when used correctly, especially with the Helios.

only thing left to desire is a wider taking lens. Anyone know of anything 25mm or wider that doesn't vignette horribly? I want to look at the canon FD 20mm, but was curious if anyone had solved the problem before I go on a spending spree haha

You were right, the front comes off quite easy. I was able to align it to the best of my ability with the voigtlander, should be easier to fine tune when I get that step up ring for the Helios.

Now we're talking! Thank you so much!

any info on how would be great, man this lens is causing me a ton of trouble, but I still cant wait to use it hahaha

So here is a video I managed to capture late last night, not the best, but hope it will do. The lens will only begin to get sharp stopped all the way down so I think it is definitely misaligned, not to mention the horrible glare from the front element.

not to mention the front element wasnt able to be cleaned

I'm definitely thinking this is my issue. Checked the image through the camera and off and the streaks are not perfectly parallel. 

I'll do some more tests and hopefully those diopters come soon. I did have the lens cleaned from a bit of fungus on the rear element, so it being unaligned might be a possibility. Any examples on what bad alignment would look like?

thanks! Unfortunately my step up ring is on its way with the diopters so I've only been able to really test the voigtlander and it only gets sharp stopped almost all the way down. I'm hoping thats only because its an aspherical lens.

also, do I set the taking lens focus to infinity?

Few questions I can't seem to find answers to! For starters, I'm shooting on a GH4 with the Helios 58mm

I'm currently waiting for my diopter set to ship, but in the mean time I was playing with the lens and I can't seem to get a sharp image out of it without any filters. Is this normal? The lens is in pretty good shape for being from the 50s.

Also, given my set up, is it recommended to use the Tokina +0.4 achromat? 

Only other bummer is the serious vignetting when using my Voigtlander .95 25mm, but I was expecting that... Any other suggestions for wider taking lenses?

Thanks!