nauticam N85 Opening Diameter

[boduoguo]

Is the nauticam N85 opening more than 70.8mm in diameter?

Will the FE 50mm F2.8 macro fit in it? Has anyone tried it?

[humu9679]

3 hours ago, boduoguo said:

Is the nauticam N85 opening more than 70.8mm in diameter?

Will the FE 50mm F2.8 macro fit in it? Has anyone tried it?

The FE 50mm f2.8 macro will fit through an N85 opening. It's a bit tight fitting into a macro port 45, and will need some extension or a much longer flat port to work. I haven't tried the lens with my A6000, but it seems like it can work.

[dentrock]

The N85 ID varies. The smallest I found was the 36125 dome, which was 69.5mm. I bored it out by 0.5 to accept the Samyang 12mm.

Other bits are up to 73mm and perhaps even a little more.

It's try it and see, or ask someone who has what you are curious about to measure for you.

[boduoguo]

11 hours ago, humu9679 said:

The FE 50mm f2.8 macro will fit through an N85 opening. It's a bit tight fitting into a macro port 45, and will need some extension or a much longer flat port to work. I haven't tried the lens with my A6000, but it seems like it can work.

This port is 36228?The Sony 50 macro is said to be slow to focus.

[boduoguo]

6 hours ago, dentrock said:

The N85 ID varies. The smallest I found was the 36125 dome, which was 69.5mm. I bored it out by 0.5 to accept the Samyang 12mm.

Other bits are up to 73mm and perhaps even a little more.

It's try it and see, or ask someone who has what you are curious about to measure for you.

N85 is too narrow, hopefully in the future nauticam will cancel this line and replace them all with at least N100.

[humu9679]

7 minutes ago, boduoguo said:

This port is 36228?The Sony 50 macro is said to be slow to focus.

The port in the photo is a 36128, n85 macro port 45 with focus/zoom knob.  The 50 macro is slow to focus with older bodies. I've used it with my A7c, and it was passable. Not super speedy as it covers a 1:1 to infinity. The lens does extend when focusing closer.

[Lewis88]

OP, looks like you're shooting APS-C, when the FE50mm 2.8 is a FF lens.

 

For APS-C, The Zeiss Touit 50mm is IMO the best choice of macro lens in the 50mm focal length. 

[dentrock]

5 hours ago, Lewis88 said:

OP, looks like you're shooting APS-C, when the FE50mm 2.8 is a FF lens.

 

For APS-C, The Zeiss Touit 50mm is IMO the best choice of macro lens in the 50mm focal length. 

Agree. Buy a used Zeiss 50 Touit. Ensure the firmware is V. 2 (has to be done by Zeiss - FOC). Better lens than Sony 50 macro in every way - except it doesn't do FF!

[ChipBPhoto]

21 hours ago, dentrock said:

Agree. Buy a used Zeiss 50 Touit. Ensure the firmware is V. 2 (has to be done by Zeiss - FOC). Better lens than Sony 50 macro in every way - except it doesn't do FF!

 

I'll 2nd the Zeiss Touit 50.  I use it with my a1.  I think it is fantastic for a medium range and blackwater.  I use it in FF mode and simply crop the vignette in post rather than using in APS-C mode.