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Joe Garner wrote:
Frankly, if I were to acquire a body for MF lens use it would be either Nikon or Pentax, never a Canon.
gdanmitchell wrote:
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jcolwell wrote:
Yeah. Interesting point of view. You can put Nikon and Pentax lenses on a Canon DSLR, but not the other way around, at least not until you get into Leitax mount kits.
Joe Garner wrote:
It's rather simple. 1. You can use native MF lenses available in vast amounts for either mount. I mean, how many people need a standard lens better than SMC Pentax 50/1.4 or portrait glass better than Nikkor 105/2.5? 2. You enjoy direct compatibility, no adapters, no infinity focus issues. 3. You get automatic aperture, which is a huge, huge advantage. 4. I am not sure about Pentax, but manual focusing on Nikon bodies is simpler than on Canon.
I don't think it's simple, at all.
Some of the best Alt lenses aren't native to Nikon or Pentax, and can't be mounted on them (short of Leitax). I'm thinking specifically of Contax C/Y and Leica-R. Should I have one body for each mount, in order to try them out, using film no less for some of them?
I have a Nikkor 105/2.5 AI and I have used many Pentax 50mm lenses, from f/1.2 through f/2.8. I have three of them now, -A 50/1.4, /1.7, and /2.8 Macro. Many people would say that the Pentax 50/1.4 can't hold a candle to a Summicron-R or a Planar (me included). I also have a Contax Sonnar 100/3.5; it's not as good for portraits as my Nikkor 105/2.5, but it blows the doors off the Nikkor for scenic and high detail images.
I guess what I'm sayin' is this, why limit yourself to a relatively small subset of Alt lenses by picking up a Nikon or Pentax DSLR (for the main purpose of trying Alt lenses)? If that's what you have, then fine, try some native Alt lenses, but if you're looking for a DSLR with the intention of trying a variety of Alt lenses, then Canon is hard to beat. A Sony is DSLR is worth considering, too, but not Nikon and Pentax, unless there are other reasons pointing in that direction (e.g. you own some AF lenses). Also, there are a lot of excellent mirrorless options now that weren't around when the 5D was born. Of course, they don't play so well with Canon AF lenses.
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