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twoeye wrote:
I just did a quick test of my ZE Distagon 1,4/35 on my 5D MkII, and it focuses a tiny bit past infinity. (I think my MP 2/100 also does this) My conclusion from this regarding shimming adapters for FLE-lenses:
If you want hard stop infinity focus, you shim the adapter for this.
If you want optimum performance, you should shim the adapter to focus a bit past infinity if the lens is designed to do that when used without adapter.
(I first checked this when I found that Metabones adapter made my ZE-lenses focus past infinity. At first I was a little concerned by this, but after finding that the lenses focused similarly on my 5D MkII I came to the conclusion that the adapter had the correct thickness.)...Show more →
I think this is totally right, two-eye, if someone hasn't played with the infinity adjustment of the lens, but if they have then all bets would be off. So, if you got the lens new or got it from someone you could ask and trust (perhaps a fellow FMer), then you could just get the focussing similar to how it is on a native mount, but if it is an older lens with an unknown history this may not work.
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