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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Using an older Zeiss Contax Lens on full-frame Canons? | |
Its a modern myth that the 1.7 is 'better' than the 1.4. Still very good and worth using, but its not an upgrade.
I still have and use my 50 1.4 and 85 1.4 Contax lenses since the late 90s when i used them on my Contax cameras. I had a 28 2.8 until recently, just got a 35 2.8, and also had a few other Contax lenses and use a variety of other adapted manual lenses on my Canon (Nikon, Pentax, and others).
The biggest drawback is manual aperture. You can get used to it and if you shoot in fairly good light fairly wide (up to f4 or 5.6 without real issue or need to open and close the aperture), its not a problem. That, manual focus, and getting a good adapter are the large hurdles. On the plus side, Av mode works well, too.
I got Leitax mounts for my 50 and 85. They are not cheap, but they are secure and i never worry about them like i did with a crap mount I used initially-- constantly worrying that my 85 would fall off the camera :o.
The image quality can be absolutely great and its worth trying it out. If you like 28 or 35 lenses, both are fairly cheap for Contax and excellent. You could also try some of the better Nikon or Pentax lenses on the cheap (Pentax screwmount 50 1.4, Nikkor 105 2.5 for example) and see if you like manual focus, manual aperture. They all render differently but work very well on modern Canon.
Edited on May 17, 2016 at 10:21 AM · View previous versions
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