Manual aperture lenses work really well in Tv mode with iso, because you get to set a preferred shutter speed which will be accommodated by the moving iso WHILE ALLOWING EXPOSURE COMPENSATION. This is a really useful exposure mode. It's also really nice to use an aperture ring on the lens where it belongs. You can even use the lens with micro four-thirds bodies like the GF1/EP2. The lack of auto-aperture is much less of a sacrifice than you might think, and you aren't locked into using one manufacturer's bodies with the lens in the future. As a Canon user I think lenses with mechanical aperture controls are better long-term value.
I went thru the same thoughts just weeks ago. I had Nikon, switched to Canon and paid the premium and now I am going back to Nikon. The final point that made me choose the Nikon is that they are a better fit for m4/3.
I am now switching my bodies to Nikon as well but even before I made that decision, the manual ap control was important to me.
With manual aperture and Richard's method, unless you stop down at the very last moment before firing, you will suffer from a darker viewfinder - unless, of course, you always shoot wide open.
wolfloid wrote:
With manual aperture and Richard's method, unless you stop down at the very last moment before firing, you will suffer from a darker viewfinder - unless, of course, you always shoot wide open.
I bought Nikon mount Ultron 40/2 and Color-Skopar 20/3.5 lenses for my EOS DSLR bodies back before the EF versions were announced. They work fine, and I have no desire to change them.
andrewd01 wrote:
why not just buy the Canon version?
1) because you can't use it on a Nikon
2) because you can't use it on a micro 4/3 or other short-register camera
3) because you can't focus at working aperture unless you have 3 hands
if you're only planning on using it on a Canon, get the ZE.
if you don't know if you'll keep it, get a used ZF mount, it'll be easiest to sell. I've bought and sold this excellent lens twice now, because i didn't learn my lesson the first time ...
ISO1600 wrote:
if you're only planning on using it on a Canon, get the ZE.
if you don't know if you'll keep it, get a used ZF mount, it'll be easiest to sell. I've bought and sold this excellent lens twice now, because i didn't learn my lesson the first time ...
that i don't like the lens
it has a very clinical look to its pictures, and doesn't have the best handling either. I realize the choices are very slim when looking for a 40mm f2.0 pancake with auto aperture, rounded diaphragm, aspherical glass, etc etc etc... but it just doesn't do it for me. I want it to, but it just doesn't excite.
...yes, and so will sunlight - the thing that allows you to stop down the aperture in the first place.
I always find this - your oft repeated argument - disingenuous. There are many occasions when I want to stop down to f5.6 or 8 in less than perfect light and the the EG-S viewfinder is too dark to work with effectively. It just becomes a poor user experience. With the Canon version you can avoid this disability,
You may like squinting through a dark viewfinder, I've done it with the Nikon version, and I don't like it. I can take photographs balancing on one leg, but I choose not to.
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