helimat wrote:
I'll give it another go & report back just in case I was confusing it with something else
That would be awesome! If it does fair very well, then I just may pick up the ZF version to use on my GFX, film Nikon cameras as well as adapt to my Z6ii and SL2-S.
Hmm...I guess if it does not fare well, then at least I have three different camera systems to use it on.
Makten wrote:
Which one? The Classic and Milvus do not share optical design, IIRC.
I have tried both the ZF.2 35 f/1.4 and the Milvus 35 f/1.4. The ZF.2 has more vignetting, but the Milvus shows quite a bit too. You can see my description of the ZF.2 and I think even some pictures in the first few pages of this thread. It doesn't work very well and that shouldn't be too surprising as the outer zone of that lens even on FF 35mm was never its strength. The fairly weak outer zone on FF 35mm becomes midzone of the GFX.
The Milvus 35 f/1.4 has a lot better outerzone performance on FF 35mm and if cropped somewhat can be a quite decent option on the GFX, but it doesn't really cover the whole image circle on the GFX. I had decent results with this lens and the Laowa magic format converter. Actually if you want a somewhat wide angle and really fast aperture lens, then that is a really good option. You end up with close to the field of view of the 45 f/2.8, but a whole stop faster aperture (with the magic format converter it is like a 49 f/2 lens and covers the image circle well). I haven't seen how the Irix 45 f/1.4 performs which would be the obvious alternative, but I found the Milvus 35 f/1.4 with the magic format converter a quite decent option.
I received Pentax K -> GFX adapter today. First test with Zeiss Classic 50 Makro-Planar f/2 is very positive. At close distance (~1 meter) there is no vignette with lens hood and at infinity it works without lens hood in 5:4 ratio. It has deeply recessed front element which makes it a miracle it even works.
Near MFD the lens is as sharp as GF50/3.5 wide open when stopped down to f/3.5 or so. Gonna throw the GF into a lake or something if this works in the long run. Zeiss manual focus beats the *beep* out of focus-by-wire.
Steve Spencer wrote:
I have tried both the ZF.2 35 f/1.4 and the Milvus 35 f/1.4. The ZF.2 has more vignetting, but the Milvus shows quite a bit too. You can see my description of the ZF.2 and I think even some pictures in the first few pages of this thread. It doesn't work very well and that shouldn't be too surprising as the outer zone of that lens even on FF 35mm was never its strength. The fairly weak outer zone on FF 35mm becomes midzone of the GFX.
The Milvus 35 f/1.4 has a lot better outerzone performance on FF 35mm and if cropped somewhat can be a quite decent option on the GFX, but it doesn't really cover the whole image circle on the GFX. I had decent results with this lens and the Laowa magic format converter. Actually if you want a somewhat wide angle and really fast aperture lens, then that is a really good option. You end up with close to the field of view of the 45 f/2.8, but a whole stop faster aperture (with the magic format converter it is like a 49 f/2 lens and covers the image circle well). I haven't seen how the Irix 45 f/1.4 performs which would be the obvious alternative, but I found the Milvus 35 f/1.4 with the magic format converter a quite decent option....Show more →
Steve - have you tried the Metabones expander? I tried the Nikon G to GFX version and found it pretty bad with adapting wide angle. Contrast and sharpness took a big hit. I wanted it for adapting 50mm and wider glass I have. The fast Nikkor primes 85 and up worked well on their own.
I ended up returning it because the aperture adjustment on the adapter would not work half the time. But am leery of trying the Laowa MFC because of that experience.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Steve - have you tried the Metabones expander? I tried the Nikon G to GFX version and found it pretty bad with adapting wide angle. Contrast and sharpness took a big hit. I wanted it for adapting 50mm and wider glass I have. The fast Nikkor primes 85 and up worked well on their own.
I ended up returning it because the aperture adjustment on the adapter would not work half the time. But am leery of trying the Laowa MFC because of that experience.
Didn't know if you had tried them both.
Thanks,
George
I haven't tried the Metabones one, but I found the Laowa magic format converter to be fairly good. I am sure the lens performance takes a hit, but with a lens with lots of resolution like the Milvus 35 f/1.4 the results even with the converter were quite good.
Steve Spencer wrote:
I haven't tried the Metabones one, but I found the Laowa magic format converter to be fairly good. I am sure the lens performance takes a hit, but with a lens with lots of resolution like the Milvus 35 f/1.4 the results even with the converter were quite good.
Has anyone tried the contax c/y 35mm 2.8?
I have the 1.4 ae and like it, but its big and smearing in the corners/edges. I also have a canon fd 35 2.8 that seems to work a little better regarding the smearing, and the vignetting is easily correctable. I just really like the rendering of the contax zeiss lenses as I do have a nice collection.
Samyang 24mm T/S gives ~9mm shift without vignetting. This particular adapter is a bit messed up though - attached K lens will not be perfectly aligned rotation-wise so the picture will shift very slightly in left-right direction when shifting up and down so a vertical panorama will loose about 100px per side with maximum movement.
Not tested IQ yet. I do not think 9mm shift will work, maybe max 6mm so that there is some kind of detail.
Alpha_Geist wrote:
Ohhhh man! I’m both excited and a bummed. The 55/4, 90/2.8, 105/2.4, 165/2.8 & 200/4 lenses are the favorites of my kit. They’re big and heavy, but so is the 6X7/67/67II camera so it all comes together. I know the lenses are big, heavy and would be cumbersome when adapted to digital, but I was hoping they’d be performers that would have you coming back for more! I was afraid of the chromatic aberration and possible lack luster sharpness (especially with the 105/2.4). I guess if I were to get a (used) GFX, then I’d likely shoot with B&W in mind with the 67 lenses. Much to chew on. Thank you Makten!...Show more →
These Pentax 67 lenses all worked very well on FF mirrorless via adapters (including a Kipon shift adapter). The 75/2.8 Asph. was also a favorite of mine. Best imaging was with 55/4 (newest), 75/2.8, 105/2.4, 165/2.8, and 200/4.
I eventually sold my entire Pentax 67II system and all lenses, but the lenses were excellent on both film and digital bodies.
Fantastic. This 24mm Samyang T/S works better with 20$ adapter on GFX than my TS-E 24mm ever worked on Sony. I got 9mm shift and 1 degree tilt with 82mm CPL! Stopped down to F/11 it seems to be usable. Posting from middle of nowhere, gonna post a sample later.
