jgoetz4 wrote:
I just bought a Meike AF 85 1.8 SE II for $200 to use on my 5D II. There was a seller who had the EF 85 1.8 for $160, but wouldn't sell it to me because I only use Zell or cash, in person. I can see his point; I only have 95 Great Feedbacks and been a member for only 21 years
Jim
Jim..I NOW asked if the seller if he/she will take my personal check!
He can hold the item until the check clears the proper 1-2 week period versus the "quick" 2 day "clear.
So far I have been lucky and my last few purchases were by check. I have NEVER had a problem paying by check..
Glad you got something that encourages you to get out and shoot with!
I have been dying to get into Bawlamer for a few days of shooting...being a caregiver hampers that..not complaining, just sayin'..
Summer is my "down" season.. I can't take Maryland's heat and humidity!!
I turn my yard into a botanical garden so I dont have to go "out".
Mostly macro in my immediate area unless the City of Frederick as something going on.
But my point being...I have bought something "new" and that makes me go out and test it!
Stay cool brother!!
Dan
Dan, I've paid by check and also accepted checks in the past, and if the seller was established, I would send the gear the same day I received the check.
I like the Meike so far, especially wide open.
Jim
jgoetz4 wrote:
Dan, I've paid by check and also accepted checks in the past, and if the seller was established, I would send the gear the same day I received the check.
I like the Meike so far, especially wide open.
Jim
It renders an image VERY well Jim!
Nice work!! Nice bargain!!!
Stay cool!
Dan
Yup! I'm still runnin' my old 5D3 with a slew of L glass from back in the day.
Finally modernizing my bag with an R5mk3 and looking to pick up my first RF mount lens, but have been getting some good success with an EF-RF adapter w/ the control ring.
Still trying to re-train my muscle memory from the 5D3 with the extra wheel on top, and the myriad of new AF choices...
Getting there, but I'll hold onto my EF glass for a while...
I switched to R-series (R10) maybe a year ago. My original intent was to use EF stuff, so I got the kit 18-45. Insufficient. I mostly used the 18-135 USM on my 90D, so I forked over the cash for the rf 18-150, and sold the 18-135. And the trend continued. I love the smaller/lighter RF lenses. The 14-30 is a perfect replacement for my Tokina 12-28, and it saves more than 1/2 the weight. Sigma 8-16 is a big heavy monster, the RF 10-18, not so much.
The EF lenses remaining in the closet are: 70-300 II. I don't use that often enough to justify spending money to replace it. Ditto the Sigma 150-600C. Lastly, I still have the EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro. I consider it, for absolutely no reason at all, a better lens than the 85mm f/2 IS STM..
Apart from my Canon system I shoot with Sony as well. For the latter I am considering the upcoming 50/1.2 from Viltrox. Having said that I don't need it because the tried but true 50L is still humming, especially with the R6MKII.
Canon EOS R6 Mark II
1/6400s f/1.2 at 50.0mm iso125
Fabulous shots
The EF 100-400Lii is stellar, it is amazing
I will never sell mine.
Over the weekend I tried the ancient EF 35-70 3.5-4.5 arc drive on my old 6D
Picture style was mono
I wasn’t expecting much and had already convinced myself I’d be stopping down to F8 and pumping up the iso…
Nope, wide open the centre sharpness ( I.e my subject) was sharp, contrasty and beautiful mid tones. I was taken aback. That lens is 37yrs old. Looking through there’s hardly any dust to speak off and certainly no haze or fungus. The arc drive is noisy, but the AF accuracy seems spot on.
I’m sure if I switched to a colour picture style there’d be horrors galore - but I’m currently going through a mono phase and I’m discovering that old ef glass on DSLR’s are great.
EB-1 wrote:
I still have two 100-400 IS II lenses pre-purchased. Good as they are for EF and adapatable to RF, the 100-500 is a good reason to move to RF.
EBH
The problem though is RF will only ever work on RF bodies the EF mount works on every canon body and many non canon bodys too
So unless you are a pro it makes more economic sense to adapt the older big whites.
Off topic slightly
But the RF has made me back up and go the other way. I do have several of their consumer lenses but I can?t envisage me buying any of the L stuff. If I was spending that kind of money I would seriously check out the competition first
Edit:-
But..BUT
If ever canon brought out say a RF-S 50-125F4Lis (FF equiv 80-200) in black built specifically for crop sensor (so smaller proportions) and priced lower than the RF 70-200F4 and most importantly sharp from the get go I would have a hard time looking the other way.
I no longer shoot with Canon DSLR but adapts EF lenses to both Sony as well as Fuji GFX mounts. Some of them works great for GFX covering full frame, and you'd get larger aperature than native lenses while be able to autofocus versus something like Mitakon 65/1.4
