Everything works so well and now my VS 100-300 is rock-solid and I highly recommend this set-up. The Contax to E-mount Leitax conversion is very easy to set-up and it's also very light comparing to using a regular adapter.
I think the winter hike makes you appreciate being able to just drive up the road in the summer. It s a neat place to hike and camp because you feel like you are out there but you still have cell coverage.
For CY 100-300 owners, did you guys have a hard time focusing this lens? Even with focus magnify I found it very difficult to hit focus, esp. in bad light and stopped down WO. I loved the results though.
This lens is on my list as my go to tele for landscape work. I've almost caved and picked up the canon 70-200 f4, and still might, as I like the thought of being able to auto focus with metabones and the rarity of these lenses outside of eBay in Japan. But this lens really does look like a stunner.
It is the versatility, compactness and lightness of a landscape kit that can include a lens like the 100-300 (or the 70-200 for that matter) that has stayed my hand when the detail hungry part of myself wants to leave my sony a7RII for a the Fuji GFX 50s.
Jack Thompson wrote:
This lens is on my list as my go to tele for landscape work. I've almost caved and picked up the canon 70-200 f4, and still might, as I like the thought of being able to auto focus with metabones and the rarity of these lenses outside of eBay in Japan. But this lens really does look like a stunner.
It is the versatility, compactness and lightness of a landscape kit that can include a lens like the 100-300 (or the 70-200 for that matter) that has stayed my hand when the detail hungry part of myself wants to leave my sony a7RII for a the Fuji GFX 50s. ...Show more →
I had the 100-300 twice, and I now own the 70-200 F4 IS. I much prefer the rendering, images and extra reach of the CY 1-300. You just have to deal with focusing it, which is an absolute pain.
@mike reid I meant holding the lens (as it's heavier than the body) and letting the AF find focus, rather than trying to MF it. It can be done with some success--just need to prefocus it.
nehemiahphoto wrote:
I had the 100-300 twice, and I now own the 70-200 F4 IS. I much prefer the rendering, images and extra reach of the CY 1-300. You just have to deal with focusing it, which is an absolute pain.
@mike reid@ I meant holding the lens (as it's heavier than the body) and letting the AF find focus, rather than trying to MF it. It can be done with some success--just need to prefocus it.
That's a bummer about your experience focusing it. Have others found that to be a major downside of this lens as well?
