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p.145 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
W.T. Jones wrote:
Lenticular, Glad to hear it is a good performer, thanks for the reply. I have quite a few FD lenses from years past, but do not know much about the TS. When I was shooting EOS cameras I always wanted to buy a T-S lens, somehow I just found other things to spend money on. I never thought to adapt a FD TS lens to an EOS. Now that I have shifted to Fuji, I have different priorities & the TS lens was one of them.
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I always wanted a 35mm tilt-shift, but the FD was not easily adapted to Canon, and their offerings of the 45mm (too narrow) and 24mm (too wide) didn't fit the bill for me. If I go the A7r route, I might have to look around for one of these.
Lenticular, Glad to hear it is a good performer, thanks for the reply. I have quite a few FD lenses from years past, but do not know much about the TS. When I was shooting EOS cameras I always wanted to buy a T-S lens, somehow I just found other things to spend money on. I never thought to adapt a FD TS lens to an EOS. Now that I have shifted to Fuji, I have different priorities & the TS lens was one of them.
Here she is in all her glory, even came with a hood! as well...Show more →
I always wanted a 35mm tilt-shift, but the FD was not easily adapted to Canon, and their offerings of the 45mm (too narrow) and 24mm (too wide) didn't fit the bill for me. If I go the A7r route, I might have to look around for one of these.
Nov 04, 2013 at 08:19 AM
p.145 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
After buying the zeiss 50MP, I started eyeing the 100f/2...but was hard to justify having another 100mm lens that was not 1:1 - I have already the canon ef 100mm 2.8 usm
Well, found a better solution:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
Now I can retire the canon
, that is after the new set arrives sometime this week
Well, found a better solution:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
Now I can retire the canon
, that is after the new set arrives sometime this weekNov 04, 2013 at 09:17 AM
p.145 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
helimat wrote:
Here she is in all her glory, even came with a hood! as well as a case, manual & tripod spacerI always wanted a 35mm tilt-shift, but the FD was not easily adapted to Canon, and their offerings of the 45mm (too narrow) and 24mm (too wide) didn't fit the bill for me. If I go the A7r route, I might have to look around for one of these.
Not cheap, Matt, but the brass machined adapter from Canadian Ed Mika is a ready swap-out for the original FD bayonet and makes the TS35/2.8 a straight EF lens. He sells the adapter with or without a FC chip.
Bacalhau wrote:
After buying the zeiss 50MP, I started eyeing the 100f/2...but was hard to justify having another 100mm lens that was not 1:1 - I have already the canon ef 100mm 2.8 usm
Well, found a better solution:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
Now I can retire the canon, that is after the new set arrives sometime this week
I have the Leica R 60/2.8 macro and the same 1:1 adapter and it's a fantastic lens, with or without the adapter. I think you will have lots of satisfaction from your 100 version too, purely in my experience with the 60.
W.T. Jones wrote
Lenticular, Glad to hear it is a good performer, thanks for the reply. I have quite a few FD lenses from years past, but do not know much about the TS. When I was shooting EOS cameras I always wanted to buy a T-S lens, somehow I just found other things to spend money on. I never thought to adapt a FD TS lens to an EOS. Now that I have shifted to Fuji, I have different priorities & the TS lens was one of them.Here she is in all her glory, even came with a hood! as well as a case, manual & tripod spacer
Not cheap, Matt, but the brass machined adapter from Canadian Ed Mika is a ready swap-out for the original FD bayonet and makes the TS35/2.8 a straight EF lens. He sells the adapter with or without a FC chip.
Bacalhau wrote:
After buying the zeiss 50MP, I started eyeing the 100f/2...but was hard to justify having another 100mm lens that was not 1:1 - I have already the canon ef 100mm 2.8 usm
Well, found a better solution:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
Now I can retire the canon
, that is after the new set arrives sometime this weekI have the Leica R 60/2.8 macro and the same 1:1 adapter and it's a fantastic lens, with or without the adapter. I think you will have lots of satisfaction from your 100 version too, purely in my experience with the 60.
Nov 04, 2013 at 03:15 PM
p.145 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
lenticular11 wrote:
Here she is in all her glory, even came with a hood! as well as a case, manual & tripod spacerI always wanted a 35mm tilt-shift, but the FD was not easily adapted to Canon, and their offerings of the 45mm (too narrow) and 24mm (too wide) didn't fit the bill for me. If I go the A7r route, I might have to look around for one of these. Not cheap, Matt, but the brass machined adapter from Canadian Ed Mika is a ready swap-out for the original FD bayonet and makes the TS35/2.8 a straight EF lens. He sells the adapter with or without a FC chip.
Well, found a better solution:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
Now I can retire the canon, that is after the new set arrives sometime this weekI have the Leica R 60/2.8 macro and the same 1:1 adapter and it's a fantastic lens, with or without the adapter. I think you will have lots of satisfaction from your 100 version too, purely in my experience with the 60.
Are you using the lens on a Canon ef body?
If so, would you mind to provide me some feedack about used adapter? For now I got a generic with chip, allowing infinity focus and AF confirmation, but looking into a Novoflex, or a more permanent mounting with Leitax.
Thanks
helimat wrote
W.T. Jones wrote
Lenticular, Glad to hear it is a good performer, thanks for the reply. I have quite a few FD lenses from years past, but do not know much about the TS. When I was shooting EOS cameras I always wanted to buy a T-S lens, somehow I just found other things to spend money on. I never thought to adapt a FD TS lens to an EOS. Now that I have shifted to Fuji, I have different priorities & the TS lens was one of them.Here she is in all her glory, even came with a hood! as well as a case, manual & tripod spacer
Bacalhau wrote
After buying the zeiss 50MP, I started eyeing the 100f/2...but was hard to justify having another 100mm lens that was not 1:1 - I have already the canon ef 100mm 2.8 usmWell, found a better solution:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
Now I can retire the canon
, that is after the new set arrives sometime this weekAre you using the lens on a Canon ef body?
If so, would you mind to provide me some feedack about used adapter? For now I got a generic with chip, allowing infinity focus and AF confirmation, but looking into a Novoflex, or a more permanent mounting with Leitax.
Thanks
Nov 04, 2013 at 03:40 PM
p.145 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I used a cheap LR - EF adapter and then bought a Leitax adapter. I ended up removing the Leitax adapter however, simply because the 1:1 adapter must mate with the standard LR bayonet fitting :-]
Nov 05, 2013 at 06:21 AM
p.145 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
lenticular11 wrote:
I used a cheap LR - EF adapter and then bought a Leitax adapter. I ended up removing the Leitax adapter however, simply because the 1:1 adapter must mate with the standard LR bayonet fitting :-]
I received the 1:1 adapter already - lens trailing behind - and it seems that will mount in the front, which I don't mind at all.
If you decide to sell your Leitax - has to be a 6 screws - I might be interested in it. There is another brand aside Leitax and Novofles that I still need to check.
Thanks
ps: I apologize to dcad10 to highjack his thread - I will pm lenticular from now on
I used a cheap LR - EF adapter and then bought a Leitax adapter. I ended up removing the Leitax adapter however, simply because the 1:1 adapter must mate with the standard LR bayonet fitting :-]
I received the 1:1 adapter already - lens trailing behind - and it seems that will mount in the front, which I don't mind at all.
If you decide to sell your Leitax - has to be a 6 screws - I might be interested in it. There is another brand aside Leitax and Novofles that I still need to check.
Thanks
ps: I apologize to dcad10 to highjack his thread - I will pm lenticular from now on
Nov 05, 2013 at 12:08 PM
p.145 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I bought a Canon nFD 80-200/4 L (can I make the L red somehow? ) after I read a great review about it. Really looking forward to it.
) after I read a great review about it. Really looking forward to it.Nov 05, 2013 at 12:29 PM
p.145 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
just bought an OM1 with 50mm 1,8 for a few euro.
so far so good.
together with a:
SOLIGOR C/D7 MACRO TELE-CONVERTER 2X
first i thought hmm, what is that scale for?
it expands until Macro 1:1 ! funny thing!
first fast test, not so bad ...
r
so far so good.
together with a:
SOLIGOR C/D7 MACRO TELE-CONVERTER 2X
first i thought hmm, what is that scale for?
it expands until Macro 1:1 ! funny thing!
first fast test, not so bad ...
r
Nov 05, 2013 at 03:16 PM
p.145 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Phillip Reeve wrote:
I bought a Canon nFD 80-200/4 L (can I make the L red somehow?) after I read a great review about it. Really looking forward to it.
Nice, Phillip. I love mine. It's the first push-pull I've used that I felt was worth using a push-pull.
I bought a Canon nFD 80-200/4 L (can I make the L red somehow?
) after I read a great review about it. Really looking forward to it.Nice, Phillip. I love mine. It's the first push-pull I've used that I felt was worth using a push-pull.
Nov 05, 2013 at 03:52 PM
p.145 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I just the threw caution to the wind & bought a FD 500 f/4.5L, to use on a Fuji X-E1. it is on it's way here.
Nov 05, 2013 at 04:24 PM
p.145 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
freaklikeme wrote:
) after I read a great review about it. Really looking forward to it.Nice, Phillip. I love mine. It's the first push-pull I've used that I felt was worth using a push-pull.
It looks great on paper and seems to produce lovely images but my experience with Canon's other one touch zoom/focus lenses like the FD 70-210 have always put me off buying one. :-/
Phillip Reeve wrote
I bought a Canon nFD 80-200/4 L (can I make the L red somehow?) after I read a great review about it. Really looking forward to it.It looks great on paper and seems to produce lovely images but my experience with Canon's other one touch zoom/focus lenses like the FD 70-210 have always put me off buying one. :-/
Nov 05, 2013 at 05:40 PM
p.145 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just paid for two lenses, Topcor RE 35/2.8 & RE 100/2.8, both in black to go with my black RE 28/2.8, RE 58/1.4, & R 135/3.5....
Really looking forward to using them on the A7r.
Really looking forward to using them on the A7r.
Nov 11, 2013 at 09:38 PM
p.145 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Vivitar-LU 75/3.5 LTM.
Nov 12, 2013 at 06:43 AM
p.145 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Bacalhau wrote:
Well, found a better solution:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
The best part about this combo is that you only have to sell 2 or 3 of your cars to afford it!
Well, found a better solution:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
The best part about this combo is that you only have to sell 2 or 3 of your cars to afford it!
Nov 12, 2013 at 07:33 AM
p.145 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Lee Saxon wrote:
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converterThe best part about this combo is that you only have to sell 2 or 3 of your cars to afford it!
Cars, kids, limbs......
Bacalhau wrote
Well, found a better solution:LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 and the LEICA ELPRO 1:2–1:1 converter
Cars, kids, limbs......
Nov 12, 2013 at 07:45 AM
p.145 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
This was my latest alt lens purchase: The FL 55mm f/1.2. I bought the FD 35/2 the day before, though.
http://www.jordansteele.com/2013/fl5512.jpg
http://www.jordansteele.com/2013/fl5512.jpg
Nov 12, 2013 at 09:11 AM
p.145 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I bought a Nikon 35/2.8 AI.
Regarding the Leica R 60 macro -- I use a cheap R > EOS mount from China. Works great, including infinity. Real tight and no rocking. About $15 shipped.
Regarding the Leica R 60 macro -- I use a cheap R > EOS mount from China. Works great, including infinity. Real tight and no rocking. About $15 shipped.
Nov 12, 2013 at 10:18 AM
p.145 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50/1.8 and Sonnar 135/3.5.
Nov 12, 2013 at 01:53 PM
p.145 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Musicman wrote:
) after I read a great review about it. Really looking forward to it.Nice, Phillip. I love mine. It's the first push-pull I've used that I felt was worth using a push-pull.It looks great on paper and seems to produce lovely images but my experience with Canon's other one touch zoom/focus lenses like the FD 70-210 have always put me off buying one. :-/
One-touch sounds too nice, like it's just a simple little touch and, presto, you've gone from 80-200. Push/pull and twist are more accurate.
freaklikeme wrote
Phillip Reeve wrote
I bought a Canon nFD 80-200/4 L (can I make the L red somehow?) after I read a great review about it. Really looking forward to it.One-touch sounds too nice, like it's just a simple little touch and, presto, you've gone from 80-200. Push/pull and twist are more accurate.
Nov 12, 2013 at 02:03 PM
p.145 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Gunzorro wrote:
I bought a Nikon 35/2.8 AI.
Regarding the Leica R 60 macro -- I use a cheap R > EOS mount from China. Works great, including infinity. Real tight and no rocking. About $15 shipped.
Would you mind sending me a PM please with details of the eBay supplier? My own cheap adapter has a little play.
I bought a Nikon 35/2.8 AI.
Regarding the Leica R 60 macro -- I use a cheap R > EOS mount from China. Works great, including infinity. Real tight and no rocking. About $15 shipped.
Would you mind sending me a PM please with details of the eBay supplier? My own cheap adapter has a little play.
Nov 12, 2013 at 02:08 PM