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 Re: Anyone try a NON-Metabones EOS/Nex AF/IS adapter ? | |
Just a few observations regarding the Commlite adapter I bought to use on my wife\'s NEX 5n and to try on a rental A7r. These observations are from use on the NEX 5n.
The adapter is well built, heavier than I thought, and the fit front and rear are good. The tripod foot, however, is very poorly thought out and wobbly no matter what. The rubber \"feet\" can be removed and it can be shimmed to work well, but it is not a good solution for tripod mounting as shipped.
I had no issues with the camera locking up with any lens I tried, or with any settings I tried.
The directions say you must mount the lens to the adapter, then mount the adapter to the body, then turn on the body. This is not the case with most lenses, and hot swapping lenses worked fine for most, as does the MF/AF switch.
Lenses that I own that work fine, AF and aperture:
Canon 16-35 f/4L IS, Pancake 40mm (no MF by wire), 85/1.8, 100/2.8 macro, 135L, 28-135 cheapo zoom, ancient 24/2.8.
Sigma 14/2.8, 50/2.8 macro.
Tokina 17/3.5 1st version
It worked fine with a pretty good variety of new and old Canon and 3rd party lenses.
Lenses with issues:
Canon 200mm f/2.8 L version 1. Works perfectly sometimes, but only about 1 out of 6 times I mount it to the camera. AF and aperture, manual focus w/aperture control all CAN work and DO work reliably if the camera sees the lens from the start.
Canon 50/1.8 version 1, camera does not see this lens
Voigtlander 90/3.5 EF mount, camera does not see this lens
Zeiss 21/2.8 EF mount, camera does not see.
EDIT: I have rented an A7r for the week, and the Voigtlander 90/3.5 and Zeiss 21/2.8 work without any issues on the A7r, for aperture control. The older Canon 200/2.8L is still iffy.
AF actually works faster than I expected, though it is highly lens dependent- 85/1.8 very quick, macros quite slow, as on a Canon body, but slower.
Do the Voigtlander and Zeiss ZE lenses work on any of the other cheap adapters? This will work very well for what I want it to do otherwise.
EDIT: IS worked on the only 2 lenses I have with IS
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