Posted by budda Or you could go with Nikon, but for pretty much all the cameras around the price range of a used Rebel, you attach any old mf lens that's not a CPU lens, your camera will read "lens not attached." and will not meter at all. Unless you have an external light meter laying around (not cheap) I'd avoid Nikon entirely. |
Posted by budda Nikon and Canon seem to not give that much of a shit about backwards compatibility. |
Posted by Byberrian Fanman Do your motherfucking homework, kiddies! http://www.leitax....hipNikonNikkor.jpg With this $30 chip, one can have metering with P/S/A/M modes with almost every F-mount lens going back to 1959. |
Posted by djdeadmind But who cares about metering when all you need is manual mode? |
Posted by telefontubbie I'm going to buy a new compact camera soon, does the Panasonic Lumix LX-5 wil be a good choice?http://www.dprevie...nasonic_dmclx5.asp I notice that there are blurry image sides which are taken wit LX-5, if someone has this camera - is it really noticeable at any conditions or i should don't worry about that? |
Posted by telefontubbie Yea, Canon s95 is plan B so far...Although it seems not as good as LX-5 in some aspects. |
Posted by Byberrian Fanman Do your motherfucking homework, kiddies! http://www.leitax....hipNikonNikkor.jpg With this $30 chip, one can have metering with P/S/A/M modes with almost every F-mount lens going back to 1959. |
Posted by budda Or you could go with nikon, but for pretty much all the cameras around the price range of a used Rebel, you attach any old mf lens that's not a CPU lens, your camera will read "lens not attached." and will not meter at all. Unless you have an external light meter laying around (not cheap) I'd avoid Nikon entirely. |
Posted by budda Or get an FD-EF adapter. |
Posted by Ogre Battle Its not 1986 anymore; I think even the most die-hard users of Canon's FD lineup have finally converted to EOS. Just buy the correct EF-mount lens and don't waste your time with adapters. Or you could be like the guy in the other thread who hot-glued the EF adapter to his Sigma lens... |
Posted by Ogre Battle Its not 1986 anymore; I think even the most die-hard users of Canon's FD lineup have finally converted to EOS. Just buy the correct EF-mount lens and don't waste your time with adapters. Or you could be like the guy in the other thread who hot-glued the EF adapter to his Sigma lens... |
Posted by Byberrian Fanman Oooor you could just go EVIL and pick up a Sony NEX and be able to adapt damn near anything... |
Posted by Ogre Battle I SO want one of those! I have an old 50s-vintage Nikon S2 rangefinder, and there's even an adapter available to use the rangefinder lenses on the NEX.... Tempting! |
Posted by Byberrian Fanman With the Nikon/Contax rangefinder lenses, it depends. A lot of them don't have their own focus helicoids, so they rely on the camera's focus unit to focus. |
Posted by Ogre Battle You do realize, though, that the MF Nikon lenses WILL mount and work perfectly though on those cameras you're mentioning? There are actually people who scour swap meets and used camera websites for the rock-bottom bargains available on the MF glass. Loss of in-camera metering is no problem at all to those of us who grew up in an era of clunky, add-on, non-coupled meters (or no meters at all). |
Its not 1986 anymore; I think even the most die-hard users of Canon's FD lineup have finally converted to EOS. Just buy the correct EF-mount lens and don't waste your time with adapters. Or you could be like the guy in the other thread who hot-glued the EF adapter to his Sigma lens... |
Posted by budda Intention spans run really thin on UER don't they? |
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