Vintage lenses
Mar 30, 2022 06:02:45 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
vssmith42 wrote:
What vintage lenses do you use on your mirrorless cameras?
My Vintage Nikon lenses are all manual focus lenses, I do not use them on my mirrorless Nikon camera's.
I do have a lot of Vintage wines though.
Mar 30, 2022 06:20:01 #
Mar 30, 2022 07:44:44 #
RJW
Loc: Oregon
Vintage Olympus Zuiko lenses: 50mm 1.4, 1.8,3.5 Macro, 28mm 2.8, Ricoh Rikenon XR 50mm f2, Konica Hexanon AR 50mm 1.8, Vivitar Series 1 105mm 2.5 1:1 Macro, Asahi Pentax SMC 55mm 1.8, Pentax Super Takumar 28mm 2.8. All Manual focus and lots of fun with some fabulous images, great bokeh and separation from subject. Best of all most were less than $50, some for $6-12 at Goodwill and in excellent condition, none more than $100.
Mar 30, 2022 09:23:03 #
therwol wrote:
The first batch looks suspiciously like large format lenses. Well, I suppose a view camera is mirrorless.
Mar 30, 2022 09:26:49 #
RJW wrote:
Vintage Olympus Zuiko lenses: 50mm 1.4, 1.8,3.5 Macro, 28mm 2.8, Ricoh Rikenon XR 50mm f2, Konica Hexanon AR 50mm 1.8, Vivitar Series 1 105mm 2.5 1:1 Macro, Asahi Pentax SMC 55mm 1.8, Pentax Super Takumar 28mm 2.8. All Manual focus and lots of fun with some fabulous images, great bokeh and separation from subject. Best of all most were less than $50, some for $6-12 at Goodwill and in excellent condition, none more than $100.
Nice collection. I have a number of vintage film lenses I paid very little for as well.
Mar 30, 2022 09:33:53 #
imagemeister wrote:
I use the Vivitar 24mm f2 in Pentax M42 mount - an INCREDIBLE lens ! .......
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That would be an interesting lens for me. I have an Asahi smc-Pentax 24mm K-mount, and Vivitar Pentax K-mount 19mm 1:3.8 lens. The only thing I don't like about the Vivitar is that the focus ring turns the opposite of an actual Pentax brand lens. It is massively wide on my Pentax film SLRs but less radical for my APS-C DSLRs.
Mar 30, 2022 09:37:12 #
About a month ago, I purchased a semi-mirrorless camera. On it, I use Zeiss 40mm f/4, 50mm f/4, 80mm f/2.8, 120mm f/5.6, 150mm f/4. and 250mm f/5.6, with the appropriate adapter.
--Bob
--Bob
vssmith42 wrote:
What vintage lenses do you use on your mirrorless cameras?
Mar 30, 2022 09:39:33 #
vssmith42 wrote:
What vintage lenses do you use on your mirrorless cameras?
90mm Schneider Angulon, 120mm Schneider Super Angulon, 150mm Nikon-W, 210mm Schneider Symmar for my Omega and Gundlach cameras. Look mom no mirrors.
Mar 30, 2022 09:44:33 #
I have a looong, old Soligor lens with a T-mount that I never use. Why would I? It's big and heavy and not as good as mu current lenses. Now, if I had an old Nikon lens, that would be different.
Mar 30, 2022 10:09:15 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
vssmith42 wrote:
What vintage lenses do you use on your mirrorless cameras?
I use mostly Pentax and Minolta because those brands were what I had from my film days. I did acquire a Helios 44M-4 but I’ve not used it that much.
Stan
Mar 30, 2022 10:17:45 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
vssmith42 wrote:
What vintage lenses do you use on your mirrorless cameras?
Nikon, Pentax, Suncoast, Yashica, Minolta, a Russian lens can’t remember the name.
Mar 30, 2022 10:48:08 #
I use these too. Contax 50mm f1.4, 25mm f2.8, 300mm f4. Good lenses but I find a bit difficult to use with adapter and manual focus.
Mar 30, 2022 11:15:44 #
I have more than 100 vintage lenses that I have adapted. Great fun.
Mar 30, 2022 11:45:03 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
kymarto wrote:
I have more than 100 vintage lenses that I have adapted. Great fun.
I loved your post, Bokeh Sampler, which showed us how many vintage lenses performed in the quest for the most beautiful backgrounds.
Stan
Mar 30, 2022 12:08:26 #
Some years ago I had a Minolta 250mm mirror lens. It was incredibly cheap due to
the low value of the Yen at that time. I had Marty Forscher put a Leica R flange on it.
After a time I sold it. I believe in the past year or two seeing people wanting $1000.00
for that lens with that adaption. Yikes!.
the low value of the Yen at that time. I had Marty Forscher put a Leica R flange on it.
After a time I sold it. I believe in the past year or two seeing people wanting $1000.00
for that lens with that adaption. Yikes!.
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