Older Lenses
Jul 19, 2014 15:23:31 #
Jul 19, 2014 16:10:00 #
jcsnell wrote:
May seem like a silly question, but here goes. I have some older Pentax (50mmf1.8) and Mamiya (50mmf1.2) from film days. Is there anyone who makes adapters that I could use on a Nikon D3100? I understand that it would all be manual etc, but that is OK. Would it be practical to try to do this when you can buy new or refurb for a couple of hundred dollars. Just trying to use some old equipment. Thanks for any input.
You may want to check your Mamiya lens, jc. It may be a 50mm f/1:2, and NOT f/1.2. (note the difference :/.). A 50mm f/1:2 is actually an f/2.0 not a 1.2. Different nomenclature.
Jul 19, 2014 16:29:35 #
Good point about the Mamiya lens... Lots of people put bids in on older Nikkor F2 lenses thinking they are F1.2 lens on eBay....... There are enough older Nikkor & Nikon mount 3rd party lenses inexpensively enough on eBay that it isn't worth adapting older Non Nikon mount lenses to Nikon DSLR's
Danilo wrote:
You may want to check your Mamiya lens, jc. It may be a 50mm f/1:2, and NOT f/1.2. (note the difference :/.). A 50mm f/1:2 is actually an f/2.0 not a 1.2. Different nomenclature.
Aug 7, 2014 17:55:33 #
Well, after good results adapting my older Yashica F 1.2 M42 screw lens to my Canon T1i.... I decided I needed to try my two old Canon FD lenses with an adapter....... Fairly economical via EBay/China with glass and focus confirm...... Certainly not the great results that I had with the M42 adapter..... talk about losing f stops .......what should have been f8 @ 1/125 ended up being f1.8 @ 1/60. Even the infinity produced a soft focus...at least experience is a good teacher....twenty some bucks and a twenty some day wait a cheap lesson.
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