Inexpensive Lens "free-for-all." It's happening right now!!! (Page 2): Gessman - Your testing was great. You are lucky that you still can get metering. My d90 Nikon does not. You have...

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

Gessman - Your testing was great. You are lucky that you still can get metering. My d90 Nikon does not. You have to do all manual. JUst a tip for those of you that your camera will not meter with older lenses you can use your camera as an exposure meter. I like to use pick the apature and then let the camera pick the shutter speed so I set my camera on apature with one of my compatable lenses then see what the shutter speed the camera picks. Then I put on the old lens and use the same setting. It works. - Dave

Deewheat

Great info, guys, and I, and I am sure others as well, greatly appreciate it. I used to have an Ebay supplier who had adapters for practically every lens made so they could be used with cameras of other brands, but he quit selling about two years ago.

I have a good assortment of lenses, but am always looking for others at a price I can afford on my now fixed income. This sounds like a good way to expand without having to fast for a month LOL!

C.C. Writer Loc: SC

I just signed up and found this very interesting. I have a Canon 7D and have never used any lens adapters. If I was interested in the Vivitar Series 1 lens, would I look for an adapter for the 7D and Vivitar? I guess, at B&H Photo or one of the regular on-line camera places? Or if I found a film Nikon lens -- guess I'm so new to this I would like to know what to look for in the adapter. Very interesting article.. I do have an old Canon FD lens, but it is the same as a digital one (the kit lens) that I have.

Greg Loc: Maryland

Country's Mama wrote:

Should I be concerned that it states in the description that there is light dust inside the lens. Is that cleanable?

Not by you, at least unless you know how to disassemble and reassemble the lens and have a suitable dust free environment to do it in. You can get it cleaned by the likes of KEH for a little over $100. So the question is, how much do you want to spend on the lens. If it's only light dust, likely you won't notice it in the image, but caveat emptor.

Greg Loc: Maryland

wilsondl2 wrote:

Gessman - Your testing was great. You are lucky t... (show quote)

too much lense changing. Just guestimate your exposure then check your histogram and adjust accoringly. If you have a D7000 and up, you can meter and use aperature priority with manual lenses. Lower end bodies will not meter or have any automation.

artsyjeanne Loc: Florida

Thanks for all that research and excellent info. I'll check it out.

gessman wrote:

Yesterday and the day before while I appeared to b... (show quote)

Dria Loc: Ohio

I have the Canon XSi. I came across some old lenses in a box of camera stuff my dad had given me YEARS ago-- Gessman had made my inquisitive about them with his comments in the past..so.. I found and adapter on Ebay for the pentax>canon adapter.. this one was $10 and it signals that it is focused--and that seems to be accurate.
Here are pics I took--- 1 with my new Tamron VC Di 28-300..--
all at F8 and in the lower right hand corner of each is the lens type

Dria Loc: Ohio

Those Pentax lenses are from an OLD Pentax spotmatic -- Dad bought the box of "junk" at a garage sale for a couple bucks-- I had dug the camera bag out and was using it--nice bag-- but I just passed by the lenses as they were Pentax and I have Canon--

Ray Bullock Loc: Redding, CA

Thanks Gessman!!

gessman Loc: Colorado

Country's Mama wrote:

Should I be concerned that it states in the description that there is light dust inside the lens. Is that cleanable?

Most dust particles do not show up in your images. Chunks of mud might but rarely dust.

gessman Loc: Colorado

sparky192 wrote:

Hey Gessman

On another note, I see Cokin filters are making a big comeback. I have an assortment of these for B/W and looking for some graduated colour filters.

Sparky

Man, Sparky, sounds like you're all set if you still have all those old lens, once you get that adapter. One of my favorite all time lens was a Soligar zoom. Have often and repeatedly regretted the day I sold it.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Dria wrote:

Those Pentax lenses are from an OLD Pentax spotmatic -- Dad bought the box of "junk" at a garage sale for a couple bucks-- I had dug the camera bag out and was using it--nice bag-- but I just passed by the lenses as they were Pentax and I have Canon--

Looks like you're set. Now, decisions, decisions, decisions...:-)

gessman Loc: Colorado

dpumehana wrote:

Will the Milolta work on my olympus camera? I just love ebay,and amazon.com

You can probably find an adapter on ebay for that too. By the way, those are some great pics you put on your last post, especially of the little girl - wonderful shot.

gessman Loc: Colorado

wilsondl2 wrote:

Gessman - Your testing was great. You are lucky t... (show quote)

Where there's a will...

gessman Loc: Colorado

Deewheat wrote:

Great info, guys, and I, and I am sure others as well, greatly appreciate it. I used to have an Ebay supplier who had adapters for practically every lens made so they could be used with cameras of other brands, but he quit selling about two years ago.

I have a good assortment of lenses, but am always looking for others at a price I can afford on my now fixed income. This sounds like a good way to expand without having to fast for a month LOL!

There was a time when adapters were in short supply but I looked just the other day and ebay is flooded with the things now. Sounds like you figured this thing out ahead of the rest of us. I guess it pays go be older and wiser, eh?