I am interested, can yo let me know about the shipping cost to Chester, NJ.

Mike

I have a new Qtvr Panoramic Head from manfrotto, which I bought from KEH several years ago and have not used. If you are interested, I was getting ready to list it on Ebay for $280.00 plus shipping. PM me if you have any interest.

I have had really good luck using Nikon PC lenses on my canon cameras. Because of their design the adapter does not require any glass so no degrading in image quality. I use both the 28mm and 35mm Perspective correcting lenses, and what works really nice is the design of the lens with two aperture rings, the first is used as normal to set the desired f stop and the second allows you to open it to wide open for focusing and then quickly close it down to the preset aperture for shooting. I have also had very good luck using the lenses with live view for focusing, even without a chipped adapter.

I shoot canon and have adapted an older nikor PC lens, which works great. I have both the 35mm and 28mm lenses, which both together cost me less then an on off brand tilt shift lens. These lenses work great for interior. You just set the camera level on a tripod and then use the shift side to side to capture the room. You can use the camera in either portrait or landscape mode. The real plus for these lenses are that you get just what you need for architectural shots, I don't use the tilt for my architectural shots. I find this technique has much less distortion the an ultrawide lens and that I capture just what I need, and you also get a much larger file on my canon 6d, which is a 20 mp camera, I end up with over 40mp image sizes.

I have bought several lenses from them and found their rating system to be misleading, they seam to under rate the quality of the lenses they sell. I have gotten several lenses that they rated at good which I would have rated at near new condition. I also had a problem with one lens 5 month after I purchased it, and they gave me a full credit toward the purchase of another lens because they did not have that lens in stock to replace my lens.

I bought a Tokina 80-200 2.8 which was advertised as good condition, when it arrived, I could not find a mark on it. I proceeded to use it for about 5 months, and the auto-manual focus stopped working. They stood behind it and offered to either repair the lens or allow me to select another lens. GREAT SERVICE, I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for camera equipment.

Be careful with the drone, in my State, the use of Drones for commercial use requires a certificate, which would involve the you are also a certified pilot. This is a different situation then using them for you own personal sue.

The question may have more to due with the adapters needed to be used with some cameras like canon. In order to use the older fd lenses on a dslr you need to use an adapter with glass, which puts an additional glass element between the lens and the sensor. I have used this technique and find that it both gives a lower quality image then when used on the film camera and also it enlarges the image. I have had much better luck adapting older Nikon lenses to my canon camera, since it can be done with an adapter without an additional glass element.

The question may have more to due with the adapters needed to be use with some cameras like canon. In order to use the older fd lenses on a dslr you need to use an adapter with glass, which puts an additional glass element between the lens and the sensor. I have used this technique and find that it both give a lower quality image then when used on the film camera and also it enlarges the image. I have had much better luck adapting older Nikon lenses to my canon camera, since it can be done with an adapter without an additional glass element.

I am a canon shooter, and I use older Nikon PC (perspective control) lenses to shoot all my architectural shots. They adapt very well to the canon camera and I have both the 35mm and 28 mm versions. They are much cheaper then the tilt shift lenses, because they don't have the tilt capability. They are also manual only lenses but they have a very nice design to handle the F stop setting which works very well in manual mode.

I do only still photography, and use the 6d. Everyone complains about the limited focus points in the 6d, but I find the 11 selectable points work fine for me. For low light the 6d is reported to be slightly better then the 5d mark III due to the lower mega pixel count and the fact the pixels are larger in the 6d. The 6d is not a sports camera but for stills and landscape work I find it to be a great camera.

I find the image of the 5d mark 1 to have a great depth to the images, based on my research I think it has to do with the pixel size. being a full frame camera with only 12.8 mega pixels the pixel size is much larger then the 6d or 5d mark II or III.

I'll take it if the previous buyer falls through.

Mike

I have the original 5d and find for outdoor shots, the pictures have a quality about them which I can not duplicate with my 6d. I find I still grab that camera if I know I don't need the high iso. I also agree that it is not a sports camera. I use mine for landscapes, and for use on a tripod, it is great and well worth the price you are looking at.

I have both the LowePro Event 150 and 250 and I find them to be great bags. I would agree with the previous post, for the gear you described you would need to get the 250 (larger) bag.