…hich will help Metabones adapter last longer. The Lens Turbo is a quality made adapter too and is certainly much more solid than most dummy adapters sold on ebay. Neither of these adapters have any mount play and both fit snugly my Sony FS100. The biggest difference between these adapters though is the price. The luxury of having electronics, slightly wider field of view and slightly better built quality will set you back $650, while Lens Turbo ll… Continue Reading
…ry Low Budget doesn’t mean they are bad though. I picked up a cheap M42 to EF adapter on eBay stuck these lenses on my 5D. To my amassment they actually worked beautifully, no vignetting, focusing issues even though the full frame 5D MKII is the most incompatible DSLR camera for vintage lenses. Here is the useful 5D compatibility list for M42 mount lenses. Before anyone starts to question the optical quality of these lenses, I want to say that I h… Continue Reading
…con Six/P6 mount) – 68-69 Soviet M42 mount lenses: MIR-20M 20mm F3.5 (KMZ factory) – 90-91(checked) MIR-1 37mm F2.8 (ZOMZ factory) – 60-61 (the lens barrel is too small, would need extra padding to work) Helios 44-2 58mm F2.0 (KMZ, VALDAI factories) – 60-61(checked) Helios 44-3 MC 58mm F2.0 (MMZ factory) – 62-63 (checked) Helios 44m-4 58mm F2.0 (VALDAI factory) – 62-63 (checked) Jupiter-9 85mm F2.0 (LZOS/KMZ factory) – 64-65 (checked) TAIR-11A 135… Continue Reading
…ep Up Rings Cool-Lux Follow Focus Gears (my review here) Adjustable M42 to EF adapters As mentioned in my video, I’ve done my de-clicking with EKOECamera in London, but if you are in US I highly recommend Duclos Lenses, well known for their top quality service and for my Canadian friends, SimmodLens will provide amazing service at really affordable prices. Conclusion: I truly believe that it would be very difficult to find a nicer, more versatile… Continue Reading
…ing a variety of international online sales platforms to ensure the utmost accuracy at the time of writing. We cover every official Leica R lens produced, ranging from the humble 50mm Summicron-R to the highly sought after 35mm Summilux-R and the exceedingly scarce 15mm Super-Elmarit-R. Prices are in USD, have eBay links for quick searching and are banded as follows: High prices – Are for mint examples, perfect for your next rehousing project. Low… Continue Reading
…sult in image suddenly changing in unpleasant looking steps, rather than gradually. With variable adjustment one could avoid such situation by turning the ring slowly, gradually reducing the brightness without any “steps”. I have the Samyang 35mm lens, that has smooth aperture adjustment (Samyang 35mm Cine Lens) and I do love it so much, it is such a nice way to fine-tune the aperture to your particular requirements, so the possibility of having s… Continue Reading
…sk mount is more complicated and rugged than the Kiev-16U screw mount, therefore adapter is more difficult to make and it costs more. At the time of writing RAFcamera Krasnogorsk to MFT adapter costs $85 (permanent version $65) which might sound a lot, but compare it to any decent ARRI B / PL / OCT-19 adapters (which have similar design) and it’s no longer expensive at all. In fact the only reason why adapter seems expensive is because actual lens… Continue Reading
…ocus, which is the reason why I almost never use the amazingly sharp Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro which I have from my photography days. Focusing with MIR-1 on other hand is an absolute pleasure. You can really dial in your focusing point very smoothly and with a great precision, perfect for video use. Optically MIR-1 is also quite a special lens. It has the most amazing flares you’ll find on a lens. My test above really doesn’t do this lens any jus… Continue Reading
…ese two lenses though is that MIR-20m is based on Zeiss Flektogon. It has had additional modifications, but sharpness on these is suppose to be similar. Out of the bottom 3, MIR actually appears to be the sharpest wide open judging from the stills and identical to Zeiss in my test video. I think the reason why it’s perceived as softest is the low contrast look that it has. The lens actually holds reasonable amount of detail even wide open. I think… Continue Reading
…ing a variety of international online sales platforms to ensure the utmost accuracy at the time of writing. We cover every official Contax Zeiss lens produced, ranging from the mainstay 50mm f/1.4 Planar to the highly sought after “Hollywood” 28mm f/2 Distagon lenses that helped put Contax on the map. Prices are in USD, have eBay links for quick searching and are banded as follows: High prices – Are for mint examples, perfect for your next rehousi… Continue Reading
