…so check back soon for more test. Next one will be: 4x cheap 200mm going head to head, so see you in the next post. I try my best to make this website a great resource people interested in vintage lenses for video use, so I hope you’ve enjoyed this post and it will help you save some money on your future lens investments. I’ve joined the ebay partnership program to help me run this website and fund my monthly lens giveaways, so if you found this p… Continue Reading
…ant winner in this test. Ironically you can’t use Canon FD lenses on Canon EF camera without an adaptor containing the (poor quality) optical element, which deteriorates the optical quality of the actual lens so much that it makes no sense using such setup. For E-mount & M4/3 users though this might be a more difficult decision, as both Canon FD and Olympus Zuiko are some of the most affordable 50mm F1.4 primes. Canon in particular can be snapped… Continue Reading
…the better idea what the sharpness is really like I took some photos with each lens and placed on the timeline at the 400% crop. This gave a much better picture of how each lens really perforce. At f/1.4 all 3 lenses have very similar sharpness, but Canon actually has the most chromatic aberration. At f/2.0 Nikon performed better than the other 2. At f/2.8 Nikon was still slightly ahead of other 2 and I think when stepped down it actually performs… Continue Reading
…nd will also work with the latest full frame mirror-less cameras like Sony A7/A7r/A7s. You can also get close to full frame look on crop sensor cameras if you combine them with a focal reducer, like this one. So let’s take a closer look at each of the Canon FD lenses Khairil mentioned in his video. Canon FD 24mm F2.8: Cheap wide-angle lens, especially good on full frame camera like Sony A7 series. Canon FD 35mm F2: Great walk around lens both on c… Continue Reading
…stops thanks to the 10 aperture blades. Some c-mount lenses suffer from a lack of character, but this lens is certainly not one of them! Specifications: Filter thread: 43mm 9 aperture presents from F1.5 to F22 90° focus throw Closest focusing distance: 30cm / 1ft Weight: 240g Mount: “C” screw mount Made in Japan Let’s now put some things into perspective with some pros and cons. PROS: Very fast at F1.5 Great closest focusing distance at 30cm Amazi… Continue Reading
…are loads of other affordable FD lenses to fill in the gaps when you are ready to add more lenses to the kit, some of them are mentioned in my Canon FD Buyer’s Guide. My latest carboot sale find, £10 for everything! WHERE So where is the best place to find a bargain? Flea markets/carboot sales and thrift/charity shops are some of the best places to find a real bargain, because prices in such places are generally low, especially at the flea markets… Continue Reading
…dern lenses: great, long throw focus ring with hard stops, manual aperture adjustment ( can be adapted to most cameras with a simple, cheap adapter). While I’m not keeping mine, there is a place for this lens and if you find one for under £400/$700 it might be worth giving it a good closer look. Pentax SMC 200mm f2.5 on eBay I try my best to make this website a great resource people interested in vintage lenses for video use, so I hope you… Continue Reading
…Contrast Vintage Look New, re-designed rugged construction Permanent PL or EF conversion Ability to add internal colour and “anamorfake” modifications 95mm OD front for easy compatibility with clip-on matte boxes 92mm front filter thread Fluid / Click-less Aperture Adjustment with correct markings Relocated focus ring for better mount clearance and follow focus compatibility Expanded focus distance markings scale Imperial lens marking option avail… Continue Reading
…enses I give away to end up with someone who will actually use them and hopefully benefit from having them as part of their kit. Good luck to everyone entering! a Rafflecopter giveaway Supporting Giveaways: As you may know, I don’t have any sponsors and I fund all my giveaways myself. I giveaway what I can and as often as I can, but giveaways like this are very costly, especially because I volunteer to send lenses to anyone, anywhere in the world,… Continue Reading
…on EF cameras. With Adaptall-2 you remove the mount completely rather than add the adapter, so even if it happened to be FD or MD, you can swap it out to other mounts, even a native Canon EF mount. Another minor difference between the two is that Tamron has an F4 setting between the F3.5 and F5.6, while Tokina is either wide open at F3.5 or F5.6 and so on, which isn’t helpful when you want to stop down the lens a little, but might not want to all… Continue Reading
