Vintage Lenses

[revonda]

<p>Thank you Clive...very tempting and I might just have to do that as I am already addicted into scouring!</p>

[revonda]

<p>...and welcome to photo.net, Clive I believe it to be the best photo site on the web.</p>

[clive_murray_white]

<p>Thanks for the nice welcome Revonda G.<br>

<a href="http://www.cameraquest.com/adaptnew.htm">http://www.cameraquest.com/adaptnew.htm</a><br>

I found this site very helpful but have to admit that I buy the cheaper eBay adapters, scouring got me into a bit of a moral dilema the other day I bought what I thought was just a nice set of Russian lenses in a case it turned out to be a brand new unused one of these.<br>

<a href="http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/fotokomplekt/">http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/fotokomplekt/</a></p>

<p>And I bought it thinking I'll keep the Helios 40-2, 1.5/85, a lens that I've been looking for and sell the rest but I think its a collectors item and really I should try to find a good home for it all.</p>

<p>Clive</p>

[revonda]

<p>A Zenit TTL Moscow camera? I know nothing about Russian cameras but you got alot stuff if that was the right page!</p>

[15sunrises]

<p>Russian lenses were actually why I went with Canon instead of Nikon when I started shooting. Easy access to all of my M42 lenses, as well as cheap access to additional M42 lenses made up my mind for me. Unfortunately these lenses didn't work on Nikons, but I can say that I'm totally satisfied with the results from these old school lenses. Also, there's no way that I could be shooting with good results in the 300mm and 500mm range without having to spend thousands otherwise. It's definitely worth looking into although keep in mind that everything will be manual (focus/aperture) and these lenses usually pretty heavy!</p>

[clive_murray_white]

<p>Though some of the best film camera long lenses are Nikon AI, I've heard. They'll go on a 300D?<br>

Heavy isn't the word for it with the Soviets, the Helios 40-2 weighs in at a massive 1Kg and the Jupiter 21 in the kit's roughly the same. You get some real surprises don't you?<br>

Have you seen this?<br>

<a href="http://www.galactinus.net/vilva/retro/eos350d_helios.html">http://www.galactinus.net/vilva/retro/eos350d_helios.html</a><br>

Very interesting site for anyone half interested in the old lenses </p>

[JDMvW]

<p>300D = Canon Digital Rebel so I'm guessing that Clive means<br /> D300 - Nikon camera?<br /> And yes, the Nikon long lenses will work manually on a Canon 300D, but I don't know about the D300 since the compatibility <a href="http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/slr-lens.html">chart</a> I use hasn't got there yet, but kennyrockwell says the AI lenses will work ;)</p>

[clive_murray_white]

<p>Sorry about that slip I did mean Nikon, as that's what Revonda G's using, I've often thought about trying some Nikon lenses on 4/3s but I get quite confused about which N lenses are OK, AI, pre- AI modified and so on, you also picked that I come from somewhere where the Canon is called 300D not Rebel. That place being Australia.<br>

All the best, Clive</p>

[indraneel]

<p>Not sure about 4/3, but all nikon lenses will work on the micro 4/3. Manual focus at 7x or 10x, manual exposure with live view histogram. The only shortcoming is the crappy olympus software (both master and studio), although lightroom does a worse job of RAW conversion. I have to use master to convert a 13MB raw to 70MB tiff and then import into lightroom as dng (or into NX2 as nef), everytime. But the EP-1 does produce stunning images. The m4/3 to nikon adapter costs about $70 on ebay and feels solid.</p>

[clive_murray_white]

<p>Cameraquest gives most of the info on which Nikon MF lenses can be used. But its Definitely not all Nikon lenses. Something to do with pre- AI AI modified and AIS not autofocus etc.<br>

Yes, Olympus software is a pain... I convert from RAW in Master and adjust it in Bibble Pro very quick, efficient and easy to use.<br>

I'll still push for a 4/3s camera with live view over the m4/3 mainly because of cost.</p>