Can I use Canon lens on other cameras?
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The older, manual mechanical lenses (mostly FD/FL for Canon) can pretty easily be adapted, especially to a smaller camera flange depth like a GH2/3 with a simple mechanical adapter ring.
The problem with the newer lenses is that they have an electronically controlled aperture instead of mechanically controlled, so you need to have a 'smarter' adapter which can talk to the lens and/or adapt the body electronic signals to the lens electronic signals.
*Note: I _think_ that even modern Nikon lenses don't suffer from this as they still use mechanical aperture controls*
The problem with the newer lenses is that they have an electronically controlled aperture instead of mechanically controlled, so you need to have a 'smarter' adapter which can talk to the lens and/or adapt the body electronic signals to the lens electronic signals.
*Note: I _think_ that even modern Nikon lenses don't suffer from this as they still use mechanical aperture controls*
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It depends, some of their newest lenses don't have mechanical aperture control, but for the most part, they do.Drizzt321 said:
So, while you can use Canon EF lenses on something like a GH2, you'll either want to get a metabones adapter that has electronic control (expensive), or you'll want to just buy cheap legacy lenses that have mechanical adjustments. I'd go the second route, since the real advantage of micro 4/3rds is you can use old lenses that are good yet cheap. You could easily buy Nikon AI or similar glass and be covered
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omar said:
Yes, it does. You should do a bit of research on the older lenses, as there are quite a few that are crap to merely ok. Then again, there are a variety of really good older lenses, especially since the GH2/3 are pretty small sensors and so will be very much in the center of the image circle where most lenses are best. And if you're going older lenses, you can pick and choose the best from _any_ manufacturer. Even medium format, although some of those might cost a bit more or be pretty unwieldy with a smaller camera like that. But, with a MF lens you can do nifty things like a DIY tilt-shift
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omar said:
Lets you do some pretty cool things. Used a lot by architectural photographers (as well as others), it lets you correct perspective by being able to 'tilt' and 'shift' the lens along the lens mount. Basically, change the orientation of the lens with respect to the film/sensor plane in order to correct things such as perspective distortions, or do cool tricks like the faux miniature look popular with some people for videos.
See here for a longer description. It's pretty cool, but unless you know what you're doing and/or actually need it, they tend to be too expensive for casual users. But, since you have to manually focus them anyway, you can get a high quality lens meant for a larger image circle and use one with a modified mount/bellows on a smaller format camera for a less (sometimes significantly less) expensive option at the cost of some effort and possible ease of use.
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