Hello all,
First, I will disclose, I'm still on the sidelines with respect to the new R mirrorless system. I still am shooting my 5D3...with a good selection of EF glass.
I'm leaning towards the R5, but will wait a bit longer to see the R3 come out and maybe even see what rumors say about the mythical R1.
That being said, one thing that excites me about going mirrorless, is having fun adapting vintage lenses.
I have a couple of other mirrorless systems (GFX, M10M) and I have had fun with those. The focus assist on those helps my very bad and aging eyes to where even I can get sharp pics focusing manually.
So, first question, what is your opinion on the R focus assist (I assume it has this?)
What are the pros/cons you are finding?
Also, what lenses are you adapting and what are your thoughts? What is working for you?
Don't get me wrong, I love using modern lenses with almost clinical sharpness, but for portraits and well, just more artsy shots, I'm really enjoying older lenses...the swirl of the Russian Helios 44-2....the great looks I get from the Jupiter 9 m42 mount I recently acquired...I've even been adapting old Hasselblad medium format film lenses onto a GFX digital medium format camera and it gives a new aesthetic I find pleasing.
I have the new re-make of the Trioplan 100mm lens with the bubble bokeh coming in that I got a good deal on.
Anyway...I'm curious if any of you are adapting vintage lenses of various mounts onto your R cameras and what your thoughts and experiences are.
Maybe even post a pic or two?
I'm going for R in the near future and wanted to get a head start on thinking about lenses to adapt to it that I might buy before I get the camera body itself.
Thanks in advance and looking forward to hearing and seeing what you say here.
cayenne
First, I will disclose, I'm still on the sidelines with respect to the new R mirrorless system. I still am shooting my 5D3...with a good selection of EF glass.
I'm leaning towards the R5, but will wait a bit longer to see the R3 come out and maybe even see what rumors say about the mythical R1.
That being said, one thing that excites me about going mirrorless, is having fun adapting vintage lenses.
I have a couple of other mirrorless systems (GFX, M10M) and I have had fun with those. The focus assist on those helps my very bad and aging eyes to where even I can get sharp pics focusing manually.
So, first question, what is your opinion on the R focus assist (I assume it has this?)
What are the pros/cons you are finding?
Also, what lenses are you adapting and what are your thoughts? What is working for you?
Don't get me wrong, I love using modern lenses with almost clinical sharpness, but for portraits and well, just more artsy shots, I'm really enjoying older lenses...the swirl of the Russian Helios 44-2....the great looks I get from the Jupiter 9 m42 mount I recently acquired...I've even been adapting old Hasselblad medium format film lenses onto a GFX digital medium format camera and it gives a new aesthetic I find pleasing.
I have the new re-make of the Trioplan 100mm lens with the bubble bokeh coming in that I got a good deal on.
Anyway...I'm curious if any of you are adapting vintage lenses of various mounts onto your R cameras and what your thoughts and experiences are.
Maybe even post a pic or two?
I'm going for R in the near future and wanted to get a head start on thinking about lenses to adapt to it that I might buy before I get the camera body itself.
Thanks in advance and looking forward to hearing and seeing what you say here.
cayenne