Download - Manual lenses presentation
Manual lensesForgotten gems
Petteri Hietavirta
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Manual lenses are
• Prime or zoom lenses without autofocus
• Not necessarily the same system as the camera
• Available at second hand markets
• Cheap
...
• Strong built• Possible to fix yourself• Primes are mostly ok, zooms not that
great• Plenty of makers, some unknowns
– Chinon, Tokina, Pentax, Pentacon, Helios, Jupiter, Soligor, Carl Zeiss etc...
SMC Takumar 55mm f1.8
Vivitar 35mm f1.9
Amanda Deluxe 135mm f3.5
Uses
• Portraits
• Landscape
• Macro
• Video
• Experiments!
What is required?
• A simple £10 adapter in many cases
• In some cases an adapter with a lens element
• Knowledge about which lens works with your camera
• Focusing screen
M42 to Canon EOS Adaper (photo: CC chunghow33)
Common camera systems
System distance
Canon FD 42.00
Canon EOS 44.00
Contax/Yashica 45.00
Leica M 27.80
Leica R 47.00
M42 45.50
Micro 4/3 19.25
Minolta MD 43.50
Minolta AF 44.50
Nikon 46.50
Olympus E-system 38.85
Olympus OM 46.00
Pentax K 45.50
T2 55.00
distance
Canon EOS fitting with adapter without a lens
Canon FD 42.00
Canon EOS 44.00
Contax/Yashica 45.00
Leica M 27.80
Leica R 47.00
M42 45.50
Micro 4/3 19.25
Minolta MD 43.50
Minolta AF 44.50
Nikon 46.50
Olympus E-system 38.85
Olympus OM 46.00
Pentax K 45.50
T2 55.00
How to buy
• Available at typical second hand market places
• Check price level, certain lenses are high on demand and expensive
• Beware of M42/T2 difference, similar looking but wont fit
• Check operation - no deep scratches, smooth focus, no fungus, clean aperture blades
• Radioactivity
How to use
• Use manual or aperture priority• Set aperture wide open, focus, set aperture
for the photo– Preset focus lenses
• Check focusing using live view with 5x magnification
• Check how accurately the AF-confirm adapter works
Amanda Deluxe 135mm f3.5
Questions?
Petteri Hietavirta
flickr.com/photos/pepez/
twitter: pethie