Viability of of older M42 lenses on an T2i?

tkbslc wrote in post #14542576
There are no 135mm f1.4 lenses, that was a typo. You have a 135mm f3.5.

Good catch, my bad, I've fixed the typo.

On a side note, the adapter comes in tomorrow or Friday.

I can't wait to play with the lenses!

I love my vintage M42 glass, I took these Monday with my Soligar 135 f/3.5. I actually find it easier to shoot many subjects with these lenses than AF glass, they make you take the time to think about your setup before clicking away.

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I didn't read all the replies, but you should be fine with pretty much all m42 glass on canon crop bodies, its the full frame bodies that pose problems.

tkbslc wrote in post #14542576
There are no 135mm f1.4 lenses, that was a typo. You have a 135mm f3.5.

A 135mm f1.4 lens would be very impressive, very fat, and very expensive.

Yeah, I was pretty excited.

I just got a Bower/Rokinon/Samyang 85 1.4 and the EE-S focus screen. Works great. I also have a manual focus 100-300 f4 and 200 2.8 in the mail and am excited to try more of the older lenses.

I use a some M42 lenses. Most times on a EOS 5D, but sometimes on a normal EOS crop camera. On the 5D with EE-S screen I could focus fast lenses very well - on the unmodified crop camera it is hard.
My favorit is the Meyer Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens with its fantastic bokeh. Some of my best pictures are made with this old and sometimes very cheap lens (with only 3 lenses inside).