MF Adapted Lens Image Samples - Post Your Best!

Welcome!

Let's Post Image Samples From Our Favorite Manual Focus Lenses We've Used On Our dSLR's.

I Personally LOVE The Lens Image Sample Section On POTN And The Ability To Get A Sense Of The Imaging Potential Various Lenses Have. I HOPE To Share The Potential Of A Zeiss Lens I Own & Use and Learn More About Other Lenses I Might Like To Try Or Experiment With. Large Numbers Of High Quality Lenses Were Made And Continue To Be Made That Never Had AF Motors Or Electronic Diaphragms! Our Beloved 'L' Image Quality Is Available In Potentia' From Lenses That Never Had A Red Ring. Let's Show Each Other That Here On POTN.

Please Include:
~ An Image From A NON-EF Lens
~ A 100% Crop From The Image
~ A Quick Synapsis Of The Lens, Camera, & Adapter, Involved

ie:
- A Wowser Shot
- A Wowser Detail from the Shot
- A Bio On The Equipment Used

In my case: A Zeiss Pancolar 50mm f1.8, 20D, AF Chipped M42toEOS Adapter

Other Contextual & Equipment Information Would Be Cool, But Just Bringing The Image Is The Most Important.

Let's Make This Thread


My First Image Post Follows This One!

Wish Me Luck!
Richard

My First Image Post Attempt!
Wish Me Luck!

Zeiss Pancolar 50mm f1.8 M42 Mount Lens
20D Camera Via Generic AF Confirm Adapter

I love using alternative lenses, and basically use them exclusively. I don't have 100% crops of these currently uploaded, but I figured I would just share them anyway. They were all used on my 1D and I used the "Consumer" grade Fotodiox adapters.

Leica 35-70/4 ROM @ f4

Most of my MF lenses are pretty budget, no exotics, but here we go

Many on my Flickr page are mf

http://www.flickr.com/​photos/18786943@N03/

Taken with Olympus Zuiko OM mount on 40D, 28mm 2.8, stopped down to about f16

And a very large test image at f5.6 on 5D
http://liammartin.com/​twaddle/ZeissTest/f5.6​.jpg

Wide open on 400D.

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Well I haven't been out much lately but I've a few oldies to share...nice summer shots for you northerners...with my 300mm Nikkor...@ 5.6 typically @ ISO 400
the 1st two on the XT...

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Various lenses, all shot on a 5D:

Schneider Xenar 105mm/f3.5 on Novoflex bellows, 1/60 @ f16:

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Thanks Everyone!
The Posts so far are looking pretty wonderful.
The Moderator of the Lens Sample Photo Archive says this thread will get linked in on that archive.
My Intent was to get a thread going to show off the Potential of the Old and Not So Old lenses we put on our Canon Cameras.
Please Keep The Posts Coming!
If you know another MF Adapting POTNer please let em know about the thread, if you wouldn't mind.
NOTE:
If The Opportunity & Possibility is there for some of our Posters to add a 'review' kind of post of a 'Gem' of a lens you use including a great shot, a 100% crop, and a picture of your lens in some fashion so readers can have a visual sense of the lens you use. A few words about what makes it a Gem in your eyes would be pretty cool, too. Attractive Out Of Focus Areas, Gorgeous Sharpness, Delicate Colors, Snappy Contrast, or Whatever.

I'm working to get some more 'genealogical' info on my lens and a 'product shot' to show it's overly loved exterior that belies the loving way it passes images back to the sensor in my 20D.

Thanks Everyone!
Richard

Well here's a few shots of MF lenses on my Canons...

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SMC Takumar 55 1.8, wide open:

Just a quick shot with my Zeiss F-Distagon 16/2.8 that just came in today...

khnordeen wrote in post #7308609
Just a quick shot with my Zeiss F-Distagon 16/2.8 that just came in today...

Thats cool!

Man im seriously lusting to convert some stuff now..

KenjiS wrote in post #7308632
Thats cool!

Man im seriously lusting to convert some stuff now..

Thanks!

I'd say go for it, but it is way worse than "L" fever.

I started off with my Leica 35-70/4 ROM, and then sold off my 16-35L and Sigma 70-200 to fund my Zeiss 16/2.8 and Nikon 85/1.4 Ai-S. Luckily my dad still has his old Nikon FE, as well as his 50/1.4 Ai-S, so I get to use that as well.

I'm still eyeing a few other lenses (especially a Vivitar 90/2.5 since I need a macro lens), but I'm sure my Zeiss will suffice for a long time.

If you are willing to work without AF, I'd definitely try it out.

But before just diving in, if you are still on the fence, try out something that is relatively inexpensive. Is there any particular focal length of lens you want to try out?

-Kyle

khnordeen wrote in post #7309109
Thanks!

I'd say go for it, but it is way worse than "L" fever.

I started off with my Leica 35-70/4 ROM, and then sold off my 16-35L and Sigma 70-200 to fund my Zeiss 16/2.8 and Nikon 85/1.4 Ai-S. Luckily my dad still has his old Nikon FE, as well as his 50/1.4 Ai-S, so I get to use that as well.

I'm still eyeing a few other lenses (especially a Vivitar 90/2.5 since I need a macro lens), but I'm sure my Zeiss will suffice for a long time.

If you are willing to work without AF, I'd definitely try it out.

But before just diving in, if you are still on the fence, try out something that is relatively inexpensive. Is there any particular focal length of lens you want to try out?

-Kyle

Oh i dont mind MF/Manual aperture and all that, I'm actually very heavily giving a consideration to the 50mm f/1.7 Zeiss because I'm not a huge fan of the Nifty [I'm only really holding off till after PMA to make sure theres no good update to the Nifty or the 50mm f/1.4, then again, neither will be as affordable or as optically stunning as a Zeiss I bet]

I'm really only holding off till my birthday in march to lump together a good chunk of money and decide on the lenses i want to get at the moment..spring is coming, id love a good long lens [But I want that to be AF..I think...some of those old Nikkors are really appealing however..] and id love a new camera body [Actually considering an original 1D]