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emaq
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 Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:16 pm Post subject: Do you guys get 1 adapter and switch out lenses or multiple? |
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emaq wrote:
I'm sure a lot of you guys have multiple lenses and it'll get pretty expensive. Do you just do 1 adapter and switch out lenses? Any problems of doing that a lot? Or does it get annoying enough to get invest in a bunch of them? |
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tb_a
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| Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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tb_a wrote:
Depends on the lens. If lenses have screw mounts it does make sense to have several adapters (i.e. M42 to PK or M39 to Leica M); if not it doesn't make any difference if lens is changed on adapter or camera bajonet.
At least that's the way I see it. Therefore I have several adapters (per lens) M39 to Leice M and M42 to Minolta AF, etc.
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ZoneV
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ZoneV wrote:
I own a lot of lenses, and several adapters for Canon EOS DSLR.
I don´t like to change adapters during a photo-trip - sometimes I am in sand, or near a river - an adapter could fall down and get lost - and then probably several lenses are no more usable on this trip. But at home I change the adapters a lot between lenses. But one I searched more than an hour to find my single PK-EF adapter - without luck.
I have no problem to interchange Nikon F, Pentax K, M42, Exakta lens mount adapters for the suitable lenses.
But with some Contax/Yashica lenses I have to take the right one of my several C/Y-EOS adapters, because of infinity setting and mirror hang-up on EOS 5D. So this system is for me with my lenses a bit more problematic than the rest.
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emaq
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emaq wrote:
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I own a lot of lenses, and several adapters for Canon EOS DSLR.
I don´t like to change adapters during a photo-trip - sometimes I am in sand, or near a river - an adapter could fall down and get lost - and then probably several lenses are no more usable on this trip. But at home I change the adapters a lot between lenses. But one I searched more than an hour to find my single PK-EF adapter - without luck.
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Ahh I see. So is it hard to keep the adapter on the body and then remove the lens? Or remove the lens+adapter combo is the more preferred way? It'll be for a Sony A7 that I'll get picking up in a few weeks. Watched a video on youtube and a guy has a couple of Voigtlander lenses and uses an adapter for each and I thought "hmmm? just remove the lens and leave the adapter on"
Or is that not the correct way to remove the it? |
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emaq
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:10 am Post subject: |
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emaq wrote:
| ZoneV wrote: |
I own a lot of lenses, and several adapters for Canon EOS DSLR.
I don´t like to change adapters during a photo-trip - sometimes I am in sand, or near a river - an adapter could fall down and get lost - and then probably several lenses are no more usable on this trip. But at home I change the adapters a lot between lenses. But one I searched more than an hour to find my single PK-EF adapter - without luck.
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Ahh I see. So is it hard to keep the adapter on the body and then remove the lens? Or remove the lens+adapter combo is the more preferred way? It'll be for a Sony A7 that I'll get picking up in a few weeks. Watched a video on youtube and a guy has a couple of Voigtlander lenses and uses an adapter for each and I thought "hmmm? just remove the lens and leave the adapter on"
Or is that not the correct way to remove the it? |
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strangelove
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strangelove wrote:
I prefer to have an adapter for each lens I take on a shoot, but it's just for simplicity - I shoot on Canon EOS, and I've accumulated a couple Canon rear caps, so it just seems easier to remove a lens and the adapter from the body and switch the rear cap with the one I'm replacing. |
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kuuan
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kuuan wrote:
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I own a lot of lenses, and several adapters for Canon EOS DSLR.
I don´t like to change adapters during a photo-trip - sometimes I am in sand, or near a river - an adapter could fall down and get lost - and then probably several lenses are no more usable on this trip. But at home I change the adapters a lot between lenses. But one I searched more than an hour to find my single PK-EF adapter - without luck.
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Ahh I see. So is it hard to keep the adapter on the body and then remove the lens? Or remove the lens+adapter combo is the more preferred way? It'll be for a Sony A7 that I'll get picking up in a few weeks. Watched a video on youtube and a guy has a couple of Voigtlander lenses and uses an adapter for each and I thought "hmmm? just remove the lens and leave the adapter on"
Or is that not the correct way to remove the it? |
On my NEX, same mount as your A7 to be, mostly I find changing the adapter + lens combination easier to change than the lens on the adapter. Main reason must be that the adapters aren't as well made and lenses on some don't mount / unmount as smooth as the adapters themselves mount on the camera. That a lens with it's adapter already mounted not necessarily must be but often proved to be easier and faster to mount / unmount than the lens on the adapter.
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emaq
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emaq wrote:
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On my NEX, same mount as your A7 to be, mostly I find changing the adapter + lens combination easier to change than the lens on the adapter. Main reason must be that the adapters aren't as well made and lenses on some don't mount / unmount as smooth as the adapters themselves mount on the camera. That a lens with it's adapter already mounted not necessarily must be but often proved to be easier and faster to mount / unmount than the lens on the adapter. |
I just started to look at all the different kinds of adapters out there. Looks like there are a bunch of cheap ones. I'll start by getting a few of those (3 or 4) for each of my favorite lenses. And eventually work my way up the scale to get a better Fotodiox one which seems to be the more expensive type.
So the less taking on and off of the adapters will do less wear eventually I guess in a long run.
Excited to see my lenses again on a full frame without the darkroom work!! |
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philslizzy wrote:
If I'm going out with the NEX and a bunch of Rokkors, I just use the one adapter although the wides share my lens turbo.
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Jesito wrote:
Depends on the mount, usually a single adapter for the same kind of mount.
But in some cases like the Exakta adapter for EOS, that is too thin and there is a screw to loosen/tight, I do prefer to use a single adapter for each good lens, plus one to share among the others (to save assembling efforts).
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SonicScot wrote:
I shoot with a Canon 5D Mkll and a 7D, some of my lenses are listed below.
Every lens I own has it's own adapter, I never change adapters between lenses.
I tend to buy the cheaper adapters, sometimes the adapter needs adjusting to get infinity right. Therefore, once the adapter is set up for a lens it stays on there for ever. Each lens has it's own rear cap.
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emaq
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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emaq wrote:
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I tend to buy the cheaper adapters, sometimes the adapter needs adjusting to get infinity right. |
What do you mean by this? What adjustments do you do to the adapter? |
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GeorgeSalt
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GeorgeSalt wrote:
For my Canon 40D I have half-a-dozen or so chipped adapters that tend to stay on the m42 lens they're attached to because the chip has been programmed with their focal length and maximum aperture. I also have a couple of non-chipped adapters that do for quick lens testing or to be shared amongst lenses not worth their own chipped adapter. Programming a chipped adapter takes a little time and a lot of concentration.
For QBM lenses there wasn't much option - the adapter replaced part of the original mount and requires a couple of screwdrivers, steady hands, a workbench and a fifteen minutes to switch.
Since moving to a Fuji mirror-less camera I'm going to stick to one adapter per mount system. There isn't the same chipped-adapter advantage/penalty. I might eventually add semi-duplicates (tilt/shift versions). |
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kuuan wrote:
actually I only own one adapter for each mount, it's just that I have noticed that changing lenses ( of different mount then ) that already have the adapter mounted often is faster than changing lenses with the same adapter already mounted on the camera. But this depends on the mount ( think FD  ) and of how well the adapter is made.
I would suggest to the OP to first get only one adapter for each mount and see himself of which it might be helpful to have more
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emaq
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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emaq wrote:
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| actually I only own one adapter for each mount, it's just that I have noticed that changing lenses ( of different mount then ) that already have the adapter mounted often is faster than changing lenses with the same adapter already mounted on the camera. |
Yah, I was thinking one adapter, one brand for now. Then practice see how fast I can do it. I have some interesting projects coming up and when I was using my Canon digital, I needed to be backstage at a venue. I laid all my lenses on an apple crate so I can pop one in and pop one out when I needed it. When I do this again with my manual focus primes, I'll need an adapter just for speed.
But I guess this will be a future thing. For now, I should get 1 per and just have fun with it. |
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
I have a three brands of MD adapters, this mount seems to give me more problems than any other, mainly due to the fact that the mechanism that goes into the flange slot being flimsy. I do only take one out with me though.
I have a number of m39 adapters useful for adapting old rangefinder lenses and such, these tend to be permanent so I go through a few.
Plus when using m39 lenses an adapter on each is faster than unscrewing them every time.
As someone said, buy one for each of your lens fittings and see if you need more. I suspect not.
I have adapters for:
Minolta MD 3x plus a Lens Turbo
Minolta AF 1x
Nikon F 2x
Nikon AF 1x
Pentax PK 1x
M42 2x
M39, 4x
Olympus OM 1x
Canon FD 1x
Konica F 1x
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Cintar 1x
Braun B39 1x
Altix 1x
Aka 1X
M42-NEX adapter for bellows.
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emaq
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| Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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emaq wrote:
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I have a three brands of MD adapters, this mount seems to give me more problems than any other, mainly due to the fact that the mechanism that goes into the flange slot being flimsy. I do only take one out with me though.
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I have a bunch of Rokkors that I really like. Which brand adapter do you have for those? I was looking to get about 4 or so of the Neewer brand from Amazon. Looks like it focuses past infinity (according to some reviews) but that shouldn't be a problem. |
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SonicScot
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:07 am Post subject: |
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SonicScot wrote:
| emaq wrote: |
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I tend to buy the cheaper adapters, sometimes the adapter needs adjusting to get infinity right. |
What do you mean by this? What adjustments do you do to the adapter? |
Sometimes an adapter needs a thin paper or metal ring between the adapter and the lens to stop the lens going beyond infinity.
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Carl Zeiss.... 180/2.8, 135/3.5, 85/1.4, 35/2.4 Flektagon, 21/2.8 Distagon
Nikon.... 55/3.5 micro, 50/1.2
Elicar 90/2.5 V-HQ Macro
Zhongyi Speedmaster 85/1.2
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios.... 58/2 44-3
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
Zenitar 16/2.8 fisheye
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Nordentro wrote:
I have multiple screw mount adapters (C-mount, m39 and m42) because it`s faster and easier to switch lenses if I carry more than one of the same mount, and I only have one adapter of the bayonet types.
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