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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:52 pm    Post subject: Portrait lens Reply with quote
Hi. I am looking for suggestions on a good portrait lens which isn't to expensive to use on my Canon 40D via an adapter. I currently have a Nikon F-mount adapter and an olympus OM mount adapter and I am looking into getting an M42 adapter as well. I recently picked up a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 for $30 on ebay but I don't think that is a long enough focal length to be a good portrait lens. I have a gap in my lens arsenal to fill between 50mm and 100mm so I was looking at possibly an 85mm of some sort. However I'm open to a 105mm or 135mm as well. I'm hoping for something with at least a f3.5 aperture but I would prefer a f2.8 or f2. Can anyone make some recommendations for a good portrait lens in one of the mounts I mentioned that will produce very sharp pictures. I'm looking for something that is reasonably cheap and I don't want to spend more than $150USD so I'm trying to get the best bang for my buck. Thanks.


PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi,

Welcome to the forum ...

What about a Jupiter-9 ? It's a fine lens, not too much expensive (between 90 and 100$), it is an 85mm f/2 and it is an M42 lens, so it should be easily adaptable to your camera ...

Do a search in the forum, there are a lot of good samples ...

Cheers


PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Welcome!

Look for next lenses:

Nikkor-H 85mm f1.8
Jupiter-9 85mm f2
Vivitar 85mm f1.8
Tamron SP 90mm f2.5
Nikkor 105mm f2.5
Kaleinar 100mm f2.8
Pentacon 100mm f2.8
Meyer Orestor 100mm f2.8
Vega 12 90mm f2.8
Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 80mm f2.8


PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
Welcome!

Look for next lenses:

Nikkor-H 85mm f1.8
Jupiter-9 85mm f2
Vivitar 85mm f1.8
Tamron SP 90mm f2.5
Nikkor 105mm f2.5
Kaleinar 100mm f2.8
Pentacon 100mm f2.8
Meyer Orestor 100mm f2.8
Vega 12 90mm f2.8
Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 80mm f2.8


Thanks I'll keep an eye out for these, especially the nikkor 85mm and the Jupiter-9. Its a real bummer because I actually used to have the nikkor 105mm f2.5 and after I switched to digital I loaned it to a friend of mine along with my old film camera and I don't think they ever really got into photography and used it. Unfortunately I have moved away and lost touch with this friend so I may never get it back and now that I've discovered adapters and how fun it can be to use MF lenses on DSLRs I really want to use it again.


PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pretty sad too loose an excellent lens...


PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Worth trying to get back in touch for a lens like that


Sad Sad

patrickh
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