Let's see your... "vintage lenses on modern body" shots.

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Can't find any other threads with this particular combo, but there must be loads of shooters doing this.

I'm less than a week into this new (expensive) rabbit hole.

But pairing my Minolta Lenses with a first gen Sony A7.

These were all on a Minolta 35-70 f/3.5

Here's some from a (very) rainy night in Chinatown. Think I set it up to shoot wide open and wanted relatively high shutter speeds of over 1/200th, so set the ISO to 2000 (and went up from there).

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Fixer said:
As it happens this is my first Vintage lens on a modern dslr body . . . I call it car at traffic lights (I have posted this in the shameless bokeh thread but I think it fits here too). Edit: Jupiter MC 85mm f/2.0 at f/2.0.

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Just a tip for when you're sharing from Flickr (from a PC at least)

Click the arrow button bottom right:

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and it should bring up this dialogue box.

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Click on BBCode and select Large where the max dimension is 1024.

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Then copy the URL and paste it into a post.

You'll then get your pictures in the threads without the flickr overlay on them.

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I mostly use old manual lenses on my Fuji. I only actually have one Fuji lens. I think on digital they punch way above their weight.
 
My original model Tamron AD2 SP 500mm on the Nikon D600 ...

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Hi, a great idea for a thread, with great pictures!!!(y)

SONY NEX-3 - LEITZ Tele-Elmar 4/135 crop :


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(I bought my first mirrorless, an OLYMPUS Pen-EP1 to adapt Leica M mount lenses. Then I changed to SONY, having APS-C sensors, and tilt screens, bought many vintage lenses and had lots of fun. I must have around 60 vintage lenses. )

From my early adapting days :


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And later :


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I've taken a lot of pictures with old lenses on my digital cameras starting with my Canon 5D and then with my Panasonic G1 and subsequent cameras. I have quite a few Canon FD, Olympus Zuiko, Minolta Rokkor and Nikon film era lenses.

Today I used my Voigtlander 35mm f2.5 Color Skopar which is a rangefinder lens. I posted these in the Sony thread so sorry if some of you have already seen them.

A trip to the seaside with my Sony A7 and Voigtlander 35mm f2.5 Color Skopar.

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100% from that.

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Good Friday fish and chips.

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A stitch of three. Not taken to stitch but I just spotted the possibility when we got home.

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I have been contemplating purchasing a vintage lens for some time now to put with my pen-f mainly for BW shooting . Never used vintage before though.
This selection is good for a novice like me wondering what to look to in my first purchase. Thank you.
 
Cinnabar moth caterpillar taken through a Tamron AD2 90mm SP Macro lens into a Canon 1Ds II...

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A panorama I did with my Sony A7 and an ancient Takumar 50mm f1.4. This lens gave lovely colour and tone for people pictures and for people was my best old 50mm, the Zuiko 50mm f1.4 was closest to it.

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These next two were taken with Nippon Kogaku lenses, the 1st with a 24mm f2.8 and the 2nd with a 50mm f1.4. On my Sony A7 again. Actually I've just sold this 24mm f2.8 and it should be with its new owner on Tuesday. I'll look forward to seeing his pictures on the forum and no doubt I'll regret selling it.

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I had to wait for a bird to fly into the frame but luckily one did before the people became too small in the frame.

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Nikon Zf with Voigtlander 15mm F/4.5 Superwide

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Nikon Zf with Voigtlander 40mm F/1.4 Nocton Classic

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Super Takumar 55 1.8 on a Fuji XT3. Plenty of adapters for all sorts of lenses on the X mount.

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This was taken with my Sony A7 and a Vivitar 19mm.

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This was taken with my A7 and a Minolta Rokkor 35mm f1.8. Stopped down this lens has good sharpness across the frame and I think it stands comparison with much more modern lenses.

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Kell said:
Mine is a Minolta, but it’s an MDIII (or plain MD) without the ROKKOR on the front.

I’ve not tested it extensively, but it’s really soft at 1.4
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I suppose there could be copy variation or different definitions of soft and sharp but generally my MF Minolta lenses are amongst the sharpest of all the old film era manual lenses I've had with the possible exception of the Nikon AIS primes which are possibly newer.

Anyway. This was taken with a Minolta Rokkor 50mm f1.2.

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zorbo said:
I have been contemplating purchasing a vintage lens for some time now to put with my pen-f mainly for BW shooting . Never used vintage before though.
This selection is good for a novice like me wondering what to look to in my first purchase. Thank you.
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It really depends on what you like to shoot.

A very popular lens for use on digital cameras is the Helios 44 series. But as you can see from the posts here, there are so many options.

I would recommend getting an M42 to M4/3 adapter (I use K&F concept adapters bought direct from them) to start with as the choice of M42 lenses is enormous.
 
Playing with a new toy I picked up the other day, a Meyer Optik Gorlitz Primotar 180mm f3.5. A few test shots from some local tea room gardens on my way home from collecting it.
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3. @f3.5

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4. @f3.5
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5. And a studio shot when I got home on a extension tube to reduce the MFD
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Hoping to get out and play with it some more over the weekend weather permitting.
 
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woof woof said:
I suppose there could be copy variation or different definitions of soft and sharp but generally my MF Minolta lenses are amongst the sharpest of all the old film era manual lenses I've had with the possible exception of the Nikon AIS primes which are possibly newer.

Anyway. This was taken with a Minolta Rokkor 50mm f1.2.

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I can't zoom in to that, but I'd say it looks a little soft.

This was me just testing out the Minolta at 1.4 at pretty much MFD.

This is about as crisp as it got. Which is to say, I'd be happy if it was this crisp all the time. I think maybe, the previous versions were at too slow a shutter speed (too little light). Plus, I'm still learning how to use focus peaking effectively.

Bokeh is about the best of any lens I own.

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