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I'm sure this has been posted before but I thought I would do this post for anyone unaware of this lens. It is old, Russian, manual and cheap. Around £100 if you're patient and watch popular auction sites. 16mm F/2.8 full frame.
There are a few reviews knocking about online worth checking out. But I'll describe my thoughts and experience.
I bought one in M42 mount and used a M42-EF adapter with a chip (it reports 50mm) which allows auto focus confirm to work. It wouldn't tighten onto the adapter far enough so I had to undo three screws and adjust the front hood part so that it didn't cause vignetting. I also had to adjust focus ring by removing the rubber band, focussing on infinity, undoing three screws so the elements don't move with the ring, aligning the focus ring and then redoing up the screws (this was because I removed the rearmost clear screw in filter element thingy because it was catching my 5D's mirror).
Once "calibrated" I realised it was one hundred pounds WELL SPENT. It's nice to use even though it is manual, feels solid and produces nice photos when stopped down. My only complaint is that the lens hood doesn't like to stay in place in the camera bag. Here are a few photos of it, and with it. I don't know the apertures of the photos as it doesn't report back.
You can see from this one that the front most part with in built hood doesn't align with the red further down the lens that used to be the centre
I am pretty sure this is 2.8 (2.8 is OK but soft corners)
No idea of these apertures
You may notice my dog looks scared *****less. That's because she hates my camera because she is terrified of the noise USM makes (we can't hear it). She runs away as soon as AF kicks in on any USM lens.
**Mod edit**
1024px on the longest side please.
And also be a little more considerate with the old Mb(s)
Thanks
Resized Cobra, sorry about that. Like you said, a little on the large size.
I'm sure this has been posted before but I thought I would do this post for anyone unaware of this lens. It is old, Russian, manual and cheap. Around £100 if you're patient and watch popular auction sites. 16mm F/2.8 full frame.
There are a few reviews knocking about online worth checking out. But I'll describe my thoughts and experience.
I bought one in M42 mount and used a M42-EF adapter with a chip (it reports 50mm) which allows auto focus confirm to work. It wouldn't tighten onto the adapter far enough so I had to undo three screws and adjust the front hood part so that it didn't cause vignetting. I also had to adjust focus ring by removing the rubber band, focussing on infinity, undoing three screws so the elements don't move with the ring, aligning the focus ring and then redoing up the screws (this was because I removed the rearmost clear screw in filter element thingy because it was catching my 5D's mirror).
Once "calibrated" I realised it was one hundred pounds WELL SPENT. It's nice to use even though it is manual, feels solid and produces nice photos when stopped down. My only complaint is that the lens hood doesn't like to stay in place in the camera bag. Here are a few photos of it, and with it. I don't know the apertures of the photos as it doesn't report back.
You can see from this one that the front most part with in built hood doesn't align with the red further down the lens that used to be the centre
I am pretty sure this is 2.8 (2.8 is OK but soft corners)
No idea of these apertures
You may notice my dog looks scared *****less. That's because she hates my camera because she is terrified of the noise USM makes (we can't hear it). She runs away as soon as AF kicks in on any USM lens.
**Mod edit**
1024px on the longest side please.
And also be a little more considerate with the old Mb(s)
Thanks
Resized Cobra, sorry about that. Like you said, a little on the large size.
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Make sure it's the EMF type though. Some don't allow programming, or some just allow aperture programming. They are around £5/6 
