Rob
TPF Noob!
Tee hee, made you look. :lmao:
Just a quick note to those of you who have switched from Nikon film to Canon digital to say that those lens adaptors really do work.
I have a nice collection of lenses for my Nikons and Contax cameras and to be honest, they pee all over the very plasticy cheap lenses I have for my Canon. Obviously you need to manually focus and adjust aperture, but to those of us who have grown up shooting in A or fully manual, this is actually quicker than fiddling with menus.
There are some drawbacks: it's tricky to focus at f22 as it's very dark, the lens should be focussed wide open and then stopped down for the shot. Also, the 20D needs to be in Av or M mode (obviously). However, it really works well and exposes perfectly with very little fuss.
I bought the adaptor from Hong Kong and it arrived with no problems within two weeks.
So, if any of you have any old primes lying around, I'd urge you to spend the £8-£15 for one of these magic rings. Be careful with your pinkies though, it's razor sharp cheaply tooled alloy and is not very pleasant to get on and off.
It also gives me a great answer to all those "which is better" threads: "Both!" :greenpbl:
I'm now going to get a full frame DSLR to take even more advantage of the wider lenses.
Rob
Just a quick note to those of you who have switched from Nikon film to Canon digital to say that those lens adaptors really do work.
I have a nice collection of lenses for my Nikons and Contax cameras and to be honest, they pee all over the very plasticy cheap lenses I have for my Canon. Obviously you need to manually focus and adjust aperture, but to those of us who have grown up shooting in A or fully manual, this is actually quicker than fiddling with menus.
There are some drawbacks: it's tricky to focus at f22 as it's very dark, the lens should be focussed wide open and then stopped down for the shot. Also, the 20D needs to be in Av or M mode (obviously). However, it really works well and exposes perfectly with very little fuss.
I bought the adaptor from Hong Kong and it arrived with no problems within two weeks.
So, if any of you have any old primes lying around, I'd urge you to spend the £8-£15 for one of these magic rings. Be careful with your pinkies though, it's razor sharp cheaply tooled alloy and is not very pleasant to get on and off.
It also gives me a great answer to all those "which is better" threads: "Both!" :greenpbl:
I'm now going to get a full frame DSLR to take even more advantage of the wider lenses.
Rob