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Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera

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jamesdak

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Re: Old F-mount lenses

In reply to FlossTycoon, Mar 7, 2012

FlossTycoon wrote:

The older glass won't have the advanced multicoatings newer lenses are designed with. Image sensors are more reflective than film emulsions are. So the old lenses probably won't control flare and internal reflections like the new lenses will. That shouldn't be a problem if you keep bright points of light from the front of the old reliable lenses.

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Alan, in Montana

You know I have been hearing this for years and years now, basically every since I went digital. In my experience this just is not a legitimate problem. I shoot with around a dozen and a half old mf lenses mounted to various DSLRs to include Konica/Minolta, Canon, and Nikon. The lenses are Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Contax Zeiss, and Leica R. Oh, and even an old Mamiya medium format 200/2.8 adapted to work on my Canon DSLRs. I have shot thousands and thousands of images with these setups and no detected problems due to "inferior" coatings.

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Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	DeLights	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	Sante Patate	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	Marc S	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses	FlossTycoon	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses	jamesdak	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses	FlossTycoon	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses	Michael Benveniste	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	slimandy	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	DeLights	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	JamesRL	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	Cultured Vulture	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	Marc S	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	DeLights	Mar 6, 2012
Old F-mount lenses on new FX: Other reasons...	jdrpc	Mar 7, 2012
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Re: Turn it until it clicks	DeLights	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Turn it until it clicks	JamesRL	Mar 7, 2012
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Re: Look for a 35-70 2.8 AF zoom used	GarageBoy	Mar 7, 2012
Re: E-series	CFynn	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX: Other reasons...	Cultured Vulture	Mar 8, 2012
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Re: Make sure it is an AI Lens	DeLights	Mar 7, 2012
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Re: Old F-mount lenses on new FX camera	Cultured Vulture	Mar 8, 2012

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