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Questions on using manual only lenses

Started Feb 20, 2015 | Questions thread
AdHoc007 Contributing Member • Posts: 657
Re: Questions on using manual only lenses

You can use any lens stopped down on your camera, the viewfinder's settings will enhance what available light there is. Focusing will be harder to do when the lens is either slow, or the f-stop is high, because the focus assist methods will not work well in low light situations.

I know what you are saying about film cameras, they had a mechanical switch to keep the lens's aperture open before shooting so that it would be easy to see through the view finder. There is no such system when you adapt a lens to a Fuji.

The steps I use when I use a legacy lens is to keep the aperture as wide open as possible, focus on the subject and shoot. If I need a smaller aperture, then I will stop down when needed after focusing. I've also used my camera to digitize family slides and negatives, and in those situations I use a bright flashlight to illuminate the back-end of my slide copier, it allows me to get as accurate focus as possible prior to shooting.

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