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Legacy fast prime - or alternative ?

Started Nov 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
Eric Nepean
Eric Nepean Veteran Member • Posts: 6,209
Re: Legacy fast prime - or alternative ?

I have the Canon FD 50mmF1.4, which I use with an FD to M43 adapter, and with the Metabones Original FD to M43 speedbooster (.71x) to make a 35mm F1.0 lens. I suspect it is effectively F1.1, but it is still very fast and image quality as good as any M43 lens.

The results with the Speedbooster and the Canon FD 85mm F1.8 (effectively 60mm F1.3) are very good, better than the 50mm above.

I didn't like the results of the Speedbooster with the FD28mm F2.8, seemed very soft. But the FD28mm isn't a great lens to start with.

The Speedbooster and the FD 24mmF2.0 (effectively 15mm F1.4) look good but I haven't measured them yet. I also use the FD24mm with the Fotodiox FD to M43 shift adapter.

The Konica Hexanon AR 40mmF1.8 with just an adapter works well, as does the Hexanon AR 55mm F3.5 Macro. Very nice cheap lenses. Unfortunately no Speedbooster/focal reducer is available for this series.

The Speedbooster and the FD 200mmF2.8 (effectively 140mm F2.0) look good but I haven't measured them yet.

The Speedbooster and the FD 135mmF2.5 (effectively 96mm F1.8) look good but I haven't measured them yet. The combination is rather heavy, and so I would rather just use the Oly 75mmF1.8 or the FD 85mm F1.8 or the FD200mm F2.8 with speedbooster.

I suspect the Minolta Rokkor Lenses with the Speedbooster would also work well.

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