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Using Focal Reducers On Full-Frame Bodies

Started Jul 13, 2014 | Discussions thread
petrochemist Veteran Member • Posts: 3,619
Re: Using Focal Reducers On Full-Frame Bodies

A very interesting thread Hank

My only focal reducer is a EF-MFT model  which I have tried adapted onto a NEX. It seemed to work suprisingly well, I guess I'll have to give it a go on the A7ii now.

It might just be the lens that was miss-sold as a medium format model (it turned out to have a M42 mount, although the lenses was also sold in several medium format mounts) might finally prove to have some worth, but I won't hold my breath!

Experiments with UWA/fisheye lenses on formats they're not designed for have generally shown me the inside of the hood - I've seen this using an APSC fisheye reduced on MFT (which theoretically would be close to the intended FOV), and on a 10mm 2.8 lens on the A7ii (it turned out to be an APSC lens giving almost identical visible  FOV to my FE 14/2.8). There;'s clearly not going to be any benefit try to reducers on these to FF.

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