M50 with EF 50/2.5 and EF 100/2.8 older macro lenses

silver to silicon wrote:

Thanks in advance for sharing experience adapted to M50, for either the

old "compact macro" 50mm f/2.5 1:2 FF

pre-IS 100mm f/2.8 USM macro 1:1 FF
way back, I had a couple of original EF lenses and I found the AF-MF switch and focus ring as on the 50mm were OK to use if not great, I also realize the 28mm M and the 35mm or 60mm EF-S are much newer... these older macros second-hand look appealing on paper as a compact, hike or travel AF supplement to adapted manual non-EF 90mm I use with tubes or TC when time and weight don't matter.

I'd like to make sure these two older macro lenses don't lose some functions when adapted EF to EF-M.

How does their AF work with M50 for non-macro use such as portrait or landscape?

Does metering work OK?
Usually I shoot single shot center AF and aperture priority, use MF often, and mapped DOF preview to video button.

Personally, for hiking and travel I'd simply clip on a Raynox DCR-250 to one of your other lenses.  It's small, fast, and easy.  The sharpness is fairly good, and it's well-corrected (3 elements).

If you really do want to carry along a dual-purpose lens, then any of the lenses you mention will do (no probs).  Everyone's focal length preferences are different, but I find 100mm to be a bit long for portraits (and general landscapes).  The 50 CM only goes to 1:2, unless you goof around with the life size adapter. It's a much better portrait F/L tho.

The 60 is well liked (I owned 2 of them).  The 28 or 35 might serve you well in those focal lengths, though the F/L (for macros) is a bit wide for my tastes.

Myself, the 18-150 with the Rayox in-pocket is a match made in heaven. 

R2