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M and M42

Started 9 months ago | Questions thread
davev8
davev8 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,833
Re: M and M42 nope go FF
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Innocentius wrote:

Pondering to buy a M from fleabay (or something like that over here in Sweden).

I two cabinets full of M42 glass of unknown origin and want to work with them for fun.

I have and love my 1Ds mk III, for which I have a M42 AF-confirm adapter, but I was wondering if there are any (apart from the weight) advantages to buy a M-camera, or is my GAS just rearing it's ugly head?

i have lots of manual focus glass and you really need FF to get the best out of them,,, especially the wide-angle lenses,,,its hard to  find optically good old lenses wider than 24mm (your kit lens will be better) a 24mm on APS-c is equivalent to 39mm

you can buy the early sony A7 body very cheap now second hand,,the only problem with the old sony MILC is slow AF which won't mater

if i had stayed with the M and not gotten an R6 i would have got an A7 just for my MF glass

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Attention Dislexsic i mean dyslexic person... This post will have many although spell checked, spelling and grammatical errs ..its The best its going get so no need to tell me it is bad I know it is .....................................................................................................
the EOS M is not dead and wont be for a long time ....as long as you don't want a flagship camera with a VF...if that's the case it died sometime ago
My 5D IS a MK1 classic
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There is no argument for FF vs APS-c (or m43) with shallow DOF..as it's a law of physics and a very subjective personal thing if you want to make use of the shallow DOF only FF can offer
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