petrochemist

I don't see it's a question anyone else can answer for you. How much you shoot in low light & how much gear you will be happy lugging around will effect the right balance for you. I use MFT most of ...

When new they are a tight fit that won't easily fall off. They probably provide better protection than plastic caps when like that. As they age the rim lining tends to wear a little so they can ...

Whoever has the item I want for sale! Generally it's via e-bay for me but a local charity shop frequently comes up with the good too...

Hoods can be a problem but you can usually use a hood that screws onto the filter size. It probably wont be optimized for the lens in use - the wrong one will either vignette or give less shade ...

The 1/3rd rule is inaccurate but works reasonably well from intermediate distances, as long as you are aware of its failings. At macro distances DOF is evenly divided front & back. When you want ...

Jena, the last 3 aren't Zeiss whatever they say on the front!

It's not that unusual. I've seen posts from quite a number of IR shooters on multiple photographic forums (not just IR forums)  and I've personally met at least 4 or 5 who have done IR photography. ...

The only lens I've got that has a serious issue with the grease is a Zeiss. Both aperture & focus on this are pretty much unusable now.

Don't worry you're not! I don't think the lesser known brands are quite as good as the top brands (except for when they're just rebrands). However even the budget models are generally so good that ...

Step up rings won't cause vignetting except perhaps on the very widest lenses that really don't like filters anyway. Many of my lenses actually allow a step DOWN without any vignetting. Orange/yell ...

RJ only made a limited number of these & don't have regular stock. I have seen at least one DIY variant of this making an adapter from a auto110 camera body. Are you sure it's not your adapter ...

They're probably just distributors...

The Metabones Speedbooster corrects for the thicker sensor stack but I don't think all (or even any) the other focal reducers do. Even without this a reducer is often a better option than a faster ...

If I'm in a rush when changing lenses the one just taken off the camera will often go back in my bag (or on a convenient spot) without any caps. I do my best to go back & fit the caps as soon as ...

If the tiny has preference over the sharpness the Industar 50-2 would be hard to beat. It's a impressively small lens that's IMO acceptably sharp. I also like the Pentax auto 110 50mm/2.8 but I ...

The minimum focus distance doesn't cause any issues if it reduces. It could go to the surface of the lens for all I care. There's no need to use the lens at it's minimum focus distance sometimes ...

There's no need for the lenses to be FF. The Pentax 110 lens are pretty good with an 18mm/2.8 & 24mm/2.8 available in your budget range. The only disadvantage is they are fixed aperture - wide open ...

Not at all. I very rarely put my converted camera on a tripod - If I do it's normally because the batteries died on my normal camera! Having your camera converted drastically increases the response ...

The numbers here reflect the approximate wavelength of the transition from opaque to transparent. So a 720 gives you roughly 720-1100nm, & a 590 gives 590-1100nm about 130nm more range. Above ...

This may be true, but I suspect they'll be around for quite a while yet. Tony's Video claims does not make this the case. Many photographers are finding as they age smaller cameras are an ...