Digital BW, The Print

On 11/23/2012 04:21 PM, billdlewis wrote:
> I am looking at one of the mirrorless cameras I have about a dozen
> old Nikkor Lenses and know that with an adapter these will fit and
> can be used in manual mode. Knowing that the "Kit" lenses are
> usually a bit poor at the edges and corners I wondered if anyone had
> any experience with these full format lenses when used with a 3/4
> sized sensor. At first thought it seems that these lenses would have
> the center of their usable image area over the sensor so sharpness
> should be better in this respect but with no experience and no
> equipment to measure these I do not know if this is a reasonable
> expectation. I am mostly considering using my 20 24 and 35 mm lenses
> I have 3 Nikkor zooms but they are really heavy and might not be all
> that better than the Kit Lens. Time and technology may have made this
> less of an option compared to newer lenses these older at the time
> high quality lenses may not compare well to newer lenses. It just
> seems the lense options for these cameras are rather limited and if I
> could use something I already owned it would be a positive for this
> choice.
>
> Appreciate any thoughts on this topic.
>
> Bill Lewis
>
>

I have several Canon FD lenses and my son's Pen PL-1 + some cheap
Chinese Fotodo adapters. Sure the best part of the lenses optical angle
is used but for little money you can get C-mount (25 thread) lenses that
cover the same 4/3 sensor with less weight and size. My 2 Schneider Xenon
50mm f/2 C-mount lenses on that small camera are optically as good in my
opinion, very nice portrait focal length. To get equal DOF on same size
prints the 4/3 lenses should be much faster though and f/0.95 C-mount
lenses are not uncommon. Wide angles going down to 10 or 12mm exist too.
Your 24 mm on a 4/3 is a normal lens in practice, a big one then.

With an APS size sensor like on the NEX models it may be more rewarding
to use full frame lenses.

just an opinion

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