I have the 50/1.4 nfd its very sharp starting from 1.4 and super sharp across the entire frame :D perfect for street photography, I'm using it on a Sony A7 classic
Good stuff man. the FDs have a micro contrast and color character to them that's so nice. When I travel I bring 3-4 lenses and the FD 135 I have is amazing.. It's impervious to my bmpcc 4k's color tint prob. I don't know how Canon did it with that lens' character.
thanks man, I agree the FDs are some of the best value vintage lens out there for now, not the APSH one, they are crazy but those f2.8 ones are pretty good in terms of value.
this already is one of the smaller adapter out there, it is necessary because back in the day the DSLR have a movable mirror in between the back of the lens and the film (sensor in digital term) so the lens is design with this gap in mind and calibrate the focus distance based on this gap. The sensor of modern digital camera is very close to the lens, if the adapter is small it will change the gap between the back of the lens and the sensor which will mess up the focus of the lens significantly, and this is called the flange distance.
thats a shame, it is a good lens, i actually tried to clean lens myself but sometimes it can get a bit tricky, no guarantee that the lens can be 100% clean.
I have the 50/1.4 nfd its very sharp starting from 1.4 and super sharp across the entire frame :D perfect for street photography, I'm using it on a Sony A7 classic
yes i found the nfd super sharp in general and they are great for street photography, thanks for sharing mate!
Good stuff man. the FDs have a micro contrast and color character to them that's so nice. When I travel I bring 3-4 lenses and the FD 135 I have is amazing.. It's impervious to my bmpcc 4k's color tint prob. I don't know how Canon did it with that lens' character.
thanks man, I agree the FDs are some of the best value vintage lens out there for now, not the APSH one, they are crazy but those f2.8 ones are pretty good in terms of value.
Why is the adapter is so huge?
To get the correct flange distance
this already is one of the smaller adapter out there, it is necessary because back in the day the DSLR have a movable mirror in between the back of the lens and the film (sensor in digital term) so the lens is design with this gap in mind and calibrate the focus distance based on this gap.
The sensor of modern digital camera is very close to the lens, if the adapter is small it will change the gap between the back of the lens and the sensor which will mess up the focus of the lens significantly, and this is called the flange distance.
i do have nFD 50 1.8, not use it coz fungi. It's good lens, cheap, but to remove all those fungi cost me like $30 US.
thats a shame, it is a good lens, i actually tried to clean lens myself but sometimes it can get a bit tricky, no guarantee that the lens can be 100% clean.