I used old mamiya lenses on a 645 with Leaf digital backs and got spectacular results
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:00 AM Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A few years ago, I bought a Voigtlander rangefinder and with it a couple of lenses plus an M adapter. My favorite lenses have proven to be the Voigtlander 28mm f2 and the 15mm f4.5, AFAIK, the only major difference from film to digital is that the lenses for film are not ‘optimized’ for flat sensors. I think it’s really just a way to get us to buy more photo crap we don’t need.I use film lenses on my 5D and tested film lenses on a Mamiya 645D with Leaf back and I can’t see a discernible difference. Maybe I’m too old to be young and gullible.On Mar 23, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Dan Mitchell <danmdan3842@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Having recently acquired a Fuji XE-1 body only I need lenses, possibly no more than two. My question today is - are re-cycled film camera lenses as usable in front of a digital sensor as they once were in front of film - or does the image quality suffer ? In particular I’m looking at one of 35 mm size (50 mm equiv.), plus a small wide-to-medium zoom. And not expensive lenses like Leica, more Pentax and Canon screw fitting are within my price range.
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