At 9/8/2021 12:58 PM, Moose wrote:
>On 9/8/2021 7:59 AM, Wayne Shumaker wrote:
>>At 9/4/2021 03:51 PM, Moose wrote:
>
>>>I'm all for using old lenses on new sensors. I have a whole drawer full of
>>>them, although I mostly use them on the format they were designed for, FF.
>>>My inventory list suggests I have at least 23 mount adapters, to accommodate
>>>all of them.
>>>
>>>I have a particular affinity for lenses designed before computer involvement
>>>in the process. For me, these old, MF lenses are about the fun of learning
>>>them and their particular, less than "perfect" imaging characteristics, not
>>>about being "useful" in making technically good images.
>>Perusing the FM forum I noticed some comments on using Voigtlander (m mount)
>>on Sony cameras. It is known that legacy lenses with sony sensor does not
>>perform as well, particularly in the corners. So some people are using
>>"Kolari Vision UT sensor modified camera".
>
>>https://kolarivision.com/product/sony-a7-series-thin-filter-legacy-lens-upgrade/
>
>>I don't have legacy lenses, but since you have "whole drawer full of them",
>>then maybe this might be of interest?
>
>Thanks for the thought.
>
>I am interested in these lenses for exactly the opposite reason of those
>undoubtedly lovely people on FM. If I want optical perfection in a "normal" FL
>lens, I don't think of modifying my cameras to somehow make my 1960-ish design
>Canon 58/1.2 "better"; I put the Oly µ4/3 25/1.8 on an Oly E-M1 II body.
>
>If I wanted fabulous optical brilliance on my A7RII, I'd buy one of the
>several contemporary super lenses in that FL.
>
>When I want the far from optically perfect rendering of the old Canons, a
>LensBaby, a Canon or Minolta Soft Focus lens, even no glass at all, I am not
>concerned about corner sharpness.
>
>Have you been in this gallery? <https://photos.app.goo.gl/eiWp74sY3sVdXhfT8>
>
>I did some testing of various forms of softness. Would a modified camera have
>helped? ð???
><http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Lenses/Camom_LenB_NikonSofts/NikonSoft.htm>
>Softly, Softly, Catchee Moosie
I should have figured. The gallery shots are really cool. I don't think I have
seen some of those. Clearly a modified sensor makes no sense. Some of those
shots would look good in large print.
WayneS
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