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[/shoplink]That crazy guy of Jieying keeps reworking old lenses ot make them fit on Micro Four Thirds cameras (without the nedd of an adapter!). One of his latest “creations” is the [shoplink 30498 ebay]Rodenstock Heligon 50mm f/1.0 (here on auction on eBay)[/shoplink]. It’s so fun to use old lenses on m43 cameras!
He has also these two other lenses for sale:
[shoplink 30499 ebay]Kodak Singet 35 Ektar 44mm (here on auction on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 30500 ebay]55mm F/1.0 (here on auction on eBay)[/shoplink].
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The Heligons and such make fantastic doorstops.
for bokeh lovers – with a affordable price! hahaha…
For that price I’d rather buy a Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS.
I hope the original lens mount can be put back on.Adaptors are so cheap! It seems like a waste to ruin a good lens like that.
I hope the original lens mount can be put back on.
Agree. By butchering the lens like that, you’re just restricting its usage if you want to use it with another mirrorless system later.
@P4INKiller, I saw an Olympus OM-D with a Voigtlander 50mm 1.1 at my local camera store on Friday night (very painful, as I am still waiting on my pre-order at another shop). It felt like a very nice combo, my first handling of a Voigtlander and the focus ring felt simply fantastic. But, your suggestion of a Nikon 50mm f/1.2 is a really nice suggestion, and I can use it on my D700 too 🙂
These are x-ray equipment lenses…
There is no original mount per-se…
i dont agree. A reworked lens mount can avoid focus problems. Especially with heavier legacy lenses,many cheaper adapters dont work very well regarding to the tightness fit, resulting in a minimal wobbly looseness, thereby making it impossible to achive correct focus with fast lenses. I have used the CV 50 1.1 on the PENs with 2 different adapters, one cheapy and the other the metabones; both suffer from this problem, only after moving to native mount on the Ricoh GXR M module solved it for me as i dont want to spend 200 bucks just for a better adapter.
When mentioning focus problems I assume you mean reaching infinity? I’ve got a bunch of lens adaptors for various lenses (5 or 6 Rainbow Imaging and 1 Fotodiox) and have had no problem with focus or fit. I buy a dedicated adaptor for each lens and never take them off.
One of the benefits of using adapted lenses is the ability to swap adaptors and use them on different systems at little cost.
@madmax Rodenstock makes enlarger lenses, right? So not much loss in this case, I suppose, but still it seems a waste.
Old manual lenses are very fun. If you’re unsure about if you like it, I would recomend anyone to pick up a Helios 44 f2 58mm for about $20 on ebay + a m42 to m43 adapter. The lens is very sharp with a special bouquet. Love mine and it’s probably the cheapes quality lens on the planet.
I really like that Jieying is adapting some of the old copal shutter lenses to use on M43 systems. Like the Kodak linked in this post and my favorite, the Xenon 50mm f/2. Here’s an old ebay link for the lens. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Schneider-Xenon-50mm-f-2-lens-Micro-4-3-EP3-G3-GF3-/320778667145
I’ve had these lenses. Focus is about 1/2″ out of the back so he obviously cobbled on some negative lens on the back to get focus further out. Net result is a much slower lens than indicated with an artificial increase in focal length. He should be upfront about that. You are better off with a 50mm 1.4 which will wipe the floor with that thing.