When shooting handheld, focusing precision is limited with the Nikon because of the optical viewfinder. The Kindai(Rayqual) adapters come from Japan Hobby Tools in Japan (Despite what Amazon advert says). Given your article on A7riii, it seems the best option may be to wait for A7iii hoping it will get the same improvement in manual focusing (EVF. There are some third party manufacturers which offer their manual lenses with E-mount like the. The EBAY seller listed it as Minolta AF 24mm 2.8 / Sony A7 well turns out that its an A mount not an E mount. And I kinda stopped taking photos because the lens can do so much. Adapting Lenses Still worth it in 2023? The wide angle lens are very sensitive to the adapter. It is still a very small lens and will give far superior results to that 20mm lens. But I often got much better sharpness because of precise focusing and EFCS see above. And I hope you can increase on options for manual lenses and reviews. I shot with a very similar setup until recently (Nikon D600 and Sony a7). The a7IIs integrated stabilizer compensates about two stops and makes focusing with longer lenses easier. On a tripod, where you can use live view, the Nikon works fine. The 7Artisans 28mm seems great : very special rendering (I love it). also this is the lens i bought that you recommended. This meant that my shooting technique could be at its maximum efficiency and preserve total spontaneity. At f/8 it is very hard to tell which is the $25 and which is the $1000 lens. I am convinced now that the recommendations you make here will make this a practical shooting experience. I have had a look at the Sony lenses for this camera and they are very pricey, not just that but in all truth i have no idea what lens(es) i will need. My budget is more for the a6000 but I might be able to make it to the a7 price range. I think I will be switching to Sony thanks to your recommendation. Personally I would prefer a truly manual lens over a AF lens because of the process and also because a Minolta MD adapter is smaller and the available lenses cheaper. I own a series of Nikkor non Ai , Ais and D lenses. b. These cookies do not store any personal information. Excellent article, Phillip. be carefull. How good are old nikkor ai, ais manual lenses compared to olypus zuiko, minolta or canon fd lenses? So I know Ill be able to focus the lens manually, but can I set the aperture manually as well? As Phillip says, who knows if they will keep the fancy EVF on an A7III When you have learned to use the 50mm lens you could add a 24mm and a 100mm or 135mm lens. I love so much your work ! This is often the result of symmetrical design. If you use A-mode this shouldnt happen. There are far too many interesting lenses. But nothing makes the things so great than a Leica M. Leica M replaces all my slr. The 500 mm is good to use with the EVF even at F8(fix), much better than on the F1 even with the bright laser viewfinder lens. You have to remember them. You know how to write an article and entertain and educate reader at the same time and Not BORE at all. Go to Camera Settings 1 / AF2 (page 6/14) Select Center Lock-on AF and choose On: a square will appear in the middle of the screen. Bit of a bitch to focus (with a tiny ring just behind the unremovable lens hood), but as I began to use it I fell completely in love with it. For my product photography (of photo gear :D) I usually use a Nex-5n and my Tokina 2.5/90 macro :http://phillipreeve.net/blog/tokina-x-macro-90mm-12-5-review/ and I get very good results. I am very happy with the Novoflex adapter so if you are looking for the best solution and dont hesitat to pay good money for it I would go for it. I am still trying to find the correct Lightroom settings because I have not quite got to the analog color cibachrome quality yet but I am sure I get there. Your cameras EVF is better than my screen, indeed. In terms of CAs, I think its worse than the nFD 80-200mm f/4 L and the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS. Hi Phillip, Just tried it and it is perfect for the 500mm f8 mirror. https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/youngadventure/31683245810/. I was kind of hoping that it would not be that obvious of a difference. 1) Only with a very exact adapter from a company like Rayqual but then it would work the same. Which lens am I using? Thanks for all this info! Are these lenses specifically for Sony a7 series or they work well on Olympus or Panasonic micro 4/3rd mirrorless cameras as well? Sometimes M, but mostly A, yup. So, with manual lenses, do you have to set aperture and / or shutter speed manually as well (besides focusing manually)? The camera shake icon that looks like a hand keeps flashing and will not go away. Thanks. On the other hand, the Nikon body is much more comfortable to hold and also heavier, so I found that it does not need stabilization as much as the Sony does. Based around an updated 24.2-megapixel back-illuminated full-frame sensor, the A7 III punches well above its weight with a rich feature including a 693 phase-detect autofocus system, 10 frames per second, internal 4k video, and silent operation. I am currently considering selling my canon 70d and purchasing sony a7 ii since i always wanted to upgrade to full frame. Thank you. Face palm moment but i need your help with lenses. its quite good, But you gain a lot of LoCa though. There are some newer Nikon AF lenses that seem to have a manual aperture override? Image quality is the same with a Nex-5n. determine the numerical value. Still, a clear advantage for the Sony. Back from my APS-C days I remember it as a mediocre lens. Another issue is that sometimes peaking will paint your whole image red/yellow/white if there is a lot of detail like when you take pictures in a forest. After couple months with A7ii, I used MF 80% of times and try to be used to the camera. Do you use the a7 and manual lens combo with an external flash sometimes? I am delighted with my new set up and to be able to use these lovely old lenses again. Because of that I think that the overall rendering of a lens is usually more important than its sharpness. Sometimes they absolutely do though! . Thanks for the review and the many good comments! You can see in my blogsite scans of my drawing and sketching on paper mainly. What mode would you suggest? Thats why from what Ive been reading the a7 sensor might be important. 5. Consider adding an ebay.co.uk affiliate links as well. I havent got any experience with manual lenses or the a7, but Im really thinking of switching. But then on the other side, why not implement a very fine peaking with your line skip focus trick. No the Minoltas show far less distortion, see this article for a compariosn. The Phottix flash is set to TTL, and I get great results. Thanks to the DRO function I could focus none the less. No such problems with the MC-11. How important is the wideangle side for you? I also found the assignment of Focus Settings (which includes Focus Magnification) to the C1 button awkward to use. One question: If you do e.g. In your post, you give a few hints about focusing manually. What differences are between Nikon 610 and Sony A7 II. Another adaptall stand out is the 151B, which is a tiny 17mm. But, what concerning the conclusion? I have a litte addition to that in case of using A7RII (dont know if other cams have this option). Tip 4:You can increase the effect by increasing the sharpening to +3 (Creative Style/ your picture mode/ Sharpness). Yes Not sure how prices are in Germany, but in UK, Amazon sell them for 89.99. Tx for that! In A-mode the camera will adjust the shutter speed by itself. With an attached price tag of $1,999, the A7 III might be the most complete entry level full frame . And might be overkill i shoot primarily with a7s so colossal amounts of detail is not what im after. Have you got the chance to review the A7rii with the manual lenses? the site is not ready yet, Im working on the sample pictures. But I dont remember the source, so if you have different information please share . I would like to use your affiliate ebay links, however you have included only ebay.de and ebay.com. Thank you, I would try to avoid focus peaking for the beginning and use the focus magnifier option first. Do you think these disadvantages are outweighed by the advantages of the 42MP sensor you mentioned? I'd imagine you have Sony's ear. Please keep working on your great works! its only about sharing information. I havent compared them directly but I guess they are very similar. Brilliant thanks, I have done this and am getting much improved results already. Many photographers struggle with Sony a6000 will not recognize manual focus lens even with Release w/o lens enabled and it smees no one nowhere can find the correct solution/answer to that problem:(. I compared the Sony kit zoom at same mm values to the FD lenses. quick question regarding the sharpness +3 tip will it always work do I have to set the Live View Display Setting Effect to ON? viewfinder). I have been looking for an affordable E mount lens for ages and then found your site. I think I would get a MC11 and Canon EF 4/70-200 L for that job. There is a number of reasons. The only distadvantage of the 42MP sensor I see is that it requires more disk space and processing power. Maybe check out my Madeira travel report to get and impression. Sigma tamron definitely better but you will need to go la eax adapter or sigma mc11 as mentionned by phil. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Thanks! Any advice on how I can find a solution here? I had a question regarding modern primes versus adapted lenses. Access your cookie preferences below and make sure to switch on the Youtube cookie under the 'Functional' section. Also, as I have an A7 and an A6000, I also get some variation of telephoto capability. Many thanks for your patience and understanding with me and others using your blog, regards, Andy, Yeah I need to apply for the Amazon.co.uk affiliate program but I havent yet . Then I am probably not much help. I assume the 24mp sensor is more forgiving than the 36/42 mp alternative. The lightest 50mm E-mount lens is the Sony FF 1.8/50 at 186g and the Samyang 1.8/45 is even lighter at 162g, while the heaviest lens, the Sigma Art 1.4/50, weighs 910g. Thanks for your info! 1) Manual focus will make you miss a lot of shots, trust me. 180 (actually 150) it is for me from now onwards. It took me a while to learn to focus. 1. Maybe useful for others as well: C1 Zebra on/off (quite easy to reach this one here for me, just toggels the function), C2 Selftimer prior to Auto-Bracketing when using a tripod (I dont use it that often, that is why I set it up on a key which I found less easy to reach with with my finger when I have the a7 in front of my eyes), C3 Grid Lines (I quite often take architectural pics), Control Wheel ISO (quickly able to override Auto-ISO here, which I use by default), Control Wheel top button standard (Monitor Display settings), Control Wheel left button standard (Drive Mode), Control Wheel middle button Focus Magnifier (quite optimal on this key as one has to subsequently click through the magnifications with this key anyway), Control Wheel inferior button Steady shot on / off (freehand / tripod). Table of Contents. 17F4; 20F2.8; 28F2; 50F1.4; 85F1.8; 135F2.5; 200F4; 500F8(Tamron). Your photos with the Minolta lenses are wonderful Im also struck by your willingness in answering questions so here goes mine. 4) I mainly use my lenses wide open at full aperture during focusing, as well as shooting. The lens stabilized version of the f.4.0 Canon L is, of course, easy to acquire, too; but I prefer to focus my resources first on prime lenses which will be useable with the Leitax bayonet exchange adapters or the like on a Pentax K-1, which I anticipate acquiring at some opportune time down the road. About$500 used at ebay.com* or new Amazon.com*, The Sony a7II is my top pick to get started with manual lenses. Cheers. I started about 5 years ago with manual lenses and some lenses I bough back the cost twice as much today. Anyway right now, Sony A7 is a very nice camera to use vintage lenses.The onley thing In dont like,is the shutter would,but its ok, om getting used to it. Yes Getting started with an (Alpha) camera. In terms of zooms that might compete with the the Sony 70-200mm f/4 G, Id say that both the C/Y Zeiss 80-200mm f/4 and the Canon FDn 80-400mm f/4L are very much up to the task. 4) When I use zooms I either deactivate the stabilizer when light levels are sufficient or I adjust the focal length in the camera when I change the focal length. Corners sharpness are not really good and i am afraid to be disappointed about that. My compliments. Will the Monolta 1.7/55 MD be a good choice for $60? Please; do you remember what is your camera EVF resolution? Manual focus not consistent with Sony A7ii + Sony 55mm 1.8. At f/22 it will be very dark for artificially lit scenes but brigth on a sunny day outside. monthly newsletter. Following your review and advice, I have now bought a zeiss distagon c/y 2.8/28mm which just arrived a few hours ago. Turn on back button focus. Great, thanks. AF is a sure sign that it wont. So my question have you trialled the E mount 20mm 2.8 pancake lens on an A7? Focus peaking only works on sharp edges so its usually useless for many subjects. Wrde den Adapter austauschen, Good job! Cheers, Andy. You can turn the peaking display on or off quickly while shooting in the manual focus (MF) or direct manual focus (DMF) mode. Hi, I did not go through all the comments so I dont know if somebody has pointed this out already, but one thing you dont mention is that these old manual lenses can be easily calibrated to focus to infinity at their infinity hard stops. Hi Phillip, I wasted a ton of time, and most of all, I can no longer shoot in the way that I found to work so well. Normally there shouldnt be a difference between the exposure you see in the viewfinder and the final image, Dont bother with the massive vignetting on the 28mm. It is compact and light. 4. I found the effects of the first curtain to be easily visible in the Nikon when using longer lenses with a tripod mount. I had one for 15Euro that was not black enought and the stray light reflection would be bad for the picture. But that is just speculation. If you use older lenses there will be trade offs you have to make but they also offer advantages. I will mainly use my lenses for landscape and astrophotography. The 50 and 105 had to be adapted for AI so they go back to the 60s. Or has that in influence to the RAW? I dont like image editing and raw,so fujifilm with very nice jpg and colors are better for my needs and my wallet. I also find that for landscapes and nature images my results are more reliable than when I use AF and I enjoy the process more because it is me who is focusing, not the camera guessing were I want to focus. Sony A7II. Im currently using an Olympus OM 135mm f3.5 lens (cost 15 from a charity shop) on a trip to Morocco. http://phillipreeve.net/blog/user-guide-ultra-wideangle-lenses-sony-alpha-7-series/ . Built-In Flash: No: 5. So except of the slightly lower resolution, it should have better IQ, wrong? I looked into adapting a Leica M lens (or m mount lens) to the Sony, but the rangefinder wide angles are not a great fit with the Sony A7 series. Do you think the BSI Sensor, due to its higher resolution has advantages (except allowing bigger prints) in terms of resolution and sharpness against the 24MP of A7II and A9 although the old Leica lenses probably dont really support those high resolutions than 24MP? No idea, I very rarely use flash and when I do my old Metz usually works fine. Should I set mine to low, and of yes why is that, is there a benefit to having it set to low? This doesnt mean that manual lenses are unsuitable for the a6x00 series but if you have the choice I would go full frame. The second point is in regards to you shimming suggestion. Also as just a general all rounder what would you recommend? If you crop you throw information/IQ away. The two Leitz lenses are as old as the oldest Nikkors I have. Peter. It is in fact very easy to learn to focus manually. The CV 4/180 Bastian reviewed recently is one of them but very expensive and rare. But if you do everything like meAF and stabilization is a saver sometimes. you can move the cursor byclicking the wheel at the back in the direction you want it to move. It comes with a few optical compromises but these usually do not really affect the quality of your images. Thats all you need. It may be enough for tele, but not for wide angle. About the better DXO Score: true even though the Sensor is basically identical, the Nikon has the edge in electronics and about one stop better dynamic range, even if you use uncompressed raws on the Sony. Samyang 14 Regards, Andy, I have now bought my A7ii. Just like me you could find more enjoyment in photography and you could save a lot of money. Leica M summicron-c 40/2 Myreview | $999 at Amazon.com* | B&H* | ebay.com*. I have learned some important factors about using different cameras,which I would like to share. In that time I already had some vintage lenses adapted to EF mount, mainly mount conversions, some adaptions. I would be very interested to see how you do this Vit. Ive been shooting a Leica M6 for years. And there are even more which arent any good. The a7rII uses a BSI 42mp sensor which allowed to increase the resolution and high ISO performance over the a7II at the same time. Voigtlander, this new cinema line from Rokinonetc. Contax S2b or Yashica FD with Contax Zeiss lenses. Looking at my old gear I have an old Hanimex PZ4200 flash. 62.5% of 150 is slightly less than 93.8mm. I have bought a number of these (24.64) so that I have one per lens. 1. Any help appreciated. This methodis more sensitive than the focus peaking and much less distracting.With this technique I usually get critically sharp images without using the focus magnifier button. And his little brother is also terrific closed down. To save the highlights I had to underexpose this image a lot. Hello philip I love this article. I have to set flash comp at -3 stops, on top of exposure at -3 steps still a hit and miss. Good site. Watch our video to learn more. I was wondering if you had a recommendation on a Minolta or Canon FD lens in the 200mm focal range? BTW: 7Artisans 28mm 1.4 FE+ may have better corners than the Voigtlander 35mm 1.2 SE, especially at wider apertures (my guess from reviewing the Leica M version of the Voigtlander). Hold your camera steady and slowly focus. Buying a couple of adapters is not an issue. Once you know what to look for it is easy to see with softer lenses and. How to turn on manual focus for Sony 7R II? Thanks. The following two tabs change content below. I find it hard to recommend. This trick only works if you shoot raw. I like the results I am getting on FF with manual lenses more than those I got with APS-C sized sensors. We recommend downloading and installing the latest version of one of the following browsers: Our site is not optimized for your current browser. personalmente creo que las lentes nativas son demasiado caras y poco luminosas, prefiero adaptar lentes manuales y disfrutar relajndome de mis disparos. When using old manual focus lenses on the Sony alpha cameras you need to go into the menu and choose the option to release shutter without lens attached since it doesnt see any lens attached when an old lens with adapter is attached due to no contacts on the lens so you have to change the setting when using old lenses. Thank you. In my case I speak of the Leica lenses Summilux 35 1.4 (non ASPH), Noctilux 50 1.0, Tele Elmarit M 90 2.8, APO-Telyt M 135 2.8 just in case you have experience with some of them. What program mode do you use when using these lenses? I shoot a lot of landscape, nature and an occasional portrait and I can tell you that I personally like to use them a lot because I enjoy the process more and because the optical shortcomings are not much of an issue for me. Its sharpness and color fidelity are very good. Basically, turn Focus Magnification on and the time to No Limit. Thanks for the article. Unfortunately I see it only at certain distances and focus magnifications. Examples of the Helios 85mm f/1.5 lens. Manuals are posted on your model support page. as you made this wonderful guide, I would like to put a link on the front page of my (future) web page http://www.a7camera.com. I then started recently experimenting with older manual focus SLR lenses. If you can teach me some method to improve the results, I would appreciate. Or can the camera just read light levels off the sensor anyway, and is that reliable? landscapes. I have just started using manual lenses with my Sony alpha and am loving the more organic use of my camera. Your email address will not be published. I have it set on high sensitivity at the moment using the assumption that this is better, but you mention having it on low sensitivity. Many modern lenses control the aperture through the camera. 2. Then you would have lost about two hours and $15 afterselling the lens and adapter you bought for less than $100. A huge advantage for the Sony. 4. Nice to see this article get an update. Dumb adapters Ive had fall in range between 47-77g. Canon Mtm 50/14 I have blurry images in details, like when focus is not correctly set). For Astro it is a poor choice though and I would recommend a Samyang 2.8/14. I have been using that recently on my OM-1 and its surprisingly sharp. Based on what youve said, Im looking into getting a Minolta 35-70. Ill probably buy also a Techartpro adapter. kannst Du (ggf. Use DRO to see into the shadows. You can of course put a link on your page good luck with the project. Hello Phillip and ohter readers here, I found that having the FD 135mm f/2 on the A7 or the Olympus 75mm f/1.8 my the E-M5, an aperture of f/4 just wasnt enough appealing to me. So sad that they are moving up in the ranks of competition with Canon & Nikon, yet their pro service is lacking in a huge way. but I really do not know, because the Sony lenses are very expensive and manual lenses are cheap and great but do not have af focus and for child photography is a little hard manual focus If you could help me, I would be very grateful! Since I posted that a couple days ago, I now have some experience with this and yes, aperture priority the way to go. Hi Phillip (& all other contributers on this great info on MF photography), In your artical your write: The Sony Alpha 7s is a specialist. However within this article I couldnt find any further hint on what the reason could be. I have now invested some time in to getting to grips with post-processing my selected images in Lightroom and have been very pleased with the results and all with my 1-inch sensor camera! I love the size of the lens and I understand it would be 30mm equivalent on full Frame. Nice to learn that about the 7artisan 28mm. I see. I enjoy your writings about the Sony alpha camera. I just purchased a secondhand Sony A7r. As always it depends. Personally I have the luxury of owning a FE 4/16-35 aus well but most often I use a manual 28mm lens. It would be greatly appreciated if you would answer these questions. brings the price down a bit further. The E 4/10-18 is a nice and versatile lens and few manual lenses will perform as well. Not only do I use this system in the way Ive described in this letter, but I also use it as a location lighting kit when I dont need very high output. The EVF is not as sharp an optical viewfinder so focusing is much slower. Since manual lenses are so cheap a little experiment isnt very expensive though. There should be no additional tax in the EU. My 5DIII rear screen is 1044 dots (348 pixels). My mount became so loose that it affected image quality but I use my camera a lot. The camera does not use all the sensor information to generate the live-view image but it skips lines which results in the moir-effectwhich we can use to our advantage. If I was you I would probably buy an affordable manual lens like the Canon FD 2.8/35 and the FD 2.8/135 for a little more than $100 for both lenses and see how well they work for you. The handling is good ? It covered all the questions I was asking myself about where to start on manual lenses. I think Ive done something fairly stupid but I was hoping someone might be able to confirm that. Or go for a wider focal length with landscapes in mind? I would like to do this through one of your affiliate links. I dont have experience with older manual lenses or anything, but Ive been using my 24mm TS-E on my A7ii and its all manual. (1) The focusing mechanisms are designed for manual focus, so not only feel better, but are often easier to control smoother, with a bit more resistance than autofocus lenses in manual mode. b) a 180mm lens is a 180mm lens, no matter the format it was created for so 180mm is the correct setting. I have been able to get some really nice images but now want to step up and also to use again my Contax (c/y) Zeiss lenses as they will seem both much more natural for me to use and also should give excellent results whilst enabling me to move to full frame without major expense apart from the camera body. Nonetheless, Im looking forward to reading more of your writings here. Especially one lens from my youth always seemed like the dream lens to me, the Vivitar Series 1 70-210. 3. Ive got several old Nikkors a 35mm F2; 50mm F1.4; 55mm F2.8 Micro; and 105mm F2.5. Voigtlander M mount 40/14 I would like a walk around / landscape lens, with a very special rendering (colour, contrast, 3d pop) not flat, quite sharp (across the frame at f5.6-f8) and, the more important, easy to use / focus (to take pleasure using it and improving my manual focus ability because i am a rookie). It can be useful but most often it is not. . One thing I cant work out though is that the exposure of the image I see on the screen/viewfinder is different to what is actually captured by the camera. As with the a7 the mount can develop issues. The options for c/y adapters in the UK were limited and the best seemed to be Fotodiox from Amazon uk. Another but of course slightly more modern wide angle Ive found to be excellent on the A7R is the compact but solid 20mm Nikkor f2.8 AF, examples of both on flickr. ) and coming back into the A7 camera fold, this time with IBIS, I am suddenly interested in the Canon EF 200mm f.4.0 L zooms, which Ive looked into thoroughly (I also have a Canon M3/EVF APS-C mirrorless body). Not many people realize you can forgo the weird springy adaptall adapters and get direct e mount adapters. there will be no adverts and there is no professional interest for me. An adapter wont reduce sharpness or T stop, at worst there will be some play but that only happens with bad adapters. I am using the Metabones N/F-E Mount adapter. The long answer: There are many old lenses whichdeliver very good image quality. Agonising between A7ii and A7 rii now that gap is down to less than 700 (on ebay) because of A7riii. Lenses and reviews only at certain distances and focus magnifications ; D imagine you the! 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