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  1. (MODERATORS: I noticed the legacy lens part of the forum too late, if you think this should go there, by all means, move it. It probably does fit there best.) I worked as a professional sports photographer for years, blindly shooting away with a Canon and not truly appreciating photography. I got a promotion and was no longer required to shoot, so I sold my gear. After a few years I got the itch again, but there were stipulations: No. 1 — No backaches. I wanted to go light. No. 2 — I wanted to shoot on a budget (I've added kids and other expenses). No. 3 — I wanted to have fun. I did some research and talked to a photo buddy, PMR (some Sony shooters probably know him), and I settled on an a6000. Picked one up with a kit lens and ordered an adapter for some old FD stuff I had sitting around from back in the day. And there's where my trouble started. After messing around with the old standard Canon FD 50mm 1.8, I went immediately to Amazon and bought adapters for every mainstream mount — the best-rated, yet cheap, adapters. Fast forward two months, and I've spent about $250 at various thrift stores, garage sales and pawn shops picking up a vast array of manual focus lenses and other finds, and I'm having the time of my life. So far, here's what I've got: Nikon F mount lenses Nikkor-S.C. Auto 55mm 1.2 (with an old Nikkormat EL body thrown in) Nikkor 135mm 2.8 (with a Nikon FG body added to the deal) Carl Zeiss Jena 28mm 2.8 Sigma AF 24-70mm 2.8 DG (auto-focus doesn't work, but it's otherwise mint) Sigma AF 15mm 2.8 fisheye (again, no-go on autofocus, but manual focusing is smooth) Auto Vivitar 200mm 3.5 (stuck wide-open, unfortunately) RMC Tokina 400mm 5.6 Minolta MD mount lenses Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm 2.0 Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm 1.4 (threw in a Minolta XD-11 body) Minolta 1:1 extension tube (I believe this was made for the 50mm 3.5 macro) Canon FD mount lenses Canon FD 50mm 1.8 (two copies, both flawless) Canon FD 28mm 2.8 S.C. Tou/Five Star MC Auto Macro 28mm 2.8 (surprisingly good little lens) MC Super Albinar Auto 135mm 2.8 MC Auto Zoom CPC CCT 75-200mm macro 4.5 Osawa MC 70-180 macro 4.5 M42 mount Auto Mamiya/Sekor SX 135mm 2.8 Pentax K-mount SMC Pentax-M 50mm 1.7 SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1.7 (got these guys for $2 each, mint, with caps) A word of warning: This can get out of control. But I'm not sure I'd have it any other way.
  2. I've been using fast 35mm primes as my main lens for a few years now and the Voigtlander 35/1.2 always intrigued me as it is the fastest 35mm that I knew of, so a soon as the a7R was introduced I knew it was time own one. The a7R didn't last long however, as a low light shooter it just wasn't the right camera for me plus I didn't like how it demoted my legacy lenses to pieces of junk. Luckily Sony didn't wait long to provide me with the perfect escape route out of an otherwise bad investment in the form of the amazing a7S, a long awaited mirrorless successor of my beloved D3s (what a beast that was). The Voigtlander 35/1.2 is an awesome and unique lens, the way it renders the out of focus background wide-open is just stunning as is the smooth transition from sharp to the out of focus zone. Wide open there is a nice glow which gives this lens some character which aids in the smooth boke, that said I would like my main lens to be a bit sharper and contrasty wide-open for some extra pop so I'm secretly eyeballing the 35/1.4 FE. Mugshots with the iPhone 5 and the Hipstamatic app (my other camera): Here's a couple of images I took in Montenegro last year on a one week photo trip with my Nikon buddies, they gracefully allowed to me to tag along with my first Sony All images where shot wide open at f/1.2 on the a7R. And one with the a7S from a local museum in Amsterdam, haven't used this combo much but vignetting is a lot better than on the R:
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