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Sony A7 + Pentax 645 FA45mm + Mirex Tilt Shift Mount Flare in A7 CMOS is quite serious. 1. 2. 3.
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I bought one of these on the recommendation of Philip Reeve (on his blog). I already have a couple of other old Pentax lenses that work extremely well. Apart from being an exceptionally good cheap lens (it works very well indeed on the A7rii), it works better in infrared than any other lens I have; a lot of lenses develop hot-spots at smaller apertures, but this one is free of hot-spots at any aperture. Taken on an IR converted Sony Nex 5N (665nm) at f8. It's had a touch of Topaz Glow in PP. Angel by Jon, on Flickr
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From the album: Random images
© Daniel Haaf
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From the album: Random images
© Daniel Haaf
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(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.