[Leica] Adapted lenses on a Sony camera & the Pentax BEAST!

[Don Dory]

I would start in one of two directions.   The first option would be to look
at what you can't do with your current arsenal of lenses.  Do a little
research on old manual lenses then select the best of what is available.
 The concave 35mm is a very good performer even by today's standards.
 Down around 28mm the a konica lens is very good and priced well.  If you
don't mind some vignetting then the Olympus OM can be good.  Almost all the
85s are good so price and adapters owned will guide you.

The second way to go is pick a focal length that you use a lot and pick up
lenses in that focal length.   The variations and nuance can be very
interesting. Just the clones of the Zeiss 85 Sonnar are amazing in their
differences in direct knock offs.

On Sun, May 26, 2019, 8:22 PM venchka via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Where to start?
>
> Don:
> The Canon 35mm 1:2 FD lens is a non-chrome nose, original FD mount lens
> labeled "B&H/Canon Lens FD 35mm 1:2 S.S.C." on the lens's front ring.
>
> I ordered two of the $59.95 FotodioX adapters with the camera from B&H.
> They sent the correct Canon FD adapter. Alas, they sent an incorrect, Fuji
> X mount, instead of the Leica M adapter that I ordered. I will return the
> Fuji adapter tomorrow and hopefully they will send the correct Leica M
> adapter in return. I am really looking forward to using my small
> collection of Leitz, Konica, Nikkor & Canon M & LTM lenses on the Sony
> body.
>
> My first Pentax 6x7 was the original non-mirror lock-up version.
> When I replaced it much later, the mirror lock-up feature had arrived. I
> use the lock-up feature religiously when the Pentax is on the tripod.
>
> Thanks for your kind words of encouragement. Learning every day. This is
> fun!
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
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