Discussion Forum for various Lenses of different major labels in a shared environment at Photography In Malaysia

1. From : Charles Boehm (CharlesBoehm@optonline.net)
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Date : 08:47 PM Friday 07 December, 2007

Recently began digital photography after a number of years wetting the fingers in wet chemistry with a Nikon F modified with a Photomic finder. I would now like to mount my BR1 bellows-mounted 135mm to a D200. The camera grip design is an obstruction. Can I use an extension ring on the body. I would guess I would need to shorten the BR1 by an equal amount??

How can I mount my bellows to a D200 is my question?

Ideas; radical or not would be helpful.

Regards to all,
Chas.

2. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
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Date : 08:14 AM Friday 07 December, 2007

Hi Lynda:

The Sony digital SLRs should work with your Maxxum lenses.

3. From : Lynda (lynda_johnston@yahoo.com)
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Date : 10:49 PM Thursday 06 December, 2007

I have a Minolta Maxxum 7000 and lots of the lenses. I want to buy a digital camera that will be able to use those lenses. Can you tell me what cameras will work. Thank you!

4. From : Protap Dutta (protapdutta@gmail.com)
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Date : 05:26 PM Thursday 06 December, 2007

I HAVE NIKON FTN camera with normal & 2.8 wide lenses. Now I want to have one Nikon D40, D40x, D80. I like to know will those LENSES WILL FIT THIS NEW DIGITAL CAMERA BODY.

5. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
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Date : 12:58 PM Wednesday 05 December, 2007

Hi Sam:

Yes, the Sony Alpha cameras should work with your Maxxum lenses.

6. From : Sam (samheflin@yahoo.com)
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Date : 02:47 AM Wednesday 05 December, 2007

I own a Minolta Maxxum 7000 with two AF lenses. I am considering buying a new digital camera. Will these lenses work on any digital camera's on the market today.

Thanks
Sam

7. From : Ron (qq@nomspam.com)
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Date : 12:31 PM Tuesday 04 December, 2007

Good day. I have a Nikon FT2. I used to have a Vivitar 24mm f/1.8 but was stolen many years ago. That was a remarkable wideangle. Does anyone has any info on the same rank of such as fast speed wideangles (3rd party will do, as I don't have budget) - without going original Nikon ?

8. From : JWoods (centurywoodd@yahoo.com)
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Date : 02:37 PM Sunday 02 December, 2007

I share your thought. But it is a realistic world. If a manufacturer (Nikon, Canon, Apple, Microsoft, Boeing etc. alike) only has Windows 3.1 and expect it to run like a Vista that will not make a Company rich and sustainable for to keep all the employees (and investors happy). BASICALLY CHANGING the lens mount can be a big decision and a risk to the survival of Companies, not to mention huge R&D and advertising budget to cater for such a move. Many are calculated decision which must has a solid platform to spearhead the Companies to move ahead of others. IF a non-Ai Nikkor made back in the 70 can be used on a 2007 AF Digital Era, it would be a surprise to me and I am quite grateful for still be able to mount a lens to take a picture. It is just like Windows 3.1 running an IE 7. But most of us accept the fact you pay to get upgrades, not so much with other hardwares on backward compatibilities. Photography is very much different in nature, because all you need is just to combine Aperture with Shutter Speed to get an exposure. EVERYTHING we experienced now is, the entire process of image making has just being automated by programs -= which includes autofocusing and eliminating the troublesome process of getting the film exposed and process. The convenience provides, as termed by respective manufacturers, involved huge amount of investment and they want to get it back with continuous profit generating. That is all. Well, I always adopt the basic, as we can still take pictures with bare basic equipment say a Nikon FM2N with a lens - minus the conveniences.

9. From : Ewods (sorry@nospam.com)
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Date : 02:12 AM Sunday 02 December, 2007

It is a real pain... Minolta, Canon switched their lens mount from MF to AF. Thought Nikon and Pentax use old mount should be good. When it turns digital, many were not working again with some specific bodies.... think about the old days of a dream "universal Mount" unlikely to see this happening. Well, they made me pain, I made them wait ...

10. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
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Date : 11:58 AM Thursday 29 November, 2007

Hi Tom:

The 85/1.8 is an excellent lens. The main thing that the f/1.2 will do that the 1.8 won't is achieve an EXTREMELY shallow depth of field.... so shallow that you will probably not use the 1.2 wide open very often if you were to get one. The f/1.2 is also very expensive and very heavy, neither of which is a particular benefit.

As for whether you need an 85mm, you will have to answer that question, but I can walk you through the process a little bit:

What lens are you using now? a 50mm? If so, do you find that when you have the subject at the distance and perspective that you want, you have a lot of extra space around the subject that you have to crop out later for a good composition? If so, the 85mm may be what you need. Typically this would be the case in full-face and head-and-shoulders portraits. Shooting a mom-dad-child composition, though, you'd have to back up a long way to get it all in with the 85mm and your 50 might be the better choice. And if the school photos are groups, as opposed to individual head shots, you may find that a wider lens than 50mm is necessary to get the whole group in within the space you have available to back up.

If you've been shooting with a zoom, it gets easier: just note the focal length settings that you are using for each situation. A few fixed-length lenses may cover these settings as well as the zoom does, with the advantages (generally, compared to a zoom) of faster shutter speeds, more control of depth of field, higher sharpness and contrast, lower distortion, smaller size and lighter weight.

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