srgkonev Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Hey there! Just've ordered gx85 and looking for some cheap focal reducer to adapt vintage lenses. I actually don't have any, so want to have options. What mount is most adaptable? So I can buy focal reducer with this mount and then just buy simple dummy adapters to use on this reducer. For example FD to m4/3 focal reducer and some OM to FD, Nikon F to FD, m42 to FD. I live in Russia, so some m42 options will be good. And what focal reducer do you recommend? Except metabones obviously (for a price reason). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sewell Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Personally I am currently using an EF to Fuji-X focal length reducer as all my older lenses (mainly OM and M42) easily and cheaply adapt to EF, while my Samyang Cine set is all EF also. I previously did the same for my GH4 with an EF to M4/3 FLR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgkonev Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Thank you for an answer, Tim! I just don't understand why EF, coz most of them don't have manual aperture ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Don't buy EF lenses!! But an EF focal reducer can make sense, if you're just using it as a base to adapt other things to it. Tim Sewell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sewell Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Quote Thank you for an answer, Tim! I just don't understand why EF, coz most of them don't have manual aperture ring. As @IronFilm says - It's not to use EF lenses (apart from the Samyangs, which are fully manual) - it's because the lenses I like are mainly OM and M42, which adapt to EF with a simple (and cheap) ring adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgkonev Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Ok, it make sense! But is FD worse then EF in this terms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 26 minutes ago, srgkonev said: Ok, it make sense! But is FD worse then EF in this terms? You can adapt less onto the FD mount. srgkonev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgkonev Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 57 minutes ago, IronFilm said: You can adapt less onto the FD mount. Ok, thank you for response! Any suggestions on which brand of focal reducer to buy? I almond find 2 options - Roxen (around $80) and Turbo Lens II (around $160 on ebay). Is there any difference between two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I have a few Minolta MD lenses and Zhongyi Lens Turbo Adapter II (Minolta MD - MFT). Work well for me. srgkonev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgkonev Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Uh, i do my research and realize that canon FD is a really nice option for vintage lenses to adapt. But FD-EOS adapters have that poor quality optic element on it (on a cheap adapters) and ones with good optice out of my budget. Well, i dont need EOS, but also i dont find any AI-FD to adapt Nikors i have. One more problem - there is no EOS-FD to make Ai-EOS-FD combo... Any suggestions? What vintage lenses do you use, guys? And how you adapt them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Bacle Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 On 7/12/2017 at 10:48 AM, srgkonev said: What mount is most adaptable? So I can buy focal reducer with this mount and then just buy simple dummy adapters to use on this reducer. For example FD to m4/3 focal reducer and some OM to FD, Nikon F to FD, m42 to FD. I live in Russia, so some m42 options will be good. And what focal reducer do you recommend? Except metabones obviously (for a price reason). I use Minolta MD to m4/3 Mitakon Lens Turbo II. So that I can use both Minolta MD and M42 lenses on my m4/3 mount camera. (You can find cheap adapters for M42 lenses to MD mount) EF is good too as you can adapt Nikon F, M42, Leica R and Pentax K to Canon EF mount (but no Minolta or Canon FD) I don't know much yet about Olympus OM and Canon FD as I just got some lenses in this mount last month. I'll update the topic if I come across something good) srgkonev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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