> From: Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> > > On 19/07/2013 2:01 PM, Tom C wrote: >> I also agree that the legacy lens advantage is pretty much non-existent. > > It's interesting that you should say that, and kind of ironic in a way. > The reason why legacy lenses are not an advantage is because they are > less convenient to use (manual focus, green button kludge, etc), and yet > people happily go out and buy adapters to put legacy lenses onto their > cameras from other brands. Look at the number of adapters you can get to > put legacy glass onto 4/3 cameras. I suspect that every brand ever made > can now be mounted to a 4/3 camera via an adapter. > I bought an adapter to allow mounting K-mount glass onto my Q, and, > being the not so bright person that I am, did exactly the same thing > when I bought my Fuji. > And you know what? It's a pain in the ass. Sure, the thing mounts, and > you can take a picture with it if you want to go to the effort, but why > bother? > I could almost see it if you had a bunch of Canon FD lenses around, as > it would be a way to put them to use again, since Canon decided their > user base was a liability in the mid 1980s and abandoned them, but > really, if you have an ability to mount the lens to a camera that it is > compatible with, just mount it to that camera. Putting an A series lens > onto my K5 means I lose a bit of functionality, mounting it onto my Fuji > or my Q takes me from functionality loss to wanting to slash my wrists > to make the misery go away. Even using an older non A series lens on the > K5 is easier than on the Fuji or Q. > > I would say that as long as there is a market for adapters to mix and > match brands of lenses onto other makers' cameras, the advantage of > legacy lenses exists to a reasonable extent, though it won't be apparent > to a new user who just bought his first DSLR and kit lens. > > bill
Irony is one of the few things I'm good at Bill. My statement was made largely from the narrow perspective that Pentax legacy lens support on new Pentax bodies is not an advantage for Pentax in that basically all DSLR mfrs. can justifiably claim the same. I almost never used my MF Pentax lenses on my AF bodies. The same can be true of the Sony NEX-7 (except I use the FA 100/2.8 macro on it occasionally as I don't want to spend the money for a macro lens, and the Sony e-mount offering is ridiculously short... 30mm).. I suppose that's largely because of the convenience of AF, and the other reasons you mention. That said, I bought a Nikon 50mm AIS something or other, that will will work on both the D800E and the NEX-7 via adapter. If one shoots MF, the 'focus feel' of an MF lens is generally better and the aperture ring is nice. I suppose the "advantage" of using legacy glass is debatable but it's largely a matter of: 1. If you already have the lens 2. If you can acquire a lens far cheaper than otherwise 3. One can mix/match mfrs. As you allude to, the above are advantages only if one feels they don't outweigh the inherent disadvantages or possibly if one largely shoots in manual focus mode. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
