Aperture ring on Hengyijia is a little bit worse — from f/2 to f/8 it’s a little looser and from f/1. It's certainly easier for me to find focus using peaking on my E-M1 as I did in the last group of images I posted, somewhat more difficult using my E-M5 since it doesn't have focus peaking (except a version of it as a workaround if one messes with the art filters which I've tried and it doesn't seem to be very helpful to me).

I find that a legacy lens with adaptor puts the aperture and focus rings exactly under my left hand fingers - so easier to use in practice. Engage with our used photography equipment partner MPB in a forum dedicated to giving members the opportunity to feedback their experiences or seek advice. The original Sony A7 was perhaps the nearest thing to a lens platform, taking manual lenses at their original focal length. I have this lens but I'm not quite sure if I am setting my zone focus correctly (still learning about this) or the scale is a bit off? My primary use is going to result in images where sharpness is not critical because of the image effects involved.Even at the edges, straight lines will remain as straight lines, making it an excellent choice for architectural shots. It's fun for me though since it puts me almost completely in charge of the image creation - beside the characteristics of whatever sensor is in the camera on which I happen to have it attached. I was just wondering if this lens would be suitable for digitizing 35mm film negatives with an APS-C camera? The successful Kickstarter "Mercury" camera is another approach, and a lot can be done simply by cobbling together components from old film-camera systems.

Chromatic aberration (CA) is the lens' inability to focus on the sensor or film all colours of visible light at the same point. Second generation has traditional ring placement — aperture ring close to body, focusing ring close to front of the lens. When I set my camera to ISO-Auto, the first option on the list, which takes 3 shots and combines them, and with f/1. The kit lens from either Lumix or Zuiko is excellent at wide to mid range - it only falls off in resolution near the 40mm zone.Short pressing the rear wheel zooms into the center of the picture to fine tune the focus — this is one single most important feature for precise manual focusing. Given the massive popularity among both these lenses, I'm sure others would be very interested as well. I think this would ideal nifty 50mm equiv on M43 as the corner issues should crop out nicely - in fact I think this was designed for M43 with APS-C as an afterthought.

They should come up with a focus scale specific to each camera design that can be easily swopped out. One way to approach this, from a camera companies perspective, is to focus on modular and universal systems, flexible enough to take advantage of the speed of change, and to co-opt other companies products rather than directly compete with them. I'm surprised one of the Chinese companies hasn't come up with a simple reverse Galilean, hotshoe mounted finder in popular focal lengths. This explains why LENSHOODS are a must - and the longer the better as 75% of the glass is just there to cause internal reflections and ghosting which custs image quality and contrast.It's easy to draw conclusions about the lower-resolution models from the A7R4's measurement results.

They are inexpensive enough that if they only get used occasionally the bank balance won't feel too sad. Well despite all the nagatives I seem to have lined up in comparison with your kit zoom lens - the simple fact of having immediate control of aperture and fine focus seems to give a spur to my creativity - a finding echoed in countless other postings on the DP Review site. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Then, if you decide to sell, MPB will pick up your kit with a free insured DPD collection and you’ll get paid cash into your account within days. If you want a bag that doesn't look like a camera bag or prefer to make your own DIY solutions, they're worth a look.

The kit has AF, anti-shake mechanics, signals distortion and vignetting correction to the camera body (and to programmes such as DXO if you shoot in RAW).