35mm lens question

Buck Forester

Buck Forester

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When I keep hearing about 35mm lenses on the EX1, why do I keep hearing about Nikon lenses? I shoot Canon and have a full array of Canon L glass for still photography that I use for my film camera and my full-frame digital (Canon 5D). Canon glass is very good and Canon sells more DSLR cameras than Nikon, so am I missing something? Does it have anything to do with the difference in autofocus between the two manufacturers?

Also, I'm not so much interested in 35mm DOF like some here (I'm not shooting cinema style, I'm shooting adventures and docs), but I am interested in more focal lengths than the fixed EX1 lens provides. Are the Century Optics wide-angle and telephoto adaptors optically very good?

Gracias!
 
I think the Canon L lenses are some of the best lenses ever made.

There are two reasons you keep hearing about Nikon lenses over Canon.

1. Since Nikon has kept the same mount for decades, there are 750 trillion lenses out there and they can be bought cheaply.

2. The Canon EOS lenses have no manual aperture control and you can not adjust the exposure on the lens without doing it on your Canon DSLR body. Because of this most people tend to use Nikons. The other option is to use Canon FD lenses, but most people would rather purchase lenses that are going to be compatible with modern camera equipment.

I am a Canon user and I just plan on carrying my 30D body with me, connecting the lens to it, changing the aperature, and then connecting the lens to the Letus. It's a bit of a hassle, but in my opinion it's worth it. I do love my Canon L glass.
 
I use FD Canon lenses on my Letus Extreme with my EX-1. One big plus for the Canon lenses is that they focus in the same direction as the Fujinon lenses. The price for FD lenses is pretty competitive too, in the past few months I have bought a 50mm f1.4, 24mm f2, 85mm f1.8, 135mm f2.5 and a 200mm f2.8.. It has cost me less than $1200 US for all of them... They are all optically pristine :)
 
Thank you for the responses!

Anyone use the Century Optics adaptors for wide angle and telephoto? How do they rate? It'd be lighter to use a couple adaptors than carrying a bunch of lenses if they are optically excellent.
 
I am new here so excuse my question if irrelevant. I understand that the use of Photo lenses is to get a shallow depth of field so why not let the lens at full aperture?
 
choky said:
I am new here so excuse my question if irrelevant. I understand that the use of Photo lenses is to get a shallow depth of field so why not let the lens at full aperture?
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Usually, you do - but considering it's impractical to remove the whole 35mm setup when you need a take with deeper DOF, the 35mm lens aperture is the only way to achieve that.

Also, some 35mm adapters don't work with certain camera own aperture and/or shutter speed / ND filtering combinations, so sometimes the 35mm lens aperture is necessary to adjust exposure.
 
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