50mm Lens question

You can get EOS adapters for just about any mount. Some of the older ones (Canon FD, Minolta) require glass elements in the adapters which sacrifices a bit of light as well as infinity focus. Nikon and Pentax do not need the extra glass.

As for the Nifty Fifty and a follow-focus, I've done that. The indiFOCUS snap gear works, with some TLC. Because the snap gear is customized to the lens using rubber grip strips, it can hang on to the thin focus ring of the Nifty Fifty quite well, but it takes a little practice to know where to seat it for best results. This won't work with the more traditional gears from Redrock, Zacuto, etc.
 
+1 for vintage glass

my carl zeiss jena pancolar 50mm f/1.8 from the 60s costs the same as the canon 50mm f/1.8 II; they are equally sharp (this cheap canon lens is surprisingly sharp), but there's more to image quality than sharpness: the canon lens has awful bokeh, it's really, really bad; it's not always there but it can ruin many shots if you can't control what's in the background of your image; on the other hand the pancolar has lovely bokeh; it also has a great long-throw focus ring, and an iris ring that can be declicked (if you dare to open your lens) and will make sure the lens works on your next body too (unless it's nikon: focal flange distance is nikon>M42)

plus: I use a followfocus with the 18-55 kit lens, which has a very similar focus ring; I bought a $2 UV filter from ebay, bust the glass, and mounted the gear in between the focus ring and the filter's ring; this method will NOT work on the nifty fifty, as the front element doesn't rotate with the focus ring: it's only the thin, bevel ring that has to take the gear; it doesn't look easy...
 
jkilgour said:
OK, so I'm thinking bout getting the el cheapo Canon 1.8 50mm lens. However, the focus ring looks really thin ... anyone getting that ring to work with a follow focus?

2nd question...

can this lens...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1104/11042710nikon50mmf1p8.asp

bet fitted on a Canon t2i?
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That Nikon lens does not have an aperture ring so make sure you get a "special" adapter that not only mounts to a Canon but also allows you to control aperture. Your best bet though it to get an old vintage lens as they are made out of metal and have nice focus/aperture rings.


Something like an old Nikkor 50mm 1.4 would be much netter
 
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