Advice on EF mount or E mount for new lens - please

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LDV20

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I am going to buy the 85MM cinema Rokinon. I know I will have better resale with the canon mount but on the other hand I like the idea of not having to rely on any adapters - less to go wrong. I do have the metabones with other canon lens and never had a problem. So I thought I would get some other opinions on what mount to buy. I am leaning towards the E mount.

thank you in advance
 
Adapters aren't that bad IMO, especially Manual Adapters. Just get 1 for each lens and leave it on the lens.

EOS is definately way more future proof than E-mount, which you can only use on Sony. If you get any other camera like the BMC, RED, Canon, Nikon, etc.. you will have to buy the same lens again.

For Primes, I only buy Nikon mount because it's the most universal. For the FS700, I have a Fotodiox Pro Nikon to EOS adapter (I have one on each lens so I don't have to remove) and stack that on the EOS Metabones. Works perfect, plus my lenses are all future proof since it's Nikon mount.

For zoom, I just get EOS mount since all modern zooms have electronic aperture.
 
Thanks - you make good points. I might just stay with canon mount being that my other lenses are canon.
thank you
 
Not to play devils advocate.....but I don't know that I'd go Canon mount. I've posted on this a few times recently,
but suffice it to say that the Metabones adapters in my experience start acting 'strange' after 6 months or so.
I have 2, and they both do the exact same thing, and I now cannot control iris on 2 of my 3 Canon
mount lenses......plus the adapter 'hard freezes' my cameras so that I have to remove the battery to unfreeze it.
This same behavior occurs with the adapters on my VG 20, NEX 100 and NEX 700. The lenses work fine on a Canon
DSLR. Metabones updated the firmware for me twice, but it didn't fix the issues. Something strange with those adapters.......
they work perfectly for awhile, and then suddenly one day they totally spaz out. Exact same thing happened to me with both of mine.
 
alaskacameradude said:
Not to play devils advocate.....but I don't know that I'd go Canon mount. I've posted on this a few times recently,
but suffice it to say that the Metabones adapters in my experience start acting 'strange' after 6 months or so.
I have 2, and they both do the exact same thing, and I now cannot control iris on 2 of my 3 Canon
mount lenses......plus the adapter 'hard freezes' my cameras so that I have to remove the battery to unfreeze it.
This same behavior occurs with the adapters on my VG 20, NEX 100 and NEX 700. The lenses work fine on a Canon
DSLR. Metabones updated the firmware for me twice, but it didn't fix the issues. Something strange with those adapters.......
they work perfectly for awhile, and then suddenly one day they totally spaz out. Exact same thing happened to me with both of mine.
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This is a good argument for Nikon lenses, IMO. I switched from Canon to Nikon, partially because some of my lens' apertures wouldn't adjust correctly on the Metabones Mk II. Nikon lenses have manual aperture adjustment due to an aperture pin on the back of the lens--not electronic control only--and can be adapted to almost any mount, like Gene said.
 
I am flip flopping - While I have not had any issues with Metabones adapter - there are other people out there who
seem to experiencing problems. Now Nikon does seem like a good idea but I do not have any Nikon lenses. So I am now thinking to play it save I might just go back a E mount.
 
I own Canon 5D MK II and 6D, so for me Canon lenses are a no-brainer.

However, I also have some manual Nikon glass, and even one Canon FD lens.

Canons with Metabones MK II/ Speed Booster and manual adapters; others with manual adapters.

All is well here :)
 
LDV20 said:
I am flip flopping - While I have not had any issues with Metabones adapter - there are other people out there who
seem to experiencing problems. Now Nikon does seem like a good idea but I do not have any Nikon lenses. So I am now thinking to play it save I might just go back a E mount.
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I sold my Canon lenses to buy Nikon lenses. While E mount lenses are designed to work perfectly on the FS700, there is very little to go wrong with a Nikon + adapter. Nikon lenses have a physical pin on the mount that adjusts the aperture and the adapter has a ring which moves this pin. So there is no electronic communication to go wrong, no firmware to mess up, etc.

Add to the fact that your Nikon glass will work on Nikon bodies, Canon bodies, and the FS700... I think they are not only a reliable choice but a versatile one, too.
 
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