Best Adapter for HV30 and Ultra Primes

astigmatic said:
if you go the adapter route, you can get a good set of canon fd lenses for about 600-700 bucks:
fd 85 1.8
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I have this lense, absolutely beautiful. I got all my fds off ebay and where all in good shape as described.

Put the $4500 toward my bank account please, I'll pm you the details.
 
AF lenses are actually worse for adapter use. The focus ring has a more limited degree of rotation making getting accurate focus much more difficult, and you don't use the AF function at all so it's money wasted.
 
Well I can't find a full set of anything other than the AF lenses.

Edit: I was able to find a full set in Canon EOS lenses (but they'd costs more to buy than to rent the Ultra Primes)
 
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Don't buy lenses at B&H. There are few MF lenses being made anymore with the exception of the Zeiss ZF. If you want manual lenses, you're looking into buying used. Keh.com might have a few new lenses or mint condition lenses that you can look into but in general it's a waste of money to look into AF lenses for adapter.
 
You should be able to find Canon FDs on ebay for sure. Don't know if EOS lenses are any good to you, think you can't adjust apature manually?
 
I wouldn't bother buying every one of those, you won't see much diff between a 16 and 18 for example. Also those prices are ridiculous. Ebay dude, ebay.
 
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