Canon FD Lenses on an F3

It finally, finally makes sense to me. Another way to think of this is that the 50mm lens projects the same size image regardless of the size of the sensor. A smaller sensor only sees the central portion of the field (crop) compared to larger sensor, and that part of the image is taking up a larger portion of the sensor. Where the magnification comes in is that the image on a smaller sensor has to be magnified more to end up with the same dimension as a larger sensor. In photography the APS-C sensor is about the same size as the F3 sensor and also has a "crop factor" of 1.5. I did not understand this until today, but if I use a full 35 mm lens on the smaller sensor camera, it appears to magnify the image, which is due to the central cropped area being magnified more when it is viewed at the same final image size as from a full frame camera (which captures more in the periphery). Since both cameras have the same number of photosites, I can get a relatively greater magnification of the central portion of the field with the same resolution as a longer throw lens on the full frame camera.

At the end of the day this means two things to me: first that the Nikon full frame lens of 50mm is the same field of view as the kit lens and more importantly, for someone used to shooting full frame in a camera, you need wider lenses than I am used to using with a full frame camera. So an 11-16 would be too wide to be practical for my full frame camera (D3s), it would be equivalent to a 16-24 field of view as it would on a cropped image sensor (D300s) which is very useful.
 
lasikdenver said:
Duke -- have you used the Nikkor f/1.2 with adapter, it is also 50mm and a manual lens? I was thinking it might be a nice addition.
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Currently I have the Prolock adapter and love it. No need to declick lenses and its much better for frequent lens changes and for G lenses with no aperture ring.

I have the 35mm, 50mm and 85mm all in F1.4. My 24mm is F2.0, but I'm going to replace that with the 24mm F1.4 G. These are their best lenses and they play nice together. Its almost like having super speeds.

By having the same speed lenses and relatively color matched I'll be able to change lenses without changing other settings like gain or aperture in order to match shots. My 105mm is F1.8 so its a bit off, but as close as they come. Maybe half a stop difference.

My 135mm is F2.8 and my old 17mm was F3.5. At that point its better for me to use the F2.8 zoom lenses (17-35, 28-70 and 80-200). I'm very happy with my Nikon sets. I even use them on my T2i more often than my Canon lenses. (Not that Canon is bad, but I cannibalized my best Canon lenses to buy other lenses and things. I don't use the T2i much.)

Being all Nikon they all focus the same direction. I think Cinema lenses turn the wrong way. LOL :2vrolijk_08:
 
Hunter,

Which adapter do you use for FD lenses on an F3? There's the MTF which is almost $500 at B&H or the Kipon which is like $300 on ebay and Amazon. Are there others? Which do you use? Can anyone else recommend one over the other?
 
I've been using my set of FD primes for years. Back on my letus adapter ( remeber that thing?) next my sony fs100. And now my F3. I love these lens!! I have a full set that are mint. They flare much more then current glass, but with a little care, it's not a problem. As a matter of fact, just shot a music video with them and the director loved them!! He loved them so much that I shot his short with them. I think they have a very unique look. The one BIG issues I have is some, like the 85mm breath quite a bit. Out of all of them the 200mm and the 50mm are pretty solid in that. I wouldn't go out and buy a set now, but if you have some already, I say buy the mount. I have the MTF mount and it works great.
 
WestView- I bought 2x from a fellow in Poland who sells on eBay. I believe it was ceilico7? The first one was $450 and the second was $400. They are great- but I'm selling both now that I converted my FD's to EF mount- let me know if you want one : )
 
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