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Avenger007

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My slow Zeiss wides are beating me up pretty bad on the interiors and with the M2 they vignette rather badly. I have been looking everywhere for the F1.4 35mm contax but its like a needle in a hay stack. Since I have EOS mounts for the adapters though, I thought FD would be a good choice. How are the "L" 24mm 1.4 and 35 1.4 lenses? How do they compare in sharpness and color to Zeiss (warmer/cooler?).

The "L" series seem difficult to find as well though. Any good russian glass within reasonable price?
 
FD will not work on EOS/EF mount but I think you know that.
The 24mm 1.4 L is bad wide open specially for adapter use and there is no 35mm 1.4 in FD series. Your fastest choice would be f2 24mm. 35mm isn`t wide at all on M2.
In my experience the FDs are maybe a bit on the warmer side.
EOS/EF series are pain to use because you must change aperture on the SLR body not on the DOF adaptor.
Not much help here.

T
 
FD works on EOS with an adapter. Almost anything adapts to EOS.

Also, Canon makes a 35 F1.4 it is the L series. I have seen them in person. There is one on ebay for sale as we speak. Unfortunately, I have not actually shot with them. So the 24mm is a poor choice? My 25mm vignettes horribly inside and it being an F2.8 requires a large amount of light. I would like to be able to shoot wide open at 1.4 and gain DOF

Which 24mm F2 were you referring to?
 
Avenger007 said:
FD works on EOS with an adapter. Almost anything adapts to EOS.
Which 24mm F2 were you referring to?
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As a long time Canon FD/EOS shooter I am aware of almost anything related and I can confirm that even with that "lensed" FD to EOS adapter there is lightloss and really bad quality/edge sharpness loss as FD has even shallower flange distance as the EOS that is the shallowest nowadays. Anything except FD works on EF mount.
And I referred to FD 24mm f2 as well as to "nonexistent" FD 35mm 1.4 but sure there is 35mm 1.4 EF L.

Cheers,
T
 
Toenis said:
The 24mm 1.4 L is bad wide open specially for adapter use and there is no 35mm 1.4 in FD series. Your fastest choice would be f2 24mm.
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I've been shooting with a Canon FD 24mm f2 and I'm sorry to say that it's a bit dissapointing. I was hoping the f1.4 L series lens would be a suitable (although expensive) alternative.

My f2 has really lousy edge to edge sharpness when wide open. Less vignetting than other wides however. I've had to throw out a handful of shots altogether due to the sharpness issue when Opened all the way. It might just be my lens... from what I've read, each individual lens is a bit different.

Has anyone else out there shot with the FD 24mm f1.4?
 
I have a 25/2.8 and a 35/1.4 Zeiss contax lens, they work wonders! If you can find them they definitely are worth the money, we got ours for a STEAL
 
I own the 25/2.8 but it i'd like something faster. If I could find the 35/1.4 I'd be set. I currently have the common 35/2.8 and it works in certain situations but still vignettes. This is on an M2 though. I have not used the 35 or 25 on my Brevis or SGpro.

So it seems the L series leave something to be desired?
 
Avenger007 said:
Any good russian glass within reasonable price?
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the 35mm mir-24/2.0 is a good stand-in for the zeiss/35/1.4
I read many zeiss 35/1.4 owners like this lens as back up.
why the "24" signature in the Mir-name is a mystery

cant beat the price and they're plentiful... I believe they're nikon mount.
I eventually will get one myself
Great Russian glass

also olympus om zuiko... they're known to make a nice wide 28/2.0 or 35/2.0
 
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I'm actually looking into buying a new set of lenses, and after much deliberation, came to a couple conclusions. First, I think it would be more convenient and logical if all my lenses had the same f stop (ideally). Also, I doubt even if I had, say a Nikon 50mm f/1.2, that I'd ever use it with the iris THAT open. The DOF would almost be too shallow to control, and I'd most likely stop it down to f/2 or 2.8, if not more so. So based on that I'm looking to get an entire line of lenses all with f/2 as their most open position. It'll definitely save me money on 35, 50, and 85mm lenses. The wider and more telephoto (20mm, 24, 28, 105, 135) I won't be saving much at all, but that's my goal at least.
 
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