Show what your adapted lens looks like on your Sony E-mount camera

[Tony1939]

Hi and welcome! Not too many people have that A3000 I guess. Those Micro-Nikkors are something else; the only Nikkor I still have is the Micro-Nikkor 3.5/55.

Hi Ad - my Micro Nikkor is the same as yours and apart from the occasional flare problem is one of the best of its day I believe. It certainly gets as much use as any of my lenses and is used extensively to digitise film negatives on my copy set-up.
The A3000 was possibly something of a market testing excercise or maybe just to use up some spare parts. I like the option of an SLR style of shooting as well as the rear screen approach.

 

[Tony1939]

I don't think my latest adaptation would be described as sweet I'm afraid but I will throw it in for curiosity's sake.

I recently completed an adapter back for my 5x4 to take my A3000 and used it to make some images with a 1903ish Robinson rapid rectilinear lens.

Using the rise and fall, and cross movemnts of the camera I stitched multiple frames to obtain a large file. The still life example here is made with 9 images stitched together in Affinity Photo, first in threes and the resulting three for the final image. It gave an original file of 46Mb which would print as a 20x24 at 300dpi. An f32 Waterhouse stop was used.

The second example I did with 15 frames, again at f32, stitching 5 frames vertically and then the resulting three horizontally. This one came out at 108Mp.

A pretty laborious process but quite satisfying to see how well such old glass can still perform.

 

[michelb]

ILCE-6500    E 16-70mm F4 ZA OSS    32mm    f/8.0    1/320s    ISO 400

Minolta MC ZOOM ROKKOR-X 100-500mm F8 on Sony A7r

Result at 500mm at F11

ILCE-7R       0mm    f/1.0    1/4000s    ISO 1600

 

[Tony1939]

Another of my legacy lenses I use on my e-mount A3000. This is a Hanimex 300mm f5.5 long focus lens, long being the operative word. No fancy telephoto/internal focus design this one. Closest focus 25 feet. Pretty sharp and contrasty with so little glass involved.

Apple    iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8    4mm    f/1.8    1/7s    ISO 100

Apple    iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8    4mm    f/1.8    1/8s    ISO 80

ILCE-3000    ----    0mm    f/1.0    1/640s    ISO 400

 

[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

Just got my new M42 to Sony E adapter from K&F Concept and I am so excited to play with them:

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I love the orange ring, it fits perfectly with the mount orange ring.

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Helios-44M 58mm f 2 in a quite good condition (I assume it was cleaned by the seller but the marks around the two holes in the front ring, probably from a lens opener tool).

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The adapter is quite heavy and chunky, feels solid. I had to spin the M42 inside the mounting ring because the lens markings were upside down out of the box, I marked with a marker a small dot at the bottom of the adapter, unscrewed 4 tiny hex screws (size 1.3), and just spin the inner threading about 135 degrees (or from the bottom side, clockwise, up to the top left screw-hole) and now the markings are perfectly in the top middle of the adapter. One should take great care with these tiny screws though because they feel flimsy when screwing, which makes me think the screw-head can be easily overtightened and destroyed. The weight of the adapter makes the lenses feel a bit front-heavy compared to Viltrox Nikon F to Sony E mount with Nikon E Series 50mm f 1.8 lens mounted (the camera seems to be "inclined" to tilt forward just sitting on the desk).

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Yashica Auto Yashidon-DX 50mm f 1.4

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I think any lens would make the camera feel front heavy when compared to a Series E 50mm being on it. They weigh nothing, kind of like a humming bird.
Great to see this old thread revived. I may have to get some of my old stuff out and try it out on some of my cameras.

edit: I like the wood grip. More info please?

 

[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

I think any lens would make the camera feel front heavy when compared to a Series E 50mm being on it. They weigh nothing, kind of like a humming bird.
Great to see this old thread revived. I may have to get some of my old stuff out and try it out on some of my cameras.

edit: I like the wood grip. More info please?

Sure, I can make its own thread on it since it's a bit of discussion about it. I will be making a lot of threads on legacy glass because I LOVE using them and the output they can render ... if I could afford it I would buy and make the largest with use and reviews legacy glass database and probably a YouTube channel too.

 

[WNG]

Just got my new M42 to Sony E adapter from K&F Concept and I am so excited to play with them:

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I love the orange ring, it fits perfectly with the mount orange ring.

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Helios-44M 58mm f 2 in a quite good condition (I assume it was cleaned by the seller but the marks around the two holes in the front ring, probably from a lens opener tool).

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The adapter is quite heavy and chunky, feels solid. I had to spin the M42 inside the mounting ring because the lens markings were upside down out of the box, I marked with a marker a small dot at the bottom of the adapter, unscrewed 4 tiny hex screws (size 1.3), and just spin the inner threading about 135 degrees (or from the bottom side, clockwise, up to the top left screw-hole) and now the markings are perfectly in the top middle of the adapter. One should take great care with these tiny screws though because they feel flimsy when screwing, which makes me think the screw-head can be easily overtightened and destroyed. The weight of the adapter makes the lenses feel a bit front-heavy compared to Viltrox Nikon F to Sony E mount with Nikon E Series 50mm f 1.8 lens mounted (the camera seems to be "inclined" to tilt forward just sitting on the desk).

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Yashica Auto Yashidon-DX 50mm f 1.4

Very nice setup with an A7C! That's the one lens (Helios 44) that has eluded me. I was quite obsessed with collecting and trying vintage manual lenses early on with my Sonys.
But wasn't successful in finding a good copy at a reasonable price of this swirlie bokeh beast. Maybe one day. Although prices for manual lenses have jumped a lot.

The Yashinon DX 50 f/1.4 is a very nice acquisition. I assume you know it's radioactive. And practicing diligence in storing it after use. Don't leave it on the camera body. The alpha decay isn't an issue, but the beta and gamma emission are. Bad for the sensor long term, and bad for the operator. I keep my stash of radioactive lenses in a metal case, at the other end of the house.
Feel free to check out my collection of manual focus lenses on flickr. Link in my .sig below.

 

[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

Very nice setup with an A7C! That's the one lens (Helios 44) that has eluded me. I was quite obsessed with collecting and trying vintage manual lenses early on with my Sonys.
But wasn't successful in finding a good copy at a reason price of this swirlie bokeh beast. Maybe one day. Although prices for manual lenses have jumped a lot.

The Yashinon DX 50 f/1.4 is a very nice acquisition. I assume you know it's radioactive. And practicing diligence in storing it after use. Don't leave it on the camera body. The alpha decay isn't an issue, but the beta and gamma emission are. Bad for the sensor long term, and bad for the operator. I keep my stash of radioactive lenses in a metal case, at the other end of the house.
Feel free to check out my collection of manual focus lenses on flickr. Link in my .sig below.

Thank you, I think I got lucky with this one because I did a bid at the end as it was not bidded at all, and did not expect it to win until I checked my emails. At that low price I did not expect it to be in a good condition either but when it arrived it was very clean with no fungus, very little dust, and a few thin scratches here and there. I was not lucky last time I tried to get a swirly bokeh lens, the Fujica 55mm f 2.2 M42 mount lens, I paid 25 £ and it was full of fungus and I had to throw it away.

I guessed it's a radioactive front element because of the yellow reflections on the front element, but I am not that worried about radiation leaking out as others are, I got more radiation for lunch on my flight to visit my mom last year at over 10.000 feet above sea level ... and my brand new tentacles are quite useful too

 

[davect01]

I forget how great and fun this little 45mm Rokkor is to use.

SM-N981U    ---    5mm    f/1.8    1/120s    ISO 100

 

[WNG]

ILCE-7M2    Tokina 24mm f/2.8    24mm    f/1.0    1/100s    ISO 100

Waiting for the Moonrise by wNG iMAGE aND dESIGN, on Flickr

A couple of my set ups at the lake shore for last month's lunar eclipse.
The Rubinar 1000mm f/10 and a6000 on a vintage Bogen-Manfrotto tripod, to the left.
And Tokina AT-X 100-300mm f/4 SD front center.

 

[WNG]

As per a request, here is my ZM-5A MC 500mm f/8 Russian Maksutov-mirror lens on my A7II.

 

[georgweb]

Trying to make good use of this C/Y Carl Zeiss Distagon 2,8/28

iPhone 7    ---    4mm    f/1.8    1/17s    ISO 80

 

[mingus]

View attachment 122723 Waiting for the Moonrise by wNG iMAGE aND dESIGN, on Flickr

A couple of my set ups at the lake shore for last month's lunar eclipse.
The Rubinar 1000mm f/10 and a6000 on a vintage Bogen-Manfrotto tripod, to the left.
And Tokina AT-X 100-300mm f/4 SD front center.

I have to break out my Rubinar more often. That Tokina looks cool, though!