Chuck,
Huh? Not sure whom "you" refers to. For my part I was just interested in
maybe getting an X-Pro1 as another way to mount Zuikos.
Joel W.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So you buy the Canon EOS/EF to whatever adapter to minimize the lens
> registration distance and then add whatever adapter will adapt a MF lens to
> Canon EF? Seems to me that would be the only use for the EF version since
> there's no way to control the aperture of an AF Canon EF lens.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 5/16/2016 11:31 AM, piers@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Send me the 85/2, Joel, and it will be my pleasure! That is the one Zuiko
>> I
>> never got to have, and I sold my 100/2.8 last year (as well as the 180/2.8
>> and 300/4.5, all to the same buyer!)
>>
>> I took a look at the specifications, and reckon that a 50/1.4 is a
>> reasonable stand in, especially if set to minimum focus. So here they be:
>> http://www.hemy.me.uk/Miscellany/P1150343.JPG
>> http://www.hemy.me.uk/Miscellany/P1150344.JPG
>> http://www.hemy.me.uk/Miscellany/P1150345.JPG
>>
>> You will notice that I did not invest in the real thing, a Metabones
>> adapter for the simple reason that they were not available for EOS to FX,
>> and I specifically wanted to go that route to maximise the options
>> available to me (not that I have ever had a single C@non lens). So the
>> Zhongyi it had to be, despite it being very nearly half the price of the
>> Metabones EOS to OM.
>>
>> Piers
>>
>> PS I have already taken a guess at the follow up question, and refer you
>> to
>> my " anthropogenesis" response to Chuck the other day.
>>
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