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Objektive adaptieren

Adapting / Scanning

For some years now, I have been adapting lenses designed for analog photography, mostly with manual focus, to mirrorless Sony cameras when I need the advantages of digital photography. This gives me access to an almost infinite selection of lenses from various manufacturers. It is also possible to use newer lenses from the Canon EOS system. Even medium format lenses can be adapted, as the example of the Carl Zeiss CB Tessar 4.8/160mm T* shows.

Here you can see other possible combinations:

If I take pictures with analog systems, the ones that are most interesting for me or the ones that I like best are scanned.

To this comes z. The Epson V850 scanner is currently in use.

Photography should be fun - so for me there is no BEST system. It doesn't matter to me how pictures are created. Analog or digital, analog small picture or analog sheet film, digital reflex camera, mirrorless digital camera, digital or analog compact camera or a scanned slide - all types of recording technology complement each other and have their justification. If I need the results easier or faster, then digital cameras are used, but if I want to feel the charm of the last millennium, enjoy the feel of solid metal and glass, then nothing beats analog photo equipment for me.

Here you can see other possible combinations:

It doesn't matter what you take pictures with, the main thing is that you take pictures.

apertureonepointfour, 2020

Sony A7III

A mirrorless digital full format camera with a sensor size of 24x36mm - my first choice for adapting lenses calculated for analog photography.

Sony A7III

Here with an Ernst Leitz Wetzlar 4/9 cm (4 / 90mm) lens on an E39 to Sony E adapter.

Sony A7III

Again the 4 / 9cm Ernst Leitz Wetzlar lens. The picture shows the retractable lens hood, which can be adjusted to different focal lengths.

Sony A7III

my favorite analog 35mm system: Canon FD - here the 3.5 50mm Macro on the Sony A7III.

I use numerous FD lenses, both analog and digital.

Sony A7III

For a long time I was looking for a cheap, but optically very good 100-300mm zoom.

Although I was doing an apprenticeship in photo retail in the late 80's, I didn't think about this lens. It will now be my standard telephoto zoom for landscape photography.

Sony A7III

Olympus OM lenses - a good choice for adapting; here the OM G. Zuiko Auto-W 3.5 21mm

Olympus OM lenses designed for analog photography are characterized by their high-quality workmanship and small dimensions.

Sony A7III

In conjunction with the Sigma MC 11 lens adapter, this lens works flawlessly on the Sony A7III - even with Eye-AF!

Sony A7III

Lenses for the medium format can also be easily adapted. Here the Carl Zeiss CB 4.8 160mm T * for Hasselbald.

Canon EF 3,5-4,5 50-200 mm L Canon EF 5,6 100-300 mm L

Sony A7III

Here you can see another, older Canon EF "L" zoom from the early days of the EF system: Canon EF 3.4-4.5/50-200mm L - that's what I thought when I bought it!

Unfortunately, I became skeptical when I saw the many infrared markings on the distance settings - too much for a highly corrected lens! And indeed: the red "L-ring" was only glued on. I was just too greedy, because the lens was damn cheap and I was blinded by the red ring!

Today I show you the cheapest Canon EF L lens for your Sony A7III or other Sony A-cameras. And it will work via Sigma MC11 adapter. Autofocus is possible, even Eye AF. But it`sa rather old lens, I plan to use it for landscape photography mainly. If you like this zoomrange, you need (or want to) and you are not into sports photography...go for it!! Optical it delivers very sharp and crispy images.

For a long time I was looking for an affordable zoom with a focal length of 100-300mm. And just as long I forgot about the lenses from the early days of EF lenses, although at that time as a young man I did my first training in the photo trade and therefore knew these lenses well. For my last vacation in Norway, I got the Minolta AF 4.5-5.6 100-300mm APO and adapted it to my Sony A7III - but I wasn't happy with this lens because of its modest imaging performance. Then I saw it: an "L" lens for under 200 euros? Plus a 100-300mm telephoto zoom? I thought about it only briefly and bought this lens at an auction.

If I take photos with analog systems, the ones that are most interesting for me or the ones that I like best are scanned.

To this comes z. The Epson V850 scanner is currently in use.

Photography should be fun - so for me there is no such thing as the BEST system. It doesn't matter to me how pictures are created. Analog or digital, analog small picture or analog sheet film, digital reflex camera, mirrorless digital camera, digital or analog compact camera or a scanned slide - all types of recording technology complement each other and have their justification. If I need the results easier or faster, then digital cameras are used, but if I want to feel the charm of the last millennium, enjoy the feel of solid metal and glass, then nothing beats analog photo equipment for me.

No matter what you take pictures with,

The main thing is that you take pictures!