R-lenses; which digital body?

[spydrxx]

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Well - I did get the mount swapped on the Sigma SD14 today and snapped off several handheld shots with a 90 Elmarit, then brought out the tripod and settled into determining optimal apertures for the 90, 180, 400 and 80-200 on this body (at ISO 50). I did the same thing for 90 & 135 M lens heads via an M->R adapter. No gigantic surprises, but one very pleasant one....the 80-200 Vario-Elmar zoom really cleaned up the field...I'd only used it a couple of times before and knew it was sharp and contrasty, but it really did nicely in this test. No newspapers - everything shot on brick buildings and landscaping about 300 ft away under a gray overcast sky. Summary - in spite of a 1.7 crop factor, the results with R lenses are outstanding. I can hardly wait until I can get out and about and do some serious shooting.

[farnz]

The native lowest ISO is ISO100 but, as you've found, you can extend down to ISO50. I've never used ISO50 because I understand that there's generally more noise than ISO100 because of the extending process. YMMV.

 

Pete.

[spydrxx]

Pete- right. I'm still getting familiar with the camera. My choice for the extended mode and 50 ISO was to do some lens testing wide open. Don't know if I'll stick with it or the 100, but the low ISO does allow wider apertures for the right occasion. Apology to others...not trying to hijack the thread...just trying to add to general knowledge database for use R lenses on digital bodies other than the DMR/R8/R9.

 

Steve

[Paolo.Battista]

Well - I did get the mount swapped on the Sigma SD14 today and snapped off several handheld shots with a 90 Elmarit, then brought out the tripod and settled into determining optimal apertures for the 90, 180, 400 and 80-200 on this body (at ISO 50). I did the same thing for 90 & 135 M lens heads via an M->R adapter. No gigantic surprises, but one very pleasant one....the 80-200 Vario-Elmar zoom really cleaned up the field...I'd only used it a couple of times before and knew it was sharp and contrasty, but it really did nicely in this test. No newspapers - everything shot on brick buildings and landscaping about 300 ft away under a gray overcast sky. Summary - in spite of a 1.7 crop factor, the results with R lenses are outstanding. I can hardly wait until I can get out and about and do some serious shooting.

 

I'm interested in using e Foveon sensor with R lenses, at least for some kind of photos.

Can you tell me what has to be done in order to adapt an SD 14 to R lenses?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards.

 

Paolo Battista

[leicanut2]

I would hold off buying anything till after Photokina. You never know what might show up and it is only 2 months away.

 

Jan

[farnz]

I'm interested in using e Foveon sensor with R lenses, at least for some kind of photos.

Can you tell me what has to be done in order to adapt an SD 14 to R lenses?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards.

 

Paolo Battista

Paolo,

 

You can either buy the R lens conversion kit and convert a Sigma SD-14 yourself or you can buy a (new) already converted camera. All the details are here.

 

Pete.

[tobey bilek]

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Adapted my 28 pc and 35 pc to Nikon full frame. Pic are outstanding. However I am not willing to go back to 1950 with lenses without auto diaphragm which is what you get with any adaptation.

 

If you want to use them full open or 2.8 to 5.6 it is workable. I recommend a D3 or D700 with split image focus screen.

 

For action photography or a million other things, I find it does not works well. Leica lenses while nice, are not that much better than the bettter nikkors unless you get the very last R versions like 100 APO or 50 summilus R. Get some Ai or AiS Nikkors and save a bunch of money.

 

I also use all the viso lenses up to 560 6.8 with the Camera Quest Adapter. I am not convinced lenses like the 135 4.0 tele Elmar which is nearly APO is better than my 135 28Nikkor. Every test I do, I like the Nikkor better.