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Sony a900 and Hasselblad lens adaptor
Received it today. (Fotodiox, $45, Hasselblad "V" lens adaptor to
Minolta/Sony A-mount). Initial tests are good, however, the intelligent preview of the Sony a900 does not work (get an error message). Too bad as the intelligent preview is a great way to check and adjust exposure before committing to shots. TTL metering works fine of course with the stop down on the lens. Hand held shots are clumsy with the CF lens as the aperture control is right handed on the lens. No big deal as I'll be using this mainly on the tripod. Focusing is not easy (with the 80 f/2.8). Need to go shoot some real subjects. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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Sony a900 and Hasselblad lens adaptor
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... Received it today. (Fotodiox, $45, Hasselblad "V" lens adaptor to Minolta/Sony A-mount). Initial tests are good, however, the intelligent preview of the Sony a900 does not work (get an error message). Too bad as the intelligent preview is a great way to check and adjust exposure before committing to shots. And you can't be wasting those digital shots now can we............ ;-) TTL metering works fine of course with the stop down on the lens. Hand held shots are clumsy with the CF lens as the aperture control is right handed on the lens. No big deal as I'll be using this mainly on the tripod. Focusing is not easy (with the 80 f/2.8). Need to go shoot some real subjects. |
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Sony a900 and Hasselblad lens adaptor
On 29-05-09 16:47, Pete D wrote:
"Alan wrote in message ... Received it today. (Fotodiox, $45, Hasselblad "V" lens adaptor to Minolta/Sony A-mount). Initial tests are good, however, the intelligent preview of the Sony a900 does not work (get an error message). Too bad as the intelligent preview is a great way to check and adjust exposure before committing to shots. And you can't be wasting those digital shots now can we............ ;-) It's not like I lament not keeping incident/spot measurements taken with a hand held meter either... -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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Sony a900 and Hasselblad lens adaptor
Rich wrote:
On May 29, 3:36 pm, Alan Browne wrote: Received it today. (Fotodiox, $45, Hasselblad "V" lens adaptor to Minolta/Sony A-mount). Initial tests are good, however, the intelligent preview of the Sony a900 does not work (get an error message). Too bad as the intelligent preview is a great way to check and adjust exposure before committing to shots. TTL metering works fine of course with the stop down on the lens. Hand held shots are clumsy with the CF lens as the aperture control is right handed on the lens. No big deal as I'll be using this mainly on the tripod. Focusing is not easy (with the 80 f/2.8). Need to go shoot some real subjects. Maybe you can settle the argument over whether all medium format lenses are optically inferior to 35mm lenses? well, I have two different Kiev/Pentacon Six adaptors for Alpha on the 900 - one shift, one tilt - and two lenses, one Russian 80mm and one Jena 50mm f/4. The results are impeccably sharp when used sensibly (2 stops down). Hasselblad glass should be another order better. David |
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Sony a900 and Hasselblad lens adaptor
On 29-05-09 21:01, David Kilpatrick wrote:
Rich wrote: On May 29, 3:36 pm, Alan Browne wrote: Received it today. (Fotodiox, $45, Hasselblad "V" lens adaptor to Minolta/Sony A-mount). Initial tests are good, however, the intelligent preview of the Sony a900 does not work (get an error message). Too bad as the intelligent preview is a great way to check and adjust exposure before committing to shots. TTL metering works fine of course with the stop down on the lens. Hand held shots are clumsy with the CF lens as the aperture control is right handed on the lens. No big deal as I'll be using this mainly on the tripod. Focusing is not easy (with the 80 f/2.8). Need to go shoot some real subjects. Maybe you can settle the argument over whether all medium format lenses are optically inferior to 35mm lenses? Maybe you can stop posting from gmail and I'll see your posts? Yes, that test is one that I want to do. But since I don't have "all medium format lenses" I can't be very exhaustive. I took a grab shot of my son today that was slightly OOF, but the detail of the veins in his ear was startling where it was in focus. Another shot of my SO showed remarkable detail in her eyes - including reflections of the place mats on the dining room table... Controlled tests to follow. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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Sony a900 and Hasselblad lens adaptor
On 29-05-09 21:01, David Kilpatrick wrote:
Rich wrote: On May 29, 3:36 pm, Alan Browne wrote: Received it today. (Fotodiox, $45, Hasselblad "V" lens adaptor to Minolta/Sony A-mount). Initial tests are good, however, the intelligent preview of the Sony a900 does not work (get an error message). Too bad as the intelligent preview is a great way to check and adjust exposure before committing to shots. TTL metering works fine of course with the stop down on the lens. Hand held shots are clumsy with the CF lens as the aperture control is right handed on the lens. No big deal as I'll be using this mainly on the tripod. Focusing is not easy (with the 80 f/2.8). Need to go shoot some real subjects. Maybe you can settle the argument over whether all medium format lenses are optically inferior to 35mm lenses? well, I have two different Kiev/Pentacon Six adaptors for Alpha on the 900 - one shift, one tilt - and two lenses, one Russian 80mm and one Jena 50mm f/4. The results are impeccably sharp when used sensibly (2 stops down). Hasselblad glass should be another order better. TBD. I'll be shooting the 80mm f/2.8 (Sonar), 120 f/4 Makro (CF) and the 150 f/4 Sonar. Minolta lenses will be the 100 f/2.8 macro, the Sony 135 f/1.8 (Carl Zeiss) and the 50 f/1.7. Too bad I sold the 300 f/2.8. There is a 25 Mpix Hasselblad compatible phase one back available used in Toronto... alas $10,000... -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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