IMO a good lens adapter shouldn't present any real problems with image quality. All you should be adding is air. Yes, I realize that at say F2 you might see sharpness issues at infinity when things aren't perfectly aligned but honestly, who needs perfect corner to corner sharpness or expects that at f2? The whole article about adapters being passed around is wholly unscientific IMO. People that obsessive tend to shim their adapters into perfect alignment, which isn't all that hard to do with a lot of patience. Agreed that RF lenses will be the real problem and a lot of people are going to be looking at the A7 with adapted leica glass in mind.
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > That article keeps making the rounds, even MJ bought it. I wonder whether > it's a plot by the camera manufacturers to keep everyone buying OEM > lenses...? :-) > > I've been using mount adapters to fit lenses for a decade. The > lensrentals.com article is way over the top from a practical perspective. > > One thing is sure, though: SLR lenses will in general be much more easily > adapted to the new Sonys than RF lenses. This is because of the fundamentals > of lens design. Not because of any problems in adapter quality. > > Godfrey > > >> On Oct 17, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In case you missed this on TOP, there's a discussion on why this >> mightn't be a good toy for sticking lens adapters on ... >> >> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/10/two-reasons.html >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
