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[gnarlydogOZ]

I am new to Nikon digital, but for years have been using Olympus mirrorless.
Over at Micro 4/3 forum there is a brilliant thread for images created with adapted lenses, namely manual focus.
I could not find such a thread over here and I am highly interested to see what others can create with their MANUAL focus lenses (of any brand or format)
The Nikon Z is the most suited camera for such purpose with a flange distance of only 16mm, so more lenses can be adapted on it than any other brand

I will start off with one taken as my first test shot on Nikon Z5 and the venerable Russian Helios 44-7 58mm f2

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lockdown company by gnarlydog, on Flickr

 

[gryphon1911]

Nikon Df and the legendary Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 ED lens.
Ohio Renaissance Festival

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[gnarlydogOZ]

Nikon Df and the legendary Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 ED lens.
Ohio Renaissance Festival

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I like the use of foreground bokeh as framing here ?

 

[Dexbana]

Have lots of fun using my older F mounts with the Z cameras. They have a character that modern lenses can't quite match. Sharpness is not everything.
From last year's harvest using a Z6 and the adapted Nikkor 50mm 1.2 Ai lens almost wide open.

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[Pa]

I am new to Nikon digital, but for years have been using Olympus mirrorless.
Over at Micro 4/3 forum there is a brilliant thread for images created with adapted lenses, namely manual focus.
I could not find such a thread over here and I am highly interested to see what others can create with their MANUAL focus lenses (of any brand or format)
The Nikon Z is the most suited camera for such purpose with a flange distance of only 16mm, so more lenses can be adapted on it than any other brand

I will start off with one taken as my first test shot on Nikon Z5 and the venerable Russian Helios 44-7 58mm f2

View attachment 1687363 lockdown company by gnarlydog, on Flickr

Did you intend to restrict this to mirrorless cameras?

 

[MNglass]

I'll play Voigtlander 40mm f1.2. The exif doesn't record data but I think this is probably around f8. Mundane subject, I know, but I like the composition and tonal changes.

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[gryphon1911]

Did you intend to restrict this to mirrorless cameras?

I did not. Both my images so far are from the Df.

 

[Pa]

I did not. Both my images so far are from the Df.

That's why I asked the OP.

 

[Pa]

With my 200mm f/4 AIS:

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[gryphon1911]

That's why I asked the OP.

I’m a rebel!

 

[Pa]

Same arrangement with 105 f/4 AIS micro:

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[gnarlydogOZ]

Did you intend to restrict this to mirrorless cameras?

Not necessarily.
An image formed on a full-frame sensor is the same regardless of the mount

The advantage of mirrorless is the shorter flange distance that allows many more lens to be adapted and be able to focus at infinity.
Personally I am a fan of small/compact lenses and often look at rangefinder ones, while occasionally refit fix-lens cameras by harvesting it from a non-functioning body.

 

[gnarlydogOZ]

Same arrangement with 105 f/4 AIS micro:

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I like this: a comparison of the same subject with two separate lenses of same focal length
Exactly what I am looking for: how the bokeh is rendered by different glass ?

 

[gnarlydogOZ]

Refitted slide projection lens Cabin 85mm f2.8 (no aperture control)

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Proj Lens Cabin 85m f2.8 by gnarlydog, on Flickr

 

[Pa]

... two separate lenses of same focal length

Actually, one is 200mm and the other 105mm.

 

[gryphon1911]

Are we sticking with adapted lenses on Nikon bodies or any lenses adapted to non-native cameras? Like Nikon lenses on m43 or Fuji?

 

[GonzoBernelli]

7 shot panorama using Zeiss Milvus 35mm F1.4 lens on my Nikon D850. Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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[gnarlydogOZ]

Are we sticking with adapted lenses on Nikon bodies or any lenses adapted to non-native cameras? Like Nikon lenses on m43 or Fuji?

I am interested in the whole image circle of a lens projected onto a full frame frame sensor this time.
I have many vintage lenses that I have been using on Micro 4/3 for years but I miss seeing the full goodness of those lenses on the crop sensor.

 

[gnarlydogOZ]

Actually, one is 200mm and the other 105mm.

ooops, my bad: didn't pay enough attention to the details and thank you for pointing it out
I was actually amazed at the difference of the bokeh and should have read properly... ?

 

[gnarlydogOZ]

A bit of a simple subject mainly testing speckled highlights bokeh of the Helios 44-7 while in current lockdown

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sunset pegs by gnarlydog, on Flickr