I am looking for affordable lenses for my Sony F3 Camera. It has a PL Lens Mount. Does anyone know of a good source for lenses that can be used with this camera?
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I’m working on a video interview of a very successful photojournalist; he mentions his favorite camera lenses and how he loves the "compaction" of the lens. I thought it may just mean the small convenient size of the lens piece itself, but it sounds like a technical quality of the lens that affects the photographic rendering.
I have heard of it in film developing techniques, but not in regards to a lens. Perhaps he refered to the compactness of the lens.
That would be a great follow up question to ask him. IE: "You mentioned how you love the compaction of a lens that you use. What do you mean by that? And how is it useful for the work you do?"
I keep on seeing camera’s say that they are compatible with "this line of lenses" or things like that. But i have an old 35mm non-digital camera and I have tons of different brands of lenses! So i was wondering if the camera’s now only work with the same brand lens, for instance Canon with Canon lenses or Nikon with Nikon lenses, etc.
No, there are still third party lens makers out there. SIgma, Tamron, and Tokina all make lenses for multiple mounts.
Even the lenses you have were not necessarily made by the company named on the lens… Sears is an example of a company that didn’t actually make lenses, they paid companies like Cosina to make them and put the Sears name on them. That still goes on as well.
Depending on the lens mount of your gear, it may be possible to use it directly on a modern DSLR, or it may require an adapter to do so. If you can use it directly (Pentax K or Nikon F) then all you need is a camera. If your lenses use any other mount, like Canon FD or any maker that no longer exists (Konika for instance) then you are better off just getting new stuff. Sucks to buy all new gear when you have perfectly good old gear, but that’s the breaks.
OK, now I’m 13 and for the past year I’ve always been buying computer parts, camera lenses and musical instruments. I mean I have an i7 PC but still not contented, a 600D with a somewhat decent kit lens but still want a better lens, a guitar and a small 5 octave keyboard but still want I bloody real piano.
What should I do to stop this? I can’t say why all of a sudden I want to save money but I really do for a good reason
please help me
Just sell all that stuff except for the things you absolutely cannot get rid of and give your money to an adult you trust to handle.
I just got a nikon D3100 camera and it came with 2 lenses:
18-55mm VR Zoom- NIKKOR
and
55-200 VR Zoom- NIKKOR
whats the difference between them and what instance would i use one and not the other?
Put each lens in turn onto the camera and look through the viewfinder whilst adjusting the zoom.
You will see that the 18-55 will let you fit wide views into the photo such as interiors and landscapes.
The 22-200 will bring distant objects closer.
The effect you see in the viewfinder will be the same in the photos
One of them is called: Sony film camera attachment VCR 16C
and a lens that is a Kowa prominar anamorphic 16-h 58141
How much are these worth?
are they anything of interest or are they just some lenses ?
$25 at most. These are film or video camera ttachments, little value in those
I have recently bought a Canon EOS 30 film camera and I wanted to buy more lenses but I’m not sure which ones to buy. I can use the same lenses as the digital Canon EOS versions?
You can use EF lenses on your film camera but not EF-S lenses.
Okay, it’s summer. Every time I take my camera from my nice, chilly house into the heat, the lenses fog up. Anyone have any hints on how I can solve this?
Just let it warm up a bit before you use it. It’s just condensation – caused by going from cold to hot.
My dad is an amazing photographer and I wanted to get him the best possible camera and lenses to get him the best possible photographs. His subjects are both landscapes and animals, so lenses for each are important. Any information that you could provide would be much appreciated! If you have information on prices and where to purchase this equipment, that would be wonderful! Price is irrelevant, so fire away! Thanks!
It’s hard to imagine someone asking your question here if price is truly irrelevant. I would think you would seek out a nature and landscape master and hire them to work with your father on the purchase of equipment.
The equipment people are suggesting to you is nowhere near the best possible. If you want digital you need a Hasselblad system that would start at $100,000. I’m not including large format because it isn’t conducive to wild life photography.
So, hop on over to http://www.hasselbladusa.com/ and drop them an email with your request. Or, include a price limit in your question.
Enjoy this http://www.hasselblad.com/masters-2009/landscapesnature—bang-peng.aspx while you’re there.
I’m looking to do a project to learn more about cameras and lenses. I would like to build a custom camera. Obviously I cannot produce my own lenses, so I need to purchase some. I’ve had experience with Canon FD and EF lenses where when the lens is not connected to a Canon camera body, the aperture cannot be controlled. Which lenses are capable of the aperture control when not connected to the camera body? Are there any websites that talk about this issue?
The easiest, cheapest way to do this is to use M42 lenses. There are millions of them and they can all be found on Ebay. Here is a nice list of manufacturers
Pentax
Yashica
Zeiss
Mamiya
Fujinon
Tokina
Vivtar
and bunch of others. They all should have manual focusing and exposure rings.
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