Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: brucepercy1 on October 20, 2007, 03:56:04 pm
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Hi,
Exacerbated by the lack of a decent wide angle for use with the 5D for landscapes, I'd like to go the adapter route and try out some other makes of lenses. I hear and have seen fabulous reviews of the Zeiss 21mm lens, but it's out of my price range.
Has anyone used the Leica 21mm F4 R lens on the 5D? I know it's compatible with the mirror, but haven't heard from anyone what the quality is like for sharpness / landscapes.
It's a shame that Canon does a nice job of lenses from 35mm upwards. I'm very happy with the 50 1.4, 85 1.8, 100 macro. But anything sub 35mm is soft.
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No experience with the 21, but have used the latest 28/2.8 (built in hood) on the 5D and it is sweet. Natural color, shap across the frame and 'pops' into focus - even with the crap 5D stock screen. Might not be wide enough for your purposes however. The 19/2.8 R is considered by many R shooters as the best ultra wide around.
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check the lens compatability chart on 16-9.net
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The 24x36" prints I make from a 16-35f2.8L II from 1DsII files would indicate that this lens is not exactly crap--and I am not an easy person to please.
As they once said on Ford commercials, "have you tried a Canon lately"?
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I have the 21-35 Asph which I love and get beautiful 17x24s, the largest I can currently print, but they look as sharp and contrasty as the 11x17s, which is to say very, corner to corner at my small shooting apertures. Having said that I have recently started using the Zeiss 17-35 2.8 N instead, which I also love and looks at least as good, and can fully couple with the 1Ds2 (after conversion) so no stop-down metering pain.
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I have the 21-35 Asph which I love and get beautiful 17x24s, the largest I can currently print, but they look as sharp and contrasty as the 11x17s, which is to say very, corner to corner at my small shooting apertures. Having said that I have recently started using the Zeiss 17-35 2.8 N instead, which I also love and looks at least as good, and can fully couple with the 1Ds2 (after conversion) so no stop-down metering pain.
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Who did the conversion for you and how much did it cost???
Thanks in advance,
Heinrich
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Who did the conversion for you and how much did it cost???
Thanks in advance,
Heinrich
This is the place to get Contax N lenses converted:
http://conurus.com (http://conurus.com)
You can get the prices there. He currently does the 17-35, 24-85, 100 and 70-300. You get full EOS coupling including AF.
Cheers!
DJ