More Mounting Old Glass

[stingx]

I ordered a Fotodiox m42 to m43 adapter to use on my Pany GX1. I can now mount all the old m42 lenses to the Pany that I use to use on my Pentax Spotmatic SLR. The legacy glass works even better on my new Pany than on either of my Canons (40D is a little better at manual focusing than T2i because of pentaprism mirror). The way the Pany uses manual focus is very cool...while focusing, it will pick out a small section of what you are aiming at and magnify it on the screen, you make sure the subject is razor sharp and snap away. Works extremely well.

I highly recommend buying good examples of these older lenses on Amazon or eBay. You can still find great deals and the craftsmanship is over the top. Many of these lenses blow away modern variants. They work great for manual focus video too - esp 1080p @ 24 FPS. Unless you hate manual focusing it's a no brainer.

Here's a picture of the GX1 with a 1964 Super Takumar 50mm F/1.4 mounted to it.


Panasonic GX1 + Super-Takumar 1:1.4/50 by stingx, on Flickr

[The Grand Vizier]

I live in the tropics with high humidity & I have found a lot of my old lenses have the dreaded spider web inside (fungus)

[stingx]

That stinks. A friend of mine who lives in Singapore keeps the lenses packed with silicone in cases for this very reason. You might want to think about a dehumidifier for at least one room.

[The Grand Vizier]

That stinks. A friend of mine who lives in Singapore keeps the lenses packed with silicone in cases for this very reason. You might want to think about a dehumidifier for at least one room.

Not real happy about it, but I found out to late about the problem & the damage was done. If I buy another decent camera I will look at a dehumidifier of some sort.
The joys of living in a Tropical Jungle.
http://www.dehumidify.com/