Friday, June 15, 2018

Using legacy lenses on your dslr

I have been using old, legacy lenses for my Canon 80D and my 5D MkII with great success. As a matter of fact, you can watch a review I did here: The Dreaded ERR01

 What I have found is that if you are adaptive in your mannerisms, you can use these 400mm - 500mm lenses quite nicely for a couple of hundred bucks. I have shot everything from Hockey games to Horse Shows on one of these lenses, as well as various types of wildlife and zoo photography.

The most important thing to remember is the fact that many of these lenses, as well as being fixed length, are fixed aperature as well... otherwise you'll get the dreaded ERR01 message. The trick to using these lenses successfully then is not to re-chip them, but to set your body to Aperture Priority mode. That way you only have to worry about adjusting exposure through the ISO, as the aperture is fixed, (usually 5.6), and shutter speed will be selected for you.

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