More Zonkyness

(This is definitely a work in progress; I’ve still got more lens adaptors to buy and more lenses to test)

So I have a new Fujifilm GFX50R with one native lens (63mm) and my fortunes don’t extend to buying more lenses any time soon. Yet I hear that some 35mm lenses will work even though they’re designed to cover the smaller sensor of 35mm (or in many of the cases below 35mm film).

As someone who has been sticking third-party lenses (and I don’t mean Sigma lenses with an EF mount) on my Canon cameras for years the obvious thing to do is buy some adaptors to test the lenses I have.

And on the grounds that I would find this information useful if someone else had posted it (and I’d found it), I decided to put this out there. No guarantees on the accuracy though!

Caveats :-

1. No, the images aren’t meant to look good; most of this testing was done inside after a long day staring at a computer screen. The subject is boring, the focus may be off, and if you think these images represent what I’m capable of I’ll just roll about the floor laughing (and I’m not that good). When of course I add the images to this posting.
2. If you have to have a “smart” lens adaptor for Canon EF lenses, choose a good one. The first one I bought was rubbish; I’ve since gone with a Kipon branded one.
3. The column for “soft vignetting’ is particularly dubious; I’m not great at spotting it in the first place and until I move the images onto a computer screen and take a closer look I wouldn’t guarantee anything.

Lens	Photo?	Soft Vignetting	Hard Vignetting	Sample (links)
Zeiss Makro-Planar 2/100mm ZE	✓	No	No	1
Zeiss Distagon 21/2.8 ZE	✓	No	Yes	1
MC Zenitar 16/2.8	✗	–	Yes
Sigma 12-24 @ 12mm	✓	No	No
Sigma 12-24 @ 24mm	✓	Yes	Yes
Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L	✗	Yes	Yes
Canon 200-400mm mk1 @ 200	✗	No	No
Canon 200-400mm mk1 @ 400	✗	–	Yes
Leica Elmarit-R 2.8/19mm (1977)	✗	–	Yes
Leica Summilux-R 1.4/50mm (1971)	✗	Below f/11	No
Leica Elmarit-R 2.8/35mm (1984)	✗	Yes	No
Leica Elmarit-R 2.8/180mm (1975)	✓	No	No
Leica Elmarit-R 2.8/90mm (1966)	✓	No	No	1
Leica Macro-Elmerit-R 2.8/60mm (1977)	✓	Below f/4.0	No
Leica Summicron-R 2/50mm (1965)	TODO	TODO	TODO
Olympus OM 18mm f/3.5	✓	–	Yes
Olympus OM 85mm f/2.0	✓	Yes	No
Olympus OM 35mm f/2.8	✓	Yes	No
Carl Zeiss Jena 3.5/135mm	✓	No	No	1