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hi all,

I am pretty excited about a LTM J-9 that I got recently. The look of portraits at f2 or f2.8 is really something different (for me). So I am thinking of getting the m42 version as well and a canon adapter to use it on my canon EOS for portraits.

has anyone used this combo? thanks
 
They are quite a lot of people who's been using it on a french photo forum, and from what I've heard and seen, the results look pretty good. The only think is that you'll get a deeper dof and it'll turn your 85 into a 120 (1.5 crop factor?) but the picture quality is very good nonetheless.
You might also consider buying that very useful focusing confirmation chip, that is meant to be stuck on the m42-eos adapter ring.
What Eos have you got? (they have different names in the US and I've never been able to remember which...)
Anyway the big advantage of canon upon nikon is that you keep the metering.
have fun
stéphane
 
thanks,

the examples look really good. exactly what i like :D I will try getting one on ebay and using it with digital rebel.
 
I briefly owned a J9 in M42. I was not pleased with the results on my digital rebel. But with the copy to copy variability of FSU lenses, I don't think you can draw any conclusions from my experience alone.
 
lubitel said:
No one has used their J-9 on canon slr? is that a bad idea?
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Lubitel

Do J-9 on Canon DSLRs count? The J-9 is a personal favourite and I often use it for portraiture.

You'll find some J-9 portraits here:

http://pusangputi.multiply.com/photos/album/1

The first 10 images were made with an adapted Canon DSLR (using an M42-EOS mount adapter); the last two were on BW film in an M42 SLR.

Jay
 
jano said:
How do you focus manually with the rebel? It's not easy... :p
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It's really difficult to focus manually on EOS Canon cameras. Their screens were made for composing, not so much for manual focusing. The case is even more true with Canon 300\350D DSLRs where the pentaprism is replaced with a pentamirror which makes the screen image even less defined. I've installed
split screens (one bought from an on-line maker and the other made from a scrapped camera part) on these cameras which made manual focusing easier.
Right now, I'm considering to get an M42-EOS adapter with a chip which will
activate the EOS focus confirmation.

Jay
 
Jay, I visited your site the past week and found your photos to be wonderful :) I would eventually mount a 180/2.8 Sonnar on a dSLR instead of a J-9, however :)
 
darkkavenger said:
Jay, I visited your site the past week and found your photos to be wonderful :) I would eventually mount a 180/2.8 Sonnar on a dSLR instead of a J-9, however :)
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Thanks Max. Good thing that the Canon DSLRs have metal lens mounts, unlike the film versions which the 300/350D were derived from: hefty lenses might pull the mount off the camera. :p The longest/biggest lens which I've put on these cameras is the 300mm Tair from a Fotosnajper. Is the 180/2,8 Sonnar heavy?

Jay
 
jano said:
How do you focus manually with the rebel? It's not easy... :p
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I have focused many thousands of shots with various manual focus lenses on my 300D. Some of my favorite shots are with a 50mm lens and extension tubes with the lens nearly wide open...very narrow dof.
You get used to it.
 
Yes, extension tubes allow you to close focus at the cost of infinity focus.
More to the point here though...close focus means a very narrow dof and challenging focus situation. Which can still be managed even with recent EOS viewfinders.
 
Has anyone tried the Kiev 15 TTl with the Jupiter 9? The camera is delicate next to FSU rangefinders and is heavy like a Nikkormat but comes with a great assortment of lenses .
 
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