I started with digital and quickly went to film for my serious work. However, I have that nagging feeling about infinity focus with Mamiya lenses - and the two above seem to have similar behavior.My own story is not too different. Perhaps other manufacturers make their adapters a little short to guarantee infinity focus whereas Fotodiox prefers to be spot on the spec distance. However, I'm not sure that infinity is as sharp as it could be. I don't think it would be noticeable on film, not that discussion of adapters makes sense for film, it probably only a pixel peeping thing. I'll have to check my other Mamiya lenses to see if I find similar there. I've measured my adapter and it is spot on this. However, if I take the difference of the Mamiya ZE and Fuji X lens flange distances I get 27.8mm. Focusing in the EVF and pixel peeping the result it seems like I'm not quite in focus in infinity at wide open. With other lens / adapters they seem to focus a little past infinity. Is anyone else using the Fotodiox adapter for Mamiya Sekor ZE to Fuji-X (mirrorless)? Mine does not seem to focus quite to infinity with my CS 28mm f2.8 and my E 35mm f2.8. I'm unsurprised that prices for these are in excess of £180 here in the UK, at least on a well-known auction site. Picked up for £85 and has been worth every penny, so far, in the mere month I've had it. Used this one for the Daily-In challenge this month and it has been an excellent surprise, surpassing my expectations. More blades would be better but it is not a make-or-break in this lenses' defence. For typical shots, however, it's unobtrusive. It gives soft hexagons at brighter apertures with more definite ones in the case of specular highlights when stopped down. My only true 'gripe' with this lens is the, almost typical, 6-bladed aperture. The focus throw is reasonably long but manageable and, in my example, consistent and smooth, as is the aperture ring. It's nice to have 1/2-stops, so giving an additional element of control. It's typically easily dealt with in post and obviously impacts little on B&W images. It does suffer a little from chromatic aberration, which is to be expected given the era and speed of this lens. Yellowed glass gives a general warmth but is easy to pull towards the cooler side of the spectrum in post if required. For colour shots it retains that contrast wide-open, unless incident stray light begins to veil where a hood brings benefit.Ĭolours are the highlight for me, with bold oranges and reds predominantly, and punchy, deep blues otherwise. It affords great contrast and clarity for black and white shots, with bokeh accentuating subjects until stopped-down, where even slight aperture closing gives a less specular, more subtle drop-off. An excellent lens that is beautifully soft and touching on glowy, but retaining details whilst, wide-open but ferociously sharp stopped-down.
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