A rookie question?

[TriggerHappy]

I have a love of film (right place for me ey? ) and am toying with the idea of picking up a nice second hand Nikon F5. If I did this, however, my only lens to cover the wider end would be, for the time-being at least, my 17-55 designed for digital crop sensors but I have read that it works without vignetting from 24mm and up. Now for the question; am I correct in thinking that because of the 100% viewfinder any vignetting to appear would be visible prior to taking a shot?
Thanks for your time, and hello as well!

 

[sidxms]

I have a F5 and I'd totally reccomend one lol

Have a look at grays of westminister as well , I picked mine up for £299

I would really avoid DX lenses on Film. I'm not sure they would really do it justice. I'm guessing you've got other lenses as well though

sid

 

[TriggerHappy]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, I have a couple of other lenses and I was only viewing it as a temporary solution before I can pick up a couple of primes to cover the wider focal lengths.

 

[sidxms]

I have tried something similar to what you've said albeit with a Canon 50e and sigma 10-20.

ther was pretty severe vignetting towards the edges despite not being visible in the viewfinder ( I'm guessing it wasn't 100%)

Another point is that image sharpness suffers severely as you approach the edges as the lens is simply not designed for such use.

sid

 

[donut]

ive just put the 18 - 55 ( dx ) kit lens that came on a d50 on an fm3a and i could only see the effects of it at the wide end , but the view finder is something like 93 % ??
i think on the 5 with 100% you would see the circle when it starts to appear .

 

[TriggerHappy]

Thanks for the replies. I'll stick it on and see what it looks like and then add a prime or two to my kit when the money is there.