Hey guys,
I'm a new member, first time poster and relatively new to photography, so please forgive if this is obvious.
So I'm a micro 4/3 user with a Panasonic G80 and I use exclusively vintage lenses (as we all know, Panasonic don't do autofocus anyway, so why not go full manual
)
I use old M42 lenses, primarily Helios 44 58mm and Mir 1B 37mm. Recently added a Carl Zeiss Jena Tevidon 10mm to add to the collection along with a Viltrox 0.71x focal reducer to try and obtain closer the true focal length of the lenses taking into account the M43 crop and to make the lenses more versatile.
The Helios & Mir lenses are fine with the Viltrox speedbooster, no problem whatsoever. However, attaching the Zeiss Tevidon lens (M39 mount) to the speedbooster, just gives a blown-out image of light, totally unusable. But it's fine attaching straight to the camera with a M39-M4/3 adapter.
I can't figure out what exactly the problem would be. The M39 adapter to M42 fits fine and that attaches perfectly onto the speed booster, so I'm tearing my hair out over why I don't get an image.
Many thanks for any help anyone can provide
Patrick
I'm a new member, first time poster and relatively new to photography, so please forgive if this is obvious.
So I'm a micro 4/3 user with a Panasonic G80 and I use exclusively vintage lenses (as we all know, Panasonic don't do autofocus anyway, so why not go full manual
) I use old M42 lenses, primarily Helios 44 58mm and Mir 1B 37mm. Recently added a Carl Zeiss Jena Tevidon 10mm to add to the collection along with a Viltrox 0.71x focal reducer to try and obtain closer the true focal length of the lenses taking into account the M43 crop and to make the lenses more versatile.
The Helios & Mir lenses are fine with the Viltrox speedbooster, no problem whatsoever. However, attaching the Zeiss Tevidon lens (M39 mount) to the speedbooster, just gives a blown-out image of light, totally unusable. But it's fine attaching straight to the camera with a M39-M4/3 adapter.
I can't figure out what exactly the problem would be. The M39 adapter to M42 fits fine and that attaches perfectly onto the speed booster, so I'm tearing my hair out over why I don't get an image.
Many thanks for any help anyone can provide
Patrick
