Old lens happiness.

[Mozziephotography]

Managed to source an old Yashinon 50mm 1.7 for £19.99 Just tested it for 10 mins and quite happy with the results. Using it on a D700. Although I can change the aperture, it registers as f1.8 on the camera. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[GreenNinja67]

No that's what will happen as there are no electronic contacts on the lens

 

[LeeRatters]

I've had and got a few Yashica lenses over the years. The 1.7ML I had was a great lens.

 

[Cagey75]

No that's what will happen as there are no electronic contacts on the lens

Yeah this - on more modern ML camera you get no aperture confirmation at all. But, with most manual focus lenses you only need look down at the lens itself to see what aperture you're at

Can't beat a good bargain, keep meaning to get me some nice quality but cheap old lenses to play with. I have just gotten a Nikon 60mm 2.8D macro lens that I'm adapting to Fuji, so all MF, but that's not so cheap really.

 

[GreenNinja67]

Do you need a Nikon lens to Fuji body adaptor Keith? @Cagey75

 

[Cagey75]

Do you need a Nikon lens to Fuji body adaptor Keith? @Cagey75

I had one over from the Laowa Nikon fit lens I recently sold but, if I happen to get another Nikon fit lens I'll give you a shout

 

[GreenNinja67]

No worries, I have one if you need one from my Fuji days.

 

[Mozziephotography]

Best £19.99 I've ever spent

 

[stickytape]

Best £19.99 I've ever spent

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That's a stunner! Nice work.

 

[Mozziephotography]

Tried the same lens on my D500 - downloaded images and the only option is COLOUR or MONOCHROME. The D700 seems to cope better with exposure, almost spot on requiring little editing. Same subjects photographed.