You might have noticed me banging on about my new 30d with scratched sensor here http://www.realphotographersforum.com/content/586-how-identify-dusty-scratched-imaging-sensor-lens.html


Well since its quite a monumental thing for me to now be on both sides of the fence I thought i would celebrate that fact by taking a few shots of it and with it

here it is with my new 50mm (thanks again Peter)... look how dark and foreboding it looks


and here it is with the reason I wanted a canon attached to the front of it ... an m42 lens ...


see, you cant fit m42 lenses on nikons and retain infinity focusing ... the flange back distance is too long!

This was taken with the above combo ... Asahi 1.8 lens

others here http://www.realphotographersforum.co...-efke-100.html

as was this


and these




the Following ones were taken with the canon 50mm 1.8 lens

welcome to the dark side Hamish, these images are looking good to me, what's your opinions on the camera & IQ comapred to your Nikon gear?

Daz

Nice foties, Hamish. Is that actually screw mount lens where an EF mount is normally required?

dunno mate ...
Impossible, and i hasten to add probably pointless speculating about ...
this fits between my 2 Nikons anyway ...
Probably better than my nikon d50 and definitely not as good as my d3
As much as I do fly the Nikon flag, until you get to bang up to date, low light capability from ultra high end models I dont think it really makes much odd which brand people go for ...
Canon have more lenses, Nikon are better for low light and feel more solid in the hand ... thats sort of the way I see it

Originally Posted by Brian Moore

Nice foties, Hamish. Is that actually screw mount lens where an EF mount is normally required?

It is indeed matey
cost me £2.50 that lens ... came off the front of a broken spotmatic ... spotmatics are definitely not EF mount

So there's an adapter for m42 to EF?

canon m42 | eBay

Slippery slope Hamish, next you'll shooting a 5D2!

SWMBO has a 30D - although she doesn't have the scratched sensor modification

Can't really complain for the money you paid - I bet a round of beers costs more than that these day?

Not far off mate!

I will be buying a 5d one day mate! Not for a while yet ... Got a d4 to save up for

Congratulations!

I also have a 30D (without the sensor modification ). Apart from the crop factor and weaker high ISO performance, it's actually a more responsive (much faster burst mode) and lighter camera than the 5D2.

The 50 f1.8 is a nice performing lens for what it is, despite its physical limitations.

Priya shoots Nikon, so I understand and appreciate the appeal to be able to examine the gears from "the other" side closely. Enjoy .