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john lewis Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #1 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Getting better with the focus on the 20d. Out of ten photos that I shot these were my favorites. All shot wide open. Mainly to practice getting something in focus with this lens, but also because I like to shoot that way. Feel free to comment or share your own photos Regards John Jul 24, 2008 at 05:24 PM

antacid Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #2 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 oh dear, i hope she wasn't hurt! Jul 24, 2008 at 07:23 PM

maxima302 Online Buy and Sell: On p.1 #3 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 antacid wrote: oh dear, i hope she wasn't hurt! Beat me to it I like the last one best. Edited on Jul 24, 2008 at 07:28 PM Jul 24, 2008 at 07:27 PM

Conner999 Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #4 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Lovely lady and nice shots - #2 and last one especially. Jul 24, 2008 at 07:31 PM

cogitech Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #5 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Nice shots! So did I Jul 24, 2008 at 07:33 PM

Paul Yi Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #6 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Man....from the look of these photos, many wives will be shot by the lens. Well...I'll shoot my wife tommorow. Jul 24, 2008 at 07:39 PM

johnecon Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #7 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Hi John - - I have a Rokkor 58/1.4 and an 85/1.7 that I'd love to use on my EOS cameras - - do you have a link to a website that tells how to convert the mount? Is it a hard and/or reversable process? Thanks, John Jul 24, 2008 at 07:43 PM

john lewis Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #8 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Thanks for the positive responses. Cogitech, I originally had your shot in my head when I started shooting. I climbed a ladder to do the shooting. Wish I had a 5d. I figure if I say it enough my camera will turn into one. Paul, Please shoot your wife with the lens, I predict she will be pleased. And show the photos please. Johnecon, I am the wrong person to ask about converting other minolta rokkor lenses. I have seen that an 85 1.7 can be done on these forums but not sure about the 1.4. Cogitech probablly will answer your question here shortly. He's the conversion master. Jul 24, 2008 at 08:06 PM

cogitech Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #9 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 The MC 58/1.4 can be converted almost identically as per my 58/1.2 howto http://www.cogitech.ca/Rokkor/index.html The only difference is you'll want to use an OM-EOS adapter for the new mount, because it has a larger mouth, which will prevent aperture pin issues. The conversion of the 85/1.7 is quite different, but not too difficult. I plan to make a howto page for that one, too. Jul 24, 2008 at 08:35 PM

Nathan Soliz Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #10 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Instead of making it so you can never use your lens and spending time grinding and retrofitting, I was linked to this by the Manual Focus forum people http://digitalrokkor.altervista.org/techdetails.html This is a Flange which you can replace the EF mount for a MD/MC one. I'm going to purchase one and be able to go through my set of Rokkors without worry of infinity. That is when I start my collection Jul 24, 2008 at 10:47 PM

john lewis Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #11 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Now he tells us. Jul 25, 2008 at 02:32 AM

tootalew Online Image Upload: On p.1 #12 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 John This is the flange on the camera itself. If you were to do this, you could only mount minolta lenses to your camera. Well I do know that there are m42 to minolta adapters so you could mount m42 also. This is not recomended for the 5D, unless maybe you shave the mirror. Good thing is you could always put the eos flange back on the camera. Jul 25, 2008 at 03:22 AM

Marcel VanEerd Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #13 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Are you using an aftermarket focus screen? I'm using the KatzEye, and can heartily recommend it. Jul 25, 2008 at 04:45 AM

john lewis Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #14 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Marcel vaneard, I am using a hoada fu focus screen, and am not sure that it is helping me at all yet. Could you elaborate on heartily recommend. Does it help you focus only in the center of the screen? Are you using a crop camera or a full frame? When shooting wide open from say 10-15 feet, can you focus on someones eyes? Thanks, John Jul 25, 2008 at 02:30 PM

john lewis Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #15 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Tootalew, The rokkor lens is my only minolta lens. Bought it as an alternative to the 50L or 85L for my canon camera. Regards John Jul 25, 2008 at 02:31 PM

Marcel VanEerd Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #16 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 john lewis wrote: Marcel vaneard, I am using a hoada fu focus screen, and am not sure that it is helping me at all yet. Could you elaborate on heartily recommend. Does it help you focus only in the center of the screen? Are you using a crop camera or a full frame? When shooting wide open from say 10-15 feet, can you focus on someones eyes? Thanks, John >Not the center only - I find the screen beneficial on all parts, including focusing on areas outside the circles, but keep in mind that for the most part of my photographing life I have used MF only. >20D - 1.6x crop (soon receiving a 1D hopefully with 1.3x crop) >Depends - with a 35mm f3.5 not easily, but easy enough with a 50mm (like an 80) which is anywhere from f1.4 to f5.6-8 and my 105 (like a 168) anywhere from f2.5 to f8-11 I have some posts with examples of different photos, showing how well focusing works out for me. What's more - my last four or five weddings I've done totally manually focused... Jul 26, 2008 at 01:50 AM

Leon Noel Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #17 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Not wifey yet, but here's my girl, shot with Rokkor 58 as well. And a misfocused one Edited on Jul 26, 2008 at 02:26 AM Jul 26, 2008 at 02:24 AM

john lewis Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #18 · Shot my wife with my Rokkor 58 Leon Noel, Too bad you won't be able to shoot your own wedding. Lovely shots, and thank you for sharing. Regards John Jul 26, 2008 at 04:52 PM

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