Freelensing

Reply to Nikkor 35mm f/2, not a great freelenser. Does anyone have a list?

nobody@flickr.com (robinhunterphotography) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:39 -0700

Just back into this, played with it years ago at Uni.
I've been using my K30 as it has Focus Peaking so you can spot the focus area really well - it meters in M and AV mode too which is cool.

Reply to Freelensing with Nikon D5100

nobody@flickr.com (duhoh51) — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:38:17 -0700

duhoh51 posted a reply:

I got the D7000 Wired with my Bronica 75mm lens and a spare bicycle tube. I had multiple issues with batteries rather than AF or M function. I uploaded my first image of value to the FreeLens Pool today.

Bronica ETRsi Lense to Nikon F Adapter

nobody@flickr.com (duhoh51) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:44:06 -0700

duhoh51 posted a new topic:

I just purchased a ETR to Nikon Adapter. I am going to make a Tilt Shift adapter, pirating some ideas from others to get started. I have many ETR lenses to select from so it will be fun to experiment.

I will post follow up once I have outlined my plan,

Reply to Freelensing with Nikon D5100

nobody@flickr.com (duhoh51) — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:11:13 -0700

duhoh51 posted a reply:

I have been trying to use a D7000 for free lensing. I was able to only get two shots to work. Then I got an err message which normally comes when the camera is expecting an AF lens to have the aperture set at maximum (F;32) in my case. I have heard rumor that the D7000 may need to be set to aperture priority mode to enable free lensing. Has anyone heard this? I am wary of giving it another try until I find out why I am getting the err message.

DB

Reply to Is freelensing tilt shifting?

nobody@flickr.com (HYOFOTO : Justin Lee Photography) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:22:03 -0800

HYOFOTO : Justin Lee Photography posted a reply:

k.a. gilbert:

fancy seeing you in here randomly k.a. gilbert! I left canon for nikon but I still post in POTN :D

Reply to Nikkor 35mm f/2, not a great freelenser. Does anyone have a list?

nobody@flickr.com (~ Maria ~) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:19:18 -0800

~ Maria ~ posted a reply:

I am not a freelensing pro and I have a Nikon D90, but I have used 35mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.8 that have been working fine.

Reply to Nikkor 35mm f/2, not a great freelenser. Does anyone have a list?

nobody@flickr.com (leo ····) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:45:26 -0800

leo ···· posted a reply:

Woah, metering with the lens detached? Nice

This is my first time on freelensing. I have a MF-only 50mm 1.8, it was pretty fine... haven't tried with other lenses though.

Nikkor 35mm f/2, not a great freelenser. Does anyone have a list?

nobody@flickr.com (cuzinyung) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:34:37 -0700

cuzinyung posted a new topic:

Hey all,

I've loved freelensing for the past year or something now, I was using D5100 with 35mm f/1.8G - really great combination.

I just upgraded to the D600, so I also bought the older 35mm f/2D to find out that the lens isn't good for freelensing. Apparently the lens doesn't focus far enough past infinity to give any tilting room. I know it's the lens because I also tried it with my D5100 and had a hard time with it.

I'm trying to find cheap lenses that I can still freelens with (lenses that still have AF, so I can still use it the normal way) - what lenses have worked for you guys? 50mm f/1.8D? Others?

-p.s. the D600 will meter with the lens detached in A & M modes! So cool!!

Reply to free- lensing with a 1.4 50mm cctv lens

nobody@flickr.com (lukeroberts) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:29:41 -0700

lukeroberts posted a reply:

I haven't tried it but I don't see any reason it would cause problems.

I know those CCTV lenses are fairly small so if you are trying to use it with a full sized DSLR it might result in more lightleaks or a very over-exposed image.

If you try it, let us know how it goes and post your results here!

Reply to Aperture "filters"?

nobody@flickr.com (lukeroberts) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:27:04 -0700

lukeroberts posted a reply:

You will only need one in front of the lens and you can easily make it with cardboard or tin foil. In fact a friend of mine did exactly what you are looking for here:

If you only have zoom lenses then your results might be more limited, as they generally don't work with freelensing as nicely as fast prime lenses and won't get as nice bokeh.

As Analyst 1 says above, it would be worth trying to find a cheap 50mm - even brand new the Canon 50mm f/1.8 is only about US$100.