Vintage lens and Fuji X-E1 camera
Do you still use your old 35mm film camera lenses?
That is why I bought a second hand mirrorless camera, as I needed something small & light that would accept the different branded manual focus vintage lenses. For example, Contax Yashica C/Y, Olympus OM, Nikkor non-Ai & Ai the Nikon F mount, Takumar M42 screw mount, Pentax K bayonet lenses. All that is needed is a different simple metal adapter for each lens brand that could be mounted on my mirrorless Fujifilm X-E1 digital camera (review Fuji X-E1 – Worth considering in 2020?).
Below are some photos taken with different vintage lenses. The last photo captured with a standard Fuji X mount lens for the Fuji X-E1. Also I have included the basic settings for just about any of the X-series cameras so you may give a second life to your old 35mm film lenses.
Yashica ML 50mm f2, a manual focus lens with aperture ring. You will need a manual lens adapter C/Y-FX, Contax/Yashica (C/Y) lens to a digital Fujifilm X-series camera.
Yashica ML 50mm f2 lens.
Yashica ML 50mm f2 lens.
Fuji X-E1 settings for vintage lens
Setting up the Fujifilm X-E1 digital camera to use manual lens:
- set the front switch to M postion.
- Press menu button, select with arrow buttons, Shooting Menu 03, set Shoot without Lens > ON
- Press menu button, select with arrow buttons, Shooting menu 03, select your lens for > Mount Adaptor Setting
For a quick overview of the various buttons on the Fujifilm XE-1 watch the free video Button Layout: Top Deck from CreativeLive.
Olympus OM and Nikkor/Nikon “F mount” lenses
Olympus OM 50mm f1.8 a manual focus lens with aperture ring with a OM-FX adapter, Olympus OM lens to a digital Fujifilm X-series camera.
Nikon Micro–Nikkor PC 55mm f3.5 a manual focus lens with aperture ring with a Nikon-FX adapter, Nikon non-AI, AI, AI-S lens to a digital Fujifilm X-series camera.
The 3 images below showing the vintage lens, adapter for Fuji digital camera, adapter mounted on lens.
For comparsion using a standard 50mm equivalent for Fuji X series cameras, a Fuji XF 35mm f1.4 lens (NO adapter needed, auto and manual focus).
For further information on adapting vintage lens, read Robert Allen Kautz’s excellent post Classic Lenses on Modern Digital Cameras as not every lens is adaptable to every other lens mount.
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