On 19/07/2013 2:01 PM, Tom C wrote:
I also agree that the legacy lens advantage is pretty much non-existent.
It's interesting that you should say that, and kind of ironic in a way. The reason why legacy lenses are not an advantage is because they are less convenient to use (manual focus, green button kludge, etc), and yet people happily go out and buy adapters to put legacy lenses onto their cameras from other brands. Look at the number of adapters you can get to put legacy glass onto 4/3 cameras. I suspect that every brand ever made can now be mounted to a 4/3 camera via an adapter. I bought an adapter to allow mounting K-mount glass onto my Q, and, being the not so bright person that I am, did exactly the same thing when I bought my Fuji. And you know what? It's a pain in the ass. Sure, the thing mounts, and you can take a picture with it if you want to go to the effort, but why bother? I could almost see it if you had a bunch of Canon FD lenses around, as it would be a way to put them to use again, since Canon decided their user base was a liability in the mid 1980s and abandoned them, but really, if you have an ability to mount the lens to a camera that it is compatible with, just mount it to that camera. Putting an A series lens onto my K5 means I lose a bit of functionality, mounting it onto my Fuji or my Q takes me from functionality loss to wanting to slash my wrists to make the misery go away. Even using an older non A series lens on the K5 is easier than on the Fuji or Q.
I would say that as long as there is a market for adapters to mix and match brands of lenses onto other makers' cameras, the advantage of legacy lenses exists to a reasonable extent, though it won't be apparent to a new user who just bought his first DSLR and kit lens.
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