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Yep, used one for many years ... mostly with film and vacuum backs. But I did use it with a Kodak ProBack for a couple of years. Can't really comment on how it would work with today's super high meg digital backs, but I suspect it will kill most other long lenses.Anyone with experience using this lens?
That's one fantasy, but it seems that electronic translation could be an issue. Another option would be a Contax 645 body & digital back - but I'd have to try the combination before committing to it.If I'm reading between the lines, Doug, are you thinking S2 via adapter?
If you have a Contax 645 body handy, you can fool Contax 645 lenses into stopping down by selecting the aperture you want and holding down the DoF preview button while you remove the lens from the body. It takes a bit of coordinated hand effort, to be sure, but the lens will remain stopped down at whatever aperture you selected and if you have a suitable adapter, you can then remount it on another body (although, as Victor has pointed out, registration differences may limit your options here).I doubt if there will be a contax 645 lens adapter; the lens needs electrnics to stop down (I am not sure there isnt a way to fake it by shorting the contacts or making a chip Conerus I think had at least one for some camera.)
Presumably the lens could work on an S2 as a kind of fixed F4 using a purely mechanical adaptor? Do you need any other aperture, Doug?That's one fantasy, but it seems that electronic translation could be an issue.
Yes I need other apertures. The 350mm SA Hasselblad lens might be a better candidate for adapting, and I could use a Mutar with it too.Presumably the lens could work on an S2 as a kind of fixed F4 using a purely mechanical adaptor? Do you need any other aperture, Doug?