The Smartest Way to Adapt Vintage Lenses?
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The Smartest Way to Adapt Vintage Lenses?

I thought the Nikon ZF was the best for vintage glass, then came the ZR.? Its unique form factor breathes new life into old lenses, you do need the right adapter though to get green boxes, IBIS, autofocus?  The 6 best adapters are all very expensive, and to help you pick I’ve torture-tested them in bad lighting and terrible weather.  There’s one last adapter I’m trying to track down, but my time in Tokyo’s running out.

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Nikon Zf + APO: The Ultimate Monochrome Kit? | Voigtlander 90mm f2 APO
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Nikon Zf + APO: The Ultimate Monochrome Kit? | Voigtlander 90mm f2 APO

After a month of testing on the Zf, Z8, and the 61 megapixel Leica, Voigtlander’s 90mm f2 APO might just be the sharpest lens I’ve used, but is it too sharp for me? That’s what I thought when shooting in colour, then I tried monochrome.  The reality rendered by a lens this sharp can be confronting, our imaginations need more room to breathe.  But reality’s stranger than fiction.

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Nikon Zf’s Best 28mm Just Got Better? | Voigtlander 28mm f1.5 | Zf Firmware 2.0
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Nikon Zf’s Best 28mm Just Got Better? | Voigtlander 28mm f1.5 | Zf Firmware 2.0

Voigtlander’s 28mm f1.5 is the best 28mm you can buy for the Zf.  Full electronic communication between this manual lens and the best focus assist tools on the market, but the best can still get better?  Along comes firmware 2.0, which improved the Zf’s class-leading manual focus experience in 4 new ways. Did the best 28mm for the Zf just get better?

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