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numpad0 on June 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Webcams aren't good enough

If you have, like, 1960s Ai Nikkor 50mm F1.4 with a "crab nail", and if you don't need autofocus or program-auto aperture, they can be put onto basically any cameras by means of a passive adapter.

_abox on June 20, 2022 [–]

Oh yeah good point. I have a much newer 50/1.8 that does still have a manual aperture ring.

50mm is a bit too narrow on a crop sensor though for the distance I'm sitting from the display.

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