Opinion: You don’t really like vintage lenses. You like the idea of them.

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Intro

Adapting vintage lenses to modern camera bodies can be a creative and exciting endeavor, but it’s important to be aware of the potential challenges that can arise.

Many blogs and Youtubers will make it seem like vintage lenses are the cure to your “bad” photos. They’ll promise your photos will look like film if you just switch to some obscure 50mm lens (or any Fuji camera for that matter). Some even more brazen trend-riders will try to sneak in an advertisement for their Lightroom presets at the same time.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my old lenses. I own about 30+ vintage lenses myself, and I regularly use all of them (except for, of course, the…