Post the last thing you bought!

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Yet another little Soviet lens I had purchased from Russia before the Coronavirus madness. It arrived yesterday and I don't think I have ever been so paranoid with an unboxing (handled it with gloves and alcohol).

Looks kinda uncanny when adapted to a modern camera but the point is the images it produces. Too bad I can not test it outside any time soon.

[Finnish Swede]

Yet another little Soviet lens I had purchased from Russia before the Coronavirus madness. It arrived yesterday and I don't think I have ever been so paranoid with an unboxing (handled it with gloves and alcohol).

Looks kinda uncanny when adapted to a modern camera but the point is the images it produces. Too bad I can not test it outside any time soon.

You still photograph into film?
Is it easy to find films in Portugal (different ASAs)?
50mm f3,5 (max. 16)? M42mm bajonet or what?
I have tested one DDR time (Carl Zeiss JENA) lens ... not the most sharpest lens but offered interesting bokeh.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

You still photograph into film?
Is it easy to find films in Portugal (different ASAs)?
50mm f3,5 (max. 16)? M42mm bajonet or what?
I have tested one DDR time (Carl Zeiss JENA) lens ... not the most sharpest lens but offered interesting bokeh.

Film photography is making a comeback nowadays. You can find it in a few specialized stores across major cities around here (all the classic film rolls, Kodak, Fujifilm, Ilford, etc). I got into film photography only recently, I have an Olympus XA but lately I have been thinking about getting myself an SLR (probably a Spotmatic) since I have already a decent collection of vintage lenses (mostly M42).

This is an Industar-50 and yes, M42 bayonet, maximum aperture of 16 and minimum of 3.5.
50mm focal lenght but bare in mind than when adapted to a mirrorless croped sensor camera as mine it becomes the equivalent of a ~75mm.

I have as well an older version of this lens (from 1959) with a M39 bayonet (I posted it a few pages ago).

It is a nice little lens especially for the price since you can get these for like 20€ in Ebay and it is great for street photography and low contrast shots if you like your images to come out with a vintage\nostalgic look. It is surprisingly pretty sharp too for a lens of this size (the only thing I am not really a fan of is that setting the aperture on this lens can be a little clumsy sometimes since it is so small).

Carl Zeiss produces amazing lenses. The Jena model you tried is their vintage "entry-level", a classic nonetheless. There are other models like the Carl Zeiss Distagon that produce amazing images. You can't go wrong with Zeiss glass.

Some film photos that I did with my Olympus XA:

Spoiler!

[Finnish Swede]

Film photography is making a comeback nowadays. You can find it in a few specialized stores across major cities around here (all the classic film rolls, Kodak, Fujifilm, Ilford, etc). I got into film photography only recently, I have an Olympus XA but lately I have been thinking about getting myself an SLR (probably a Spotmatic) since I have already a decent collection of vintage lenses (mostly M42).

This is an Industar-50 and yes, M42 bayonet, maximum aperture of 16 and minimum of 3.5.
50mm focal lenght but bare in mind than when adapted to a mirrorless croped sensor camera as mine it becomes the equivalent of a ~75mm.

I have as well an older version of this lens (from 1959) with a M39 bayonet (I posted it a few pages ago).

It is a nice little lens especially for the price since you can get these for like 20€ in Ebay and it is great for street photography and low contrast shots if you like your images to come out with a vintage\nostalgic look. It is surprisingly pretty sharp too for a lens of this size (the only thing I am not really a fan of is that setting the aperture on this lens can be a little clumsy sometimes since it is so small).

Carl Zeiss produces amazing lenses. The Jena model you tried is their vintage "entry-level", a classic nonetheless. There are other models like the Carl Zeiss Distagon that produce amazing images. You can't go wrong with Zeiss glass.

Some film photos that I did with my Olympus XA:

Spoiler!

I use Olympus crop 2x (mirrorless).


And don't you (anybody) dare to call that ''hipsters'' camera; I'm not one of those .


Ok, I take this hobby someway serious .... I prefer to use small and fast prime lens (which in my mind ... support the best the original idea of M4/3).
I have few zooms but as I want to keep lenses small/light (=> not very fast).

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[nittionia]

I am evolving to my truest form

[Ylla]

How could I resist? It's adorable my goodness ! 😍


And I haven't bought this yet but I'm eyeing it up: this rocking lion it's absolutely beautiful and goes well with the "safari" theme we have. These are probably more for my pleasure than for the kids haha.

[PaleoEuropean]

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I believe in you

[Ülev]

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