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Any fans of the Praktica M42 screw in lenses? Cheap as chips and some real characters to be had ...
Most recently, I've been having a lot of success with a Hanimar 35mm 2.8 for my SOTD pictures. In natural light, it takes rather dull, quite concrete pictures. Perfect for atmospheric snaps of the inner city, graffiti boosted in post-process, but under simple room lights for a quickly arranged collection of shaving pieces it's a real winner!
I also have a couple of Chinons (35mm & 135mm). The 135mm is a bit rattly and can be made to give some almost tilt-shift effects. There's a Meyer-Gorlitz Domiplan 50mm (aperture stuck wide open) which came with an Eastern European camera from my uncle - that's quite a good one, but I think the stars of the show in my collection are a Helios 44M 55mm 2.0 and a Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm 2.8.
Strapped to my aged Canon 300D, what a lot of cheap fun. Really good glass for peanuts. It just takes a little patience sometimes, although like anything, a little practice and you'll get your manual focus skills back ... or developed, if you were born in the digital age.
Most recently, I've been having a lot of success with a Hanimar 35mm 2.8 for my SOTD pictures. In natural light, it takes rather dull, quite concrete pictures. Perfect for atmospheric snaps of the inner city, graffiti boosted in post-process, but under simple room lights for a quickly arranged collection of shaving pieces it's a real winner!
I also have a couple of Chinons (35mm & 135mm). The 135mm is a bit rattly and can be made to give some almost tilt-shift effects. There's a Meyer-Gorlitz Domiplan 50mm (aperture stuck wide open) which came with an Eastern European camera from my uncle - that's quite a good one, but I think the stars of the show in my collection are a Helios 44M 55mm 2.0 and a Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm 2.8.
Strapped to my aged Canon 300D, what a lot of cheap fun. Really good glass for peanuts. It just takes a little patience sometimes, although like anything, a little practice and you'll get your manual focus skills back ... or developed, if you were born in the digital age.