I'd had a dentist appointment this afternoon and needed a bit of value-for-money retail therapy so I headed to my local camera shop.
I couldn't have a better guy in my neighbourhood than the camera shop owner. I have known him for the best part of ten or more years now and he always cuts me and my friends a deal.
Today's bargain was an old 1960s Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8 lens, which I am fitting on to my Nikon D700 via an adaptor I bought recently.
The lens has a few spots of mould in it [which I will get rid of soon] and it's a bit yellowed. But in monochrome the shots look wonderful and if I set the white balance in colour to be a little blue, colour is good too,
It's daftly soft wide open and the age is not helping either but that's part of its charm and, after all, it was 2000Yen…..
This shot was of the drops of condensation on the plastic-wrap over a bunch of construction blocks at a nearby builder's yard.
Shot at f/1.8.
Gear?
Nikon D700
Pentax Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8
Monochrome done in-camera
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Tommi Saarela
April 25, 2012
I've bough my adapters from different sellers through Ebay, always looking at the feedback they've been getting. Amazon should be safe too, they have a feedback system as well.
Suffian Wee Ahmad Shafiq
April 25, 2012
How do you get rid of the fungus? I thought the sunlight would just slow the growth. They hardly die digusted! =P
Alfie Goodrich
April 25, 2012
Once the fungus is there its a matter of taking the lens to pieces. Using lenses or keeping them in the sun stops it growing but once it's there it's a matter of cleaning it out physically.
Kelli Seeger Kim
April 25, 2012
I am thoroughly convinced you can make anything look beautiful, +Alfie Goodrich.
HURY AHMAD
April 28, 2012
mean
Alfie Goodrich
April 28, 2012
I wouldn't have much work to do shooting pics of you: nature did a good job +Kelli Seeger Kim