old manual focus lenses

[edwin_sn]

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leica elmarit 35 f2.8 manual focus lens on olympus E-P1
straight from the camera jpg... no cropping and editing

[edwin_sn]

leica 90 f2.0 summicron manual focus lens on Olympus E-P1
straight from the camera jpg no cropping and editing















this last one was taken behind a rusted interlink fence

[cmontoya]

@edwin: These old lenses give us a certain look that newer lenses can't (even with Photoshop), don't they? I have two Super Takumar (M42 mount) lenses - 28mm and 135mm both f/3.5. I have an incoming Helios 44-2 55mm f/2.0. I'm still undecided about MIR-24M or N 35mm f/2.0. I created a thread about MF lenses but since this one exists, it might be a good idea just to have one. Can I post future photos taken with MF lenses here?

[edwin_sn]

@cmontoya - go ahead sir and post those photos using the oldies but goodie lenses ... i would love to see them... please do share.

i would say "with manual focus lenses, i make pictures... auto focus lenses, i take pictures"

@edwin: These old lenses give us a certain look that newer lenses can't (even with Photoshop), don't they? I have two Super Takumar (M42 mount) lenses - 28mm and 135mm both f/3.5. I have an incoming Helios 44-2 55mm f/2.0. I'm still undecided about MIR-24M or N 35mm f/2.0. I created a thread about MF lenses but since this one exists, it might be a good idea just to have one. Can I post future photos taken with MF lenses here?

[hayden]

catchy phrase sir, I like it

i would say "with manual focus lenses, i make pictures... auto focus lenses, i take pictures"

[edwin_sn]

thanks. i paraphrased it from a discussion i joined sometime ago
in real life practice, i dont use my manual focus lens to shoot my running kid or busy event... i used to do that when everything was manual during my high school days (you will loose a lot of moments if you do so). its rather impractical now when you have all the available fast AF lenses. thats why i coined it "take pictures"... a canon 24-105 f4Lis will take care of that as well as the canon 100-400Lis although these AF lenses are also capable of "making pictures"... the manual focus with the manual aperture ring lenses makes me frame differently since i dont have to rush things ... thats why i coined it "making pictures"

i will post a few of zuiko OM lenses shots soon... 24f2.8 zuiko OM, 50f1.4 zuiko OM, 75-150 f3.5-5.6 zuiko OM

catchy phrase sir, I like it

[Chipmunk888]

good framing edwin.

[zubanu]

wheeew! looking at these pics makes me sad... just dropped my old nikon 50mm lens... the one that was made in japan with metal body... and it shattered part of the front thread... wheeew! sad sad

[cmontoya]

@edwin: Thank you.

--- From an Asahi Super Takumar 28mmm f/3.5 mounted on a Canon 450D (with an M42 to EOS adapter) ---

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This focal length translates to an almost "normal" lens on a crop.

[edwin_sn]

good framing edwin.

thanks... my framing in the posted photos may not be the best, but it sure does make me go back to basics in framing before pressing the shutter

@zubano - i feel for you bai... i never dropped a lens in my entire shooting hobby, but i could just imagine how it feels when your hear the "thug" when something falls

@cmontoya - keep it comin sir... hopefully managhan ta mogamit balik ug karaan nga lens hehehe...