$5 Telephoto I Found On KEH

AminF wrote:

I love these shots. They have a wonderful feel to them, especially the flower shot. I bet that would look great printed to a good size and hung on a wall. Love the sunsets as well. Lots of atmosphere and feel to them.

Thank you! What I love about these is that they are quite minimally edited. The colors are amazing. My favorite is the last sunset photo. It’s a photo I didn’t think was really possible before I got this lens.

I have the Nikon Z6 and 24-70 S F4 and it’s very sharp. Too sharp in some ways for portraits. I’d like to find a vintage portrait lens to use with it (or on one of my Panasonics), but so far I haven’t seen anything.

A softer lens can produce a nice effect with portraits. I find the Vivitar 28-90 f2.8-3.5 great for that, though I don’t believe it can be found for less than $100.

I’ve never seen a lens as low as $5, but I think I’ll go bargain hunting this weekend around some local secondhand stores. I might find something that is unloved and cheap!

I never have either unless it was faulty. Perhaps they made a mistake and put an excellent lens at a faulty price. I think because it was a miscellaneous unknown brand they weren’t able to find a value for it and just went with $5? It says Topaz on the lens but I couldn’t find any other name on it that would identify it to a certain brand. Topaz 80-200mm f4. Very lucky find though.