December 2022 Part 1 — This Month Through Your Adapted Lens

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MIR-1 lens for Kiev 10/15 mount, made in 1982. This version is one of the ones with a close focus capability.
 
Not a very popular lens, but one that never disappointed me: 28mm f/2.8 Nikkor D.

Both shot at f/4 on the Sony A7C

Point Loma, California
Point Loma, California

Point Loma, California
Point Loma, California

Best,

Ricky
Nice pictures from my home town. Lived just over on the ocean side of PL. I probably water skied there before that marina was built.



an old shot. Look familiar?



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Peace.

John
 
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Nice pictures from my home town. Lived just over on the ocean side of PL. I probably water skied there before that marina was built.

an old shot. Look familiar?

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Peace.

John
Thank you, familiar indeed, both of them! Coronado is favorite spot of mine, and so is Point Loma, of which I can’t have enough. I’ve been visiting both places very often for the last twenty-five years…

Cheers,

Ricky
 
In the Museum Gouda NL. The exhibition is called 'High Skies' and looking at the compositions, you can see why ;)

Fuji X-T4 and Nikkor 1.8 50mm AI.

Speedskating with the finish of the women's 500m on the far right:

By Nicolaas Baur - Leeuwarden 1809
By Nicolaas Baur - Leeuwarden 1809

By Abraham Johannes Couwenberg - ca. 1835
By Abraham Johannes Couwenberg - ca. 1835

Some of you may think that (ice) hockey is a North American invention, well it isn't as you can see in the foreground here ;)

By Barend Avercamp - 1630-1679
By Barend Avercamp - 1630-1679

Gouda used to have defensive walls and gates, none of which are left.
This one is called the Tiendeweg Gate:

Gijsbert Johannes Verspuy - Tiendeweg Gate in Gouda 1858
Gijsbert Johannes Verspuy - Tiendeweg Gate in Gouda 1858

André
 
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Funny I like the flare one the most. I think the flare makes the observer (photographer) active part and witness as well as show the relative strength of the light source.
 
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October was Pentax Month for me; ran across 5-6 Pentax cameras and lenses, ended up picking up 3: Pentax-M 35-2.8, Pentax-A 50/1.7, and a Takumar-A 70-200/4, plus a Takumar-A 2x teleconverter. The 70-200, 50/1.7, teleconverter, and a couple of Tamron hard cases came in a cheap camera bag for $10, probably because it was clogged with dust from a disintegrating fake-leather lens case; fortunately, very little of the dust got inside to the lenses themselves. (The bag, OTOH, I had to blow out three times with an industrial air compressor; my shirt was coated with dust by the end.)

Haven't had time to shoot with the 70-200 yet, but I've been able to take the other two out a couple of times since then. The 35/2.8 is my favorite so far; here's a few pics from this week.



Sigma fp, Pentax-M 35/2.8
Sigma fp, Pentax-M 35/2.8





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Was surprised to see this one flying so low!





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And finally speaking to the title... most of the trees have lost their leaves, but why is the grass still green? Liked the way all the colors contrasted here.

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I had hoped to take more different kinds of images with this budget lens, but the weather was not conducive and I have to admit inspiration didn't hit me either. I did visit the botanical gardens in Wellington New Zealand and got these. It's a fairly capable lens for this type of work, although the background blur is limited by how close you can get but still have the flower fully in frame at 70mm where the macro function works best. So it works best for smaller flowers where you can get as close as you'll ever need to while still being able to keep the target in the DOF.
 
A beautiful day in the snow using the first version of Samyang 14mm 2.8 EF mount.



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I've already mentioned one of its 'bigger brothers' the 80 mm f/5.6 Meogon. Now I got to try the 50 mm which also seems to have been an outstanding enlarging lens for its time. I'm pretty sure it's also stopped down to f/5.6 intentionally in order to provide better image quality. Seems to work, as far as I'm concerned (who doesn't care about the relatively slow max. aperture)

Don't screw with my head!

Don't screw with my head!


The day that turned everything upside down...

The day that turned everything upside down...


Don‘t worry… you‘re completely safe!

Don‘t worry… you‘re completely safe!


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Experimenting manual lens enthusiast.
 
It was long time ago, I'm using much more native lenses. Recently I got Contax Makro - Planar C 60mm f2.8 C/Y which is an excellent macro lens but is more than appropriate for the landscapes.

CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2
CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2

CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2, Multiple photo stitch
CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2, Multiple photo stitch

CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2, Multiple photo stitch
CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2, Multiple photo stitch

CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2
CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2

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It was long time ago, I'm using much more native lenses. Recently I got Contax Makro - Planar C 60mm f2.8 C/Y which is an excellent macro lens but is more than appropriate for the landscapes.

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CZ Makro-Planar C 60mm f2.8 @ f8, Camera Sony A7RM2, Multiple photo stitch



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Wonderful shots - I find this one particularly beautiful!

Is this lens similar to the S-Planar 60 mm and do you know if it’s Tomioka/Yashica made?

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Experimenting manual lens enthusiast.
 

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