Taken with Kinon Superior 5cm f1.8 projection lens, with rear element reversed. Photo by Toby M
Category: vintage lenses
old manual focus lenses
Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 55mm f1.4
All photos made Lukas B. with this nice manual focus Zeiss Lens.
Color Yashinon DX 45mm f1.7
I redesigned the sony nex 3d printed adapter for my Fuji. I used the bayonet from Fuji dummy lens XF 18-55mm f2.8-4. Im reduced height Sony NEX adapter around 0.5mm. All work fine, minimal focus and infinity. All taken test photos is on aperture f1.7. In this project (Yashinon GS DX 45mm 1.7 lens conversion […]
Distagon 35mm f1.4 C/Y
Photo made by Lukas B. All photos taken with Distagon 35mm f1.4 C/Y.
A few portraits with Helios (Гелиос) 40-2 85mm f1.5
A couple of photos taken with a great Russian lens Gelios 40-2 85mm f1.5. My version is old, ’87, but like a new, model with a narrow focus ring. It is very sharp in the middle, so it should be used. All photos were taken at the maximum aperture of f1.5. Sony and Fuji bodies […]
Zibello (Parma – Italy) – Fujifilm X-T2 + Pentax-M SMC 28mm f3.5
Photo made by Michele C, used Fujifilm X-T2 + Pentax smc M 28mm f3.5
Vivitar 135mm f2.5 (rare 2.5 Tokina sn37xxx version)
Photo taken by Steffen O
Konica 40mm f/1.8 on Fuji 50R
By Clint L.
Portraits with Soviet lenses
In this article tested few Russian lens, Helios 44/77/81/89/103, Jupiter 8/9/12, MIR 24, Zenitar-M 50 f1.7, Tele-Zenitar 135mm f/2.8
Russian lens Mix Helios 81N Helios 77-M4 Helios 89 Helios 44-M7 Helios 44-2
Helios soup. It contains:Helios-81N (50mm f/2, Nikon F). Probably the sharpest and more contrasty of all. That also makes it a bit more modern-looking, though it definitely is Helios. That extra bit of sharpness is useful when placing subjects off center and when using longer focusing distances. Helios 44 and Biotar 58 fall apart in those […]