Whether you frequent auctions online or off, you're mindful of the possibility that you may end up with a surprise after you've paid for your winning bid. I won't guess at a figure on what the good-to-bad ratio really is, but there's always a fair chance… Read more
It's been a long time coming. A purchase I made nearly 40 years ago has recently propelled me back into a project that has been on a very slow simmer for decades. The purchased items were 2 small wooden boxes that were both filled with glass lantern… Read more
![Adapted Bronica 100-220mm f/4.8 PE Aspherical IF on a Nikon D5200 [ Konica AR 50mm f/1.7 @ f/11 ]](https://www.lumiworx.humantextures.com/storage/cache/images/000/051/adapted-Bronica100-220mm,large.1587463407.jpg)
For anyone who's chosen to use legacy lenses on digital bodies, the initial lens choices would likely be any of the zillions of manual focus 35mm full frame types. They are plentiful and cheap. They are however, not the only choice. Read more
While looking for some lenses in Contax/Yashica mount for both mirrorless and film, I happened across a Yashica ML 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Macro that was suffering from heavy hazing on the internal elements and needed cleaning… Read more
This article could easily start out as a kind of chicken and egg joke, like "Which came first, the camera or the lens?" If you're game enough to try it, you might find yourself preferring the old glass to the new... plus you'll have far more variety... Read more
I knew nothing much about cameras when I was young. I got to push down the trigger on my Grandma's Brownie Hawkeye camera for the rare times I was allowed to take photos of the grown ups. Read more
A Leica 65mm f/4 Prototype lens from Leitz Canada (ELCAN) that's layed out like a bellows macro, with an aperture and iris, but no built-in focusing helical
A Leitz Canada (ELCAN ) 4/65mm Prototype lens in a temporary mount to adapt to Sony E-Mount [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.4 @ f/8 ]
Dust Bowl photo of migrant workers - Original by Arthur Rothstein - taken in the Tulare Migrant Camp, Visalia, California, March, 1940
Dust Bowl photo of migrant workers - Original by Arthur Rothstein - taken in the Tulare Migrant Camp, Visalia, California, March, 1940 [ Colorist - R. Leist ]
Zeiss V-S 35-70mm f/3.4 - 50mm @ f/5.6 [Sony A7R]
Nicca 50mm f/2.8 L39 Screw Mount - @ f/5.6 [Sony A7R]
A Knob-wind Nicca 3-F from 1956, w/ a 1957-1958 Nicca 50mm f/2.8 lens [Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.4 - 70mm @ f/11 ]
A Yashica Lynx 14E from about 1968 and a slightly earlier Lynx 14 from 1965. Both with a fast and sharp Yashinon-DX 45mm f/1.4 lens [ Canon FL 55mm f/1.2 @ f/5.6 ]
A Nicca 3-F 'Knob-Wind' Rangefinder (Leica LTM clone) w/ Canon Seranar 100mm f/3.5 and auxiliary viewfinder [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.4 - 70mm @ f//8 ]
The 4th and final version of the Ricoh 500, a.k.a. 'Step Top', w/ it's "Triggermatic" winder and Bright-Line Viewfinder [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.5 - 70mm @f/11 ]
The only Zeiss T* Zoom in C/Y mount to feature macro focusing at all zoom settings, and also boasts a fast and constant aperture.
The Yashica YF, based on the Nicca III-L, is a Leica Screw Mount Rangefinder Camera [ Zeiss 70-210mm f/3.5 - in Macro mode @ f/11, 170mm ]
A Rolliei Heidosmat 150mm f/3.5 Projector lens, getting fitted up with a test assembly for an adaption test run.
This isn't a new subject for most digital camera users, and I'll assume you've already seen at least a couple of articles or posts on using them before now. What you may not have seen are a few twists on using an unconventional projector lens, meant for… Read more
Taken before the Waterhouse stop was inserted to control the overly blue-ish glowing highlights and whites.
Rollei Heidosmat 150mm f/3.5 Projection lens conversion test shot - PP w/ Noise reduction, Contrast/Tone/CA
Rollei Heidosmat 150mm f/3.5 Projection lens conversion test shot - PP w/ Contrast/Tone/CA
Rollei Heidosmat 150mm f/3.5 Projection lens conversion test shot - PP w/ Contrast/Tone/CA
Rollei Heidosmat 150mm f/3.5 Projection lens conversion test shot - PP w/ Contrast/Tone/CA
Rollei Heidosmat lens in a trial conversion setup, using a stacked Bronica ETR to Nikon F adapter, and a Nikon F to Sony E adapter.
A 1980's daily user kit from a New York State newspaper photographer, w/ 50mm f/1.4 SSC, 28mm f2/8, and 35mm, f/2.8 [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.5 - 70mm @f/11 ]
A mid to late 1960's twin lens reflex camera from Yashica geared for pros, that uses 220 roll film (and later, w/ 120 or 220) in 6cm x 6cm format [Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.5 - 70mm @ f/8 ]
A most unconventional 35mm rangefinder, w/ side mounted rewind, rear thumbwheel focusing, bottom mounted film advance, and uses LVS (Light Value Sytem) for control. [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.5 - Macro mode @ f/5.6 ]
The initial Contax NX w/ kit lens, and the 70-200mm for added reach [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f.3.5 - 70mm @ f/16 ]
A set of 4 200mm C/Y mount lenses [ Zeiss 35-70mm f/3.5 - 70mm @ f/11 ]
Contax AX w/ 85,1.4 MMG -vs- Contax RX w/ 85,1.4 AEJ [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.4 - 35mm @ f/5.6 ]
Contax AX w/ 85,1.4 MMG -vs- Contax RX w/ 85,1.4 AEJ [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.4 - 35mm @ f/5.6 ]
A fairly rare Yashica Auto TLR that reportedly had a short production lifespan of only a few months. This one was accompanied by another rarity, a Grey leather case. [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.4 - 60mm @ f/11 ]
A Canon Pellix w/ FL 58mm f/1.2. The fastest of the FL Breechlock series of lenses [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.4 @ f/8 in Macro mode ]
Yashica YK Rangefinder w/ Yashica branded Heiland Folding-Mite bulb flash [ Zeiss VS 35-70 f/3.5 - 70mm @ f/8 ]
An early 1900's unbranded 10" rapid rectilinear f/8 to f/64 barrel lens, that uses an adjustable 12 blade diaphragm, with a mid-body ajustment post in the barrel.
The Penta-J model was the initial SLR offered by Yashica after the switch in their lenses from using a proprietary bayonet to the universal M42 screw mount. [ Zeiss VS 35-70mm f/3.4 - 35mm @ f/5.6 ]
Cell Tower - shot with Leitz Hektor 120mm f/2.5 projection lens, after the insertion of a Waterhouse Stop equal to about 1 stop
The first budget model of the early 'Lettered' Yashica twin lens reflex cameras, with shutter speeds of 25, 50, 100, and 300. [ Leitz Hektor 12cm f/2.5 projector lens, from a late 1950's Leitz Prado 500 ]
Taken with an Elgeet 90mm f/4.5 enlarging lens, mounted via an L39 Leica screw mount 90mm extension tube and L39 screw adapter to Sony E-Mount.
E-Yashinon DX 21mm f/3.5 vs. Elgeet 90mm f/4.5 Enlarging lenses
Taken with a E-Yashica DX 21mm f/3.5 Atoron enlarging lens, directly mounted via an L39 Leica screw mount to Sony E-Mount adapter.
An adapted Yashica Atoron E-Yashinon DX 21mm f/3.5 Enlarging Attachment Lens, from it's LTM 39mm screw mount, to Sony E-Mount, plus an Elgeet 90mm f/4.5 Enlarging lens on Leica Macro Tubes, circa 1930's [ Taken with a Yashica AF Macro 60mm f/2.8 @ f/4 ]
An adapted Yashica Atoron E-Yashinon DX 21mm f/3.5 Enlarging Attachment Lens, from it's LTM 39mm screw mount, to Sony E-Mount, plus an Elgeet 90mm f/4.5 Enlarging lens on Leica Macro Tubes, circa 1930's [ Taken with a Yashica AF Macro 60mm f/2.8 @ f/4 ]
Konica AutoReflex T4, AutoWinder, and knuckle grip, loaded with a Hexanon AR 40mm f/1.8; a fast and very sharp semi-wide pancake lens. [ Yashica AF 60mm Macro @ f/5.6 ]
