Vintage Magic

[Black Pearl]

I might not have been around much but I am still shooting almost every day. Typically I'll have my X100T over my shoulder but this last week or so its been the X-T3 and some old lenses.

 

...and a couple for Polly

 

[Clicker]

Aw .... My favourite pooch...Looks like he's howling in that last pic Beepy ..... I'm still on the look out for  a vintage lens as I said ...I  love the  bokeh  produced by some of them ...That seedhead  is  fabulous ... Good to  see you on here again Beeps ....

[FUJI]

It really is great to see you return BP, that pooch of your has matured nicely, a rather unique dog I think?

Vintage film lenses?....I’ve had to stop buying them because I have literally filled the top drawer of a large Victorian sideboard with an amazing variety.

I swap and change them to my GX8 on a fairly regular basis,.....as I have matured as a photographer, I am becoming more selective of my subjects. Physically I’m not up to getting about as much as I used to, but our small town produces the goods at times.

My current favourite lenses, are.....1:  my AF Panasonic/Leica 25 mm (50 mm on M 4/3rd. ) it produces the goods.

                                                         2: My three current DIY lenses, for their sheer simplicity and outstanding performance, now that I have manual macro focusing mastered again.

I shot my first stacked shots yesterday, but won’t have time to process them until I have another project finished.

FUJI

[Black Pearl]

I too have a burdening drawer full of vintage lenses but they're all a little different and fun to experiment with.

I have a Canon nFD 50mm f1.4 which is outstanding and is now part of my main kit and I still have the CCTV lens knocking about which is fun. I picked up a pinhole kit a while back but its a bugger to get anything remotely sharp as the format is too small....needs a big sensor or neg.

[Ryewolf]

Some interesting results BP, I've seen a few of these on your Twitter feed...

[Black Pearl]

10 minutes ago, Ryewolf said:

Some interesting results BP, I've seen a few of these on your Twitter feed...

Cheers mate - you'll find me there most days and its where all my shots end up.