cult lens fun

[uphwiz]

who are the subjects theyre beautiful

 

[Av8tor1]

Jimmy,

Thanks...

The first image is from a mixed sarr mini bog, so don't really know...
Second image is either S. Leah Wilkerson or S. Adrian Slack, I have both species in 5 gallon buckets sitting nest to each other...
Their labels are buried by the moss, but I think its LW

 

[Av8tor1]

My vintage lens collection:

1. Vivitar Series One 70-210mm Kiron mfg. 1st generation
2. Vivitar Series One 70-210mm Komine mfg. 3rd generation
3. Vivitar 28mm “Close Focus” wide angle Komine mfg.
4. Vivitar 2x macro Teleconvertor
5. Helios 44M-3 58mm
6. Helios 44M-7 58mm
7. Jupiter-9 85mm f/2.0
8. Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4
9. Takumar “S-M-C” 50mm f/1.4
10. Yashica ML 50mm f/1.4
11. Yashica ML 50mm f/1.7
12. Yashica ML 24mm f/2.8
13. Yashica ML 28mm f/2.8
14. Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.7 AEJ
Would consider trades for the above Pentax-A PK's (EXC condition)

 

[Av8tor1]

S. Adrian Slack image taken yesterday with vintage S-M-C Takumar 50mm f/1.4

photoshop playing:

 

[Av8tor1]

Yashica ML 50mm f/1.7

Yashica ML 50mm f/1.7

A very nice lens IMHO,
No post processing other then a bump on brightness (camera was set on -1/3), crop on one, and resizing.
Some rumors surround the Yaz ML series of lenses
Yashica ML 50mm f/1.7 can be found on Ebay for 50ish.. at least two variants exist, so do your homework.
Supposedly, there is a big difference in performance.

S. 'Leah Wilkerson'

Av

 

[Tanukimo]

Ooh, scary wasp. Did it get caught while you were taking pictures?

 

[Av8tor1]

Nope, never did see him go below the rim... he just flew from pitcher to pitcher (while I was wanting to snap the pic of course lol)

 

[Av8tor1]

Moon shot

I missed getting a shot of the "Honey" Moon Friday night, so got out last night and got what I could.
Wasn't the same but oh well....

Canon T3i/600D
1980's Vivitar/Konime Series 1 70-210mm w/ Vivitar 2x Macro Teleconvertor

 

[PsychoSarah]

You should have seen the moon. It was like a pseudo sun, with all the yellow.

 

[Av8tor1]

ugh.... to be honest, I totally forgot....

fail :-(

 

[jimscott]

I would have used this for the June photo contest, but technically, it was late May.

 

[Bio]

You should have seen the moon. It was like a pseudo sun, with all the yellow.

It didn't look any different for me, other than being a little brighter.

 

[mobile]

Oh well, you'll just have to wait for the next on in 2098

 

[PsychoSarah]

It didn't look any different for me, other than being a little brighter.

Maybe you didn't see it at its best?

 

[Av8tor1]

I told myself "no more 50mm lenses"
But then I found this true classic on the cheap and couldn't resist

1970's-1980's Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.7 AEJ
No PP other than crop and resize!

 

[Av8tor1]

Early 1970's Vivitar/Kiron Series 1 70-210mm Macro Zoom
Canon T3i
No post processing other than crop and resize

 

[Favian]

I just can't, with that last pic! Amazing!

 

[Av8tor1]

thanks Favi, it may be my first cultivar, but I will grow it at least another year first

 

[Monkey]

I picked up a Vivivtar Series 1 1st generation quite a while ago for a good deal, think it was around 30 bucks. I stuffed it in the camera bag and it just kinda sat there. For Christmas I received an Amazon gift card, so I decided to finally get an adapter since my kit lens has been buggy. Let me tell you, I am very excited I did. I haven't had so much fun taking pics in quite a while. I got it this afternoon, so here are a couple of pics from me just messing around. All the photos are completely unedited/uncropped. Taken with a Canon Rebal XT

Tiny, near illegible paragraph on the back of a Canadian $10 bill:

My pitiful lil Cpehalotus. The smaller pitcher is around 3mm:

I got to set up some light this evening and took some pics of U. sandersonii "Blue":

 

[Av8tor1]

The series 1, gen1 is an amazing lens.... I think I read somewhere to manufacture that lens today, it would have to sell for like 1500USD

Story goes Vivitar lost money on each one of the gen 1's they sold, but were eager to get market share at the time.

Outstanding find and pics Monkey, enjoy the classic glass!!
hmmm pretty sure I have a pdf of the manual somewhere, and maybe the factory service manual.... Ill dig around and see