A Tessar on a D50

M42 Lenses

You make a lot of mediocre photographs using old M42 screw lenses on digital cameras, and some, probably many, are execrable. But then you get the odd half-decent one, meaning you have triumphed against the odds. Not all the pictures here are a triumph against the odds, but there are a few, I hope.
Warmer Edit

Warmer Edit

02 Dec 2015 7 6 92
Canon EOS 40D camera with a Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens on an extension tube. f/4; 1/90th; 1600 ISO.
Peel Here

Peel Here

05 Dec 2015 1 384
Can of oil bought in 1999. Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens.
Oil, 1999

Oil, 1999

05 Dec 2015 1 223
Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens.
Rags

Rags

05 Dec 2015 225
Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens on extension tube.
Office Suite W.C.1

Office Suite W.C.1

10 Dec 2015 1 2 210
Peter Pan Foundations, Shepherd Street, Mayfair, London. 1966 'She' magazine advertisement. With some adaptations, including small ads from an 'Evening Standard' of similar vintage. Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 + Tubes.
Premises

Premises

10 Dec 2015 2 233
Peter Pan Foundations, Shepherd Street, Mayfair, London. 1966 'She' magazine advertisement. With some adaptations, including small ads from an 'Evening Standard' of similar vintage. Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 + Tubes.
Rowney

Rowney

23 Dec 2015 1 1 211
Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 + extension tube. f/4.8; 1/125th; 1600 ISO.
George Rowney & Co Ltd

George Rowney & Co Ltd

13 Jan 2016 1 2 251
Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens + extension tube.
Four Pencils

Four Pencils

13 Jan 2016 247
Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 50mm f/1.4 lens + extension tube.
Pencil

Pencil

13 Jan 2016 7 3 247
Pencil photographed with a Canon EOS 30D and a Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens on an extension tube.
35-70mm

35-70mm

13 Jan 2016 203
35-70mm Nikkor lens photographed with a Canon EOS 30D and a Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens on an extension tube.
Camera Lens

Camera Lens

13 Jan 2016 1 114
Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 50mm f/1.4 lens + extension tube.
Unexpected Colours

Unexpected Colours

13 Jan 2016 2 1 114
Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 + extension tube.
Mothers' Union

Mothers' Union

14 Jan 2016 1 1 211
St. Cyriac's Church, Lacock. Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens.
Lacock Abbey Botanical Garden

Lacock Abbey Botanical Garden

14 Jan 2016 1 200
Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens.
Exhibition

Exhibition

14 Jan 2016 255
When I was visiting Lacock Abbey, the museum had an exhibition of Tim Rudman's Icelandic pictures. Although they were unquestionably excellent, I found them stark. The frames they were in, on the other hand, were very interesting. Photographed with a Canon EOS 30D and an old Tomioka-made Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens.
Fox Talbot Museum

Fox Talbot Museum

14 Jan 2016 2 1 185
Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens.
Ferrules

Ferrules

25 Jan 2016 188
Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens on an extension tube.
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