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Hi,

Here are mines ...

Phoenix 100/3.5 Macro ... A cheap plastic lens, also sold under the Cosina/Vivitar/Promaster brands, easily available for less than 50$ ...










Hope to be able to post more soon ...


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Nice ! I love really first one!


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indianadinos wrote:
Hi,

Here are mines ...

Phoenix 100/3.5 Macro ... A cheap plastic lens, also sold under the Cosina/Vivitar/Promaster brands, easily available for less than 50$ ...





Hope to be able to post more soon ...


Shocked

the last one is simply superb! I love the idea ..

tf


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Very nice shots. I love them all. The pinks in #2 are very soothing as they meet the green background.


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Excellent photos. I love them all. You are very good in playing with light.


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Thanks gentlemen, i really appreciate your comments ...

Hopefully, i will be able to post something more with my new toy, a Pentax-K Bellows 100/4, especially if there will be some sun during this week-end ...

Cheers


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Had difficulties picking one favorite, one so here is some that are amongst my favorites

Pentacon Electric 50mm f/1.8


Soligor Wide-Auto 28mm f/2.8


Steinheil Munchen Culminar 85mm f2.8 VL


Sankyo Kohki Japan Komura 200mm f 3.5



Regards


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Kathmandu wrote:
Had difficulties picking one favorite, one so here is some that are amongst my favorites

Pentacon Electric 50mm f/1.8


Soligor Wide-Auto 28mm f/2.8


Steinheil Munchen Culminar 85mm f2.8 VL


Sankyo Kohki Japan Komura 200mm f 3.5



Regards


I'm around 3 months old with a DSLR (and around 3 months since I fell in love with MF lenses thanks to this Forum! Actually, Attila almost kicked me out due to an offensive Username Laughing )

Here's my little contribution to a great thread with spectacular talent on display:

MC Mir24H + Nikon D90:


MC Mir24H + Nikon D90 - handheld, no tubes/macro whatevers:


MC Helios 44-3 + Nikon D90:


MC Helios 44-3 + Nikon D90:


Jupiter 37A + Nikon D90:


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Hari:
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I'm around 3 months old with a DSLR (and around 3 months since I fell in love with MF lenses thanks to this Forum! Actually, Attila almost kicked me out due to an offensive Username )


Congrats on your 3 months with a DSLR. I am sure you will have lots of great experiences with the medium. I am assuming you changed your username coz Hari is an "a positive name". I have found the this forum to be a very resourceful place with a bevy of experience.

I love the vibes of your first image.

Regards


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Kathmandu wrote:
Hari:
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I'm around 3 months old with a DSLR (and around 3 months since I fell in love with MF lenses thanks to this Forum! Actually, Attila almost kicked me out due to an offensive Username )


Congrats on your 3 months with a DSLR. I am sure you will have lots of great experiences with the medium. I am assuming you changed your username coz Hari is an "a positive name". I have found the this forum to be a very resourceful place with a bevy of experience.

I love the vibes of your first image.

Regards


Laughing Yes I remember.


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Hello everyone!

These are my first images in this forum. All are made with lens Jupiter 37A and my good old Canon 20D.







Last edited by mikimiki on Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:50 pm; edited 2 times in total


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mikimiki wrote:
Hello everyone!

These are my first images in this forum. All are made with lens Jupiter 37A and my good old Canon 20D.







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Beautiful ones indeed! Welcome!


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Lovely photographs. Welcome aboard!


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Wonderful Laughing


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Taken with a Pancolar 50mm f/1.8 (M42) + Canon 350D.




Taken with a SeriesE 105mm f/2.5 (M42) + Canon 350D. The brand is quite unusual. I have never seen a similar lens anywhere else. i know that Nikon has these "Series E" lenses but this one is "SeriesE" (no space) and doesn't look like any Nikon product. The M42 version's gone but now I have another copy of this lens but in a mount that I have never seen, lol.



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Great flower shot. The Pancolar 50/1.8 is a wonderful lens!


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Nice ones! I love especially first one!


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I'm certainly no match for the artistic perspectives of the rest of the group, but I was pretty happy with how this shot turned out:



Vivitar 500mm + Soligor 3x TC + 1.52x D40 crop = 2,280mm...
handheld at 1/100, f/16, ISO 1600. Shocked


For reference, here's the same shot 38 seconds later at 18mm (27mm equivalent):

Very Happy


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Holy crap thats a serious focal length Smile


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Is that the old boat on lake wanaka?Never been there but you see it a lot on travel shows.
Looooong shot. Very Happy


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Taken with Oly E1 + Helios 44M...
OOC jpeg.




EDIT: To Moderator: Please take a look why image link looks broken. And it's not.


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dankec wrote:
Taken with Oly E1 + Helios 44M...
OOC jpeg.




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Lots of nice shots in here.
Hard to pick one of my favorites, so here is one of them regardless. Takumar 100mm F4 marco.



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Lovely colours and good composition.
Surely a very good photo ! Smile