Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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RioRico wrote:
My zebra Vega 11U also cost US$1... plus US$16 shipping from Kiyev. Those 10 iris blades do make for nice bokeh, and it is edge-to-edge sharp like all usable enlarger lenses. It is a good candidate for a focusing helicoid, or maybe I'll find some trashed PK/OM/CY/AI/M42 50mm lens and mount the Vega on its body.
I am a real sucker for cheap enlarger lenses. Those longer than 80mm can usually reach infinity focus on my M42 or PK bellows and so are good for general non-macro photography. Shorter lenses are great for close work. And they are so cheap! I like cheap.
Similarly cheap, are projector lenses. No aperture diaphragm, such is always wide-open unless I add a Waterhouse stop behind it, but some do have rude focusing helicoids and are easily mounted for general use. Bad cheap one have the most character, of course. Even some as short as 60mm can be bellows-mounted and reach infinity focus, maybe after chopping the plastic body and adding a thin macro-tube ring as an adapter. Some are zooms; some are PC; all are funky, I mean interesting. _________________ Too many film+digi cams+lenses, oh my -- Pentax K20D, K-1000, M42s, more
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