My new years resolution: Blog on using my vintage lenses

[dude163]

http://dude163.blogspot.com/


let me know what you think, any criticism/advice is welcome

cheers

Happy new year

[Attila]

Submit your link here too.

http://forum.mflenses.com/carlzeissjena-com-t35289.html

[dude163]

Done

[martinsmith99]

I like blogs, so I'll keep a watch on this one.

[kds315*]

Looks indeed promising Robert!

[Lloydy]

Excellent blog, saved to Bookmarks.

[LucisPictor]

[dude163]

Thats what gave me the idea!

[Ash]

Nice blog.. may if u can also give a small introduction to each lens.. may be a small history?

[IAZA]

let me share mine, http://ihyaahsani.blogspot.com/p/lens-list.html

[Transit]

[dude163]

Thanks all

Ash: I wanted to save that for later on , I dont want to spend all the time on it and have noone read/use it, this was sort of an experiment to see what would happen. But I agree, a short history and I also need to add some links

[cooltouch]

Nice looking blog, Dude!

Hey, about sharing blog links, I recommend we start a separate thread on that subject, which most likely should be a sticky, so that members here can more easily find other members' blogs.

I have a blog that I occasionally post to and usually the information there is photography related:

http://mwmcbroom.wordpress.com/

Although I think I'm gonna be moving it over to my own domain soon.

[ricardovaste]

I really like the idea, I'll follow it for sure, thanks for showing us! I think what I'd like to see is more variety in the photographs, a lot of them just seem like close up images of nothing in particular. I do enjoy the first image though

[greg]

Good start on the blog.

Mine - it has links to two more - I am not an image guy, I enjoy playing with my toys and occasionally have some success.

http://f22plus.wordpress.com/

[Nordentro]

Awesome, keep up the good work

[dude163]

Updated with some info and a non-abstract shot

[dude163]

http://dude163.blogspot.com/2011/01/helios-44m-6-best-bang-for-buck-m42.html

[cooltouch]

Nice write-up, Dude. I'm already pretty well fixed up in the normal lens department, but one thing about these old Soviet lenses I've never understood is their naming terminology. I would be interested in picking one up in an ultrawide focal length. What would something like that be called, say for focal lengths 24mm and wider? Is it still a "Helios" or another name? I'll wager they're not as cheap as the normal Helioses, though, are they?

[Olivier]

Hi Michael,
Here is a link to a russian site about theur lenses.
Jupiter, Mir, Industar, Helios, Taïr are kind of brands.

http://translate.google.fr/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.photohistory.ru%2F1207248187762117.html&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

Enjoy.

[dude163]

Thats a great link, the disadvantage is that once you get below 28mm, I dont think there is even a thing as a cheap ultrawide lens, so if you are going to spend that much cash ( 150+) you might as well look for a nice Takumar or a Zeiss flektogon for a few dollars more

[Seele]

Getting a bit OT here:

Those who have blogs must have checked out the various blog sits and compared their merits and shortcomings; generally speaking which are the better ones, and how do you pick the one to go for?

[dude163]

I just used blogspot because it was easy to use: )


more updates this week

[cooltouch]

[dude163]

The cool thing for blogspot is its quick and easy, which is what I wanted my blog to be , just a few paragraphs and a photo.

Something i could edit within 5 minutes or less basically