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Agfa Karat 3,5 & collection

Nadezhda Konovalova wrote 2 days ago: More than a week ago we became happy owners of prewar “point&shoot”Agfa Karat 3,5. T … more →

Tags: AGFA, Agfa Karat, Lens, manual glasses, Pentax, Photo, retro camera, yashika

Wilson!

scosurf wrote 3 weeks ago: A few things happened today: I left the Wilson house. I learned that there’s a little green do … more →

Tags: the life, Art, Design, Photography, sco surf, SCO, scosurf, scosurfing, art and design

OM mount Kitstar 200mm f/3.3 on the Sony Alpha 700

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: The Kitstar 200mm is a lens that I acquired very cheaply on Ebay last year – it was an impulse purch … more →

Tags: Photography, digital slr, telephoto, Bower Adapter, sony alpha 700, Sony α, 3rd party lenses, Kits Camera, Kitstar

Olympus mount Kitstar 200mm f/3.3 on Sony Alpha 700

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: The Kitstar 200mm is a lens that I acquired very cheaply on Ebay last year – it was an impulse purch … more →

Tags: 35mm SLR, 3rd Party Lens, Bokeh, Cheap Awesome Lens, COLOR, Digital, Driveby, Flowers, Hand Held

More on D.O. Industries

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Here’s some additional history on DO Industries – apparently they go back even further than I though … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Cheap Awesome Lens, Classic Camera, Lenses, Macro Lens, Macrophotography, david goldstein, DO Industries, Ernst Gundlach

Sony Alpha 700 Macrophotography - II: D.O. Industries 135mm f/4.5 on Spiratone Bellowscope1 comment

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Anyone ever hear of D.O. Industries? I had never come across any lenses from them until I suddenly r … more →

Tags: Photography, digital slr, telephoto, sony alpha 700, T-mount on Alpha, Macrophotography, 3rd party lenses, Spiratone, bellows

Sony Alpha 700 Macrophotography - II: Cheap D.O. Industries 135mm f/4.5 on Spiratone Bellowscope

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Anyone ever hear of D.O. Industries? I had never come across any lenses from them until I suddenly r … more →

Tags: Macro, 3rd Party Lens, lighting, COLOR, exposure, Tripod/Monopod, Composition, Photo Technique, Photography

Olympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part II: George Washington Masonic Temple with a Zuiko 35-70mm f/4

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: I finally got around to visiting the George Washington Masonic temple in Alexandria – it’s a shame t … more →

Tags: Photography, digital slr, Zuiko, Bower Adapter, Zuiko on Alpha, sony alpha 700, Sony α, zoom, 3rd party lenses

Olympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part II: George Washington Masonic Temple with a Zuiko 35-70mm f/4

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: I finally got around to visiting the GW Masonic temple in Alexandria – it’s a shame that I haven’t b … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, 50mm, Architecture, Black & White, Bower Adapter, Cheap Awesome Lens, Composition, Digital, Driveby

Olympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part I - Zuiko lenses on Sony Alpha series cameras3 comments

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: A while ago, I had written about a Bower made Minolta AF to OM adapter that I was able to use on my … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Bower Adapter, Cheap Awesome Lens, Digital, Lenses, Olympus, Olympus lens on Sony, Photography, SONY A700

Olympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part I - Zuiko lenses on Sony Alpha series cameras1 comment

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: A while ago, I had written about a Bower made Minolta AF to OM adapter that I was able to use on my … more →

Tags: Photography, digital slr, Zuiko, Bower Adapter, Zuiko on Alpha, sony alpha 700, Sony α, 3rd party lenses, Olympus Manual Lens

Sony Alpha 700: Macrophotography with Bellows and Hansa 50mm f/3.52 comments

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, I found this vintage Hansa 50mm f3.5 on eBay at a very reasonable price. It was new … more →

Tags: Photography, digital slr, sony alpha 700, T-mount on Alpha, Macrophotography, 3rd party lenses, Spiratone, T Mount, bellows

Sony A700 Macrophotography: Spiratone Bellowscope with Hansa 50mm f/3.5

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, I found this vintage Hansa 50mm f3.5 on eBay at a very reasonable price. It was new … more →

Tags: lighting, Composition, Photo Technique, Photography, Hand Held, 50mm, Cheap Awesome Lens, Macrophotography, Macro Lens

Mounting Manual Lenses on the Sony A7001 comment

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Happy New Year! As the first post for 2008, I thought I’d write a brief note on mounting all t … more →

Tags: A700 Customization, Bower Adapter, Photography, sony alpha 700, Sony α, T-mount on Alpha, Zuiko on Alpha, A mount, Bower α Adapter

How to mount a manual focus lens on the Sony Alpha 7003 comments

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Happy New Year! As the first post for 2008, I thought I’d write a brief note on mounting all t … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Bower Adapter, Cheap Awesome Lens, Lens Compatability, Lenses, Photography, SONY A700, sony alpha 700, T Mount

Backyard Wildlife - Soligor C/D 500mm on Sony Alpha 700

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: I mounted the Soligor 500mm mirror on the Sony A700 using the Minolta AF-Olympus OM Bower adapter. T … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Bokeh, exposure, Nature, Photography, Photo Opportunism, Digital, Hand Held, Soligor

Sauter's Delight

ajoy muralidhar wrote 2 years ago: Sauter’s Delight is a farm located just outside of Westminster, MD on Old Bachman’s Vall … more →

Tags: Zuiko, Vivitar, Places, 3rd Party Lens, 35mm SLR, COLOR, OM-1, OM-2, exposure

Brief Retrospective on Olympus/Zuiko – one year and 100 posts later.1 comment

ajoy muralidhar wrote 2 years ago: When I was looking through the Blog Stats for Olympuszuiko, I realized that this is the 100th post. … more →

Tags: Olympus Trip 35, Zuiko, Kiron, Vivitar, Minolta, 3rd Party Lens, 35mm SLR, manual cameras, Olympus

Maryland Fall - Zuiko 100mm f/2.8

ajoy muralidhar wrote 2 years ago: The Zuiko 100mm f/2.8 is one of the best lenses made by Olympus. It’s a sweet lens… and … more →

Tags: Zuiko, 35mm SLR, COLOR, Photography, manual cameras, OM-2n, Olympus, Lenses, film


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