Lens adapter guide
How to adapt a vintage lens to a modern digital camera? In order to use a vintage lens on your modern digital camera you will require (in most cases) an adapter. It’s essentially a...
Vintage Photography from Analog to Zeiss
Adapter Guide / EXA / EXAKTA / Konica AR / Leica M lenses / Leica R / Leica R / M42 / Pentax mount / Nikon F / Olympus-OM / Pentacon Six / Pentax-K / Praktica B / Praktina / Rollei QBM
by bollywoodmovie · Published February 6, 2019 · Last modified February 7, 2019
How to adapt a vintage lens to a modern digital camera? In order to use a vintage lens on your modern digital camera you will require (in most cases) an adapter. It’s essentially a...
Carl Zeiss / EXA / EXAKTA / Flektogon / Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount
by bollywoodmovie · Published March 5, 2017 · Last modified June 21, 2019
The 20 mm 4 Flektogon is a wide-angle lens manufactured by Carl Zeiss Jena in East Germany. The Carl Zeiss Flektogon 20mm 4 is the predecessor of the Carl Zeiss Jena 20mm 2.8 and...
Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount / Meyer-Optik Görlitz / Pentacon Six
by bollywoodmovie · Published December 3, 2016 · Last modified May 13, 2020
The Meyer-Optik Görlitz 300 4 Orestegor (also branded as Pentacon 300) is a 300mm prime tele lens initially manufactured by the Meyer-Optik Görlitz company in East Germany. The Orestegor was introduced in 1967 as a succesor to...
Enna München / Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount
by bollywoodmovie · Published August 2, 2016 · Last modified June 21, 2019
The Enna München Lithagon 3.5 35mm is a wide angle lens manufactured in West Germany by the ENNA company from Munich. The lens was produced in the 1960s and 1970s. The ENNA company was mainly famous...
EXA / EXAKTA / Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount / Meyer-Optik Görlitz
by bollywoodmovie · Published June 15, 2016 · Last modified July 8, 2019
The Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 100 2.8 is an underrated portraiture lens that was manufactured in the former German Democratic Republic by the very reputable Meyer-Optik Görlitz company, which was famous for portraiture lenses such as...
Helios / Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount
by bollywoodmovie · Published April 3, 2016 · Last modified June 21, 2019
The Cyclop 1 H3T-1 nightvision with the 1.5/85mm Helios lens is a very interesting piece of kit. The lens of the Cyclop 1 H3T-1 nightvision is detachable. The nightvision lens generally has a M42 mount...
Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount / Pentax / Pentax-K
by bollywoodmovie · Published June 7, 2015 · Last modified June 21, 2019
The Asahi Pentax Takumar 55mm 1.8 was one of the standard lenses manufactured for the Pentax Spotmatic and later for the Pentax-K cameras. The Takumar 55 1.8 was introduced in 1965 for the Spotmatic...
Industar / Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount
by bollywoodmovie · Published May 23, 2015 · Last modified June 21, 2019
The Industar-50-2 is a curious little 50mm prime lens. It was manufactured in the soviet union for decades until the 1990ies, mostly for the Zenit SLR cameras. The Industar-50-2 is based on the Carl...
Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount / Schneider-Kreuznach
by bollywoodmovie · Published December 2, 2014 · Last modified July 9, 2019
The Schneider-Kreuznach Curtagon electric 2.8 35 is a superb wide-angle prime lens. It was manufactured during the 1970ies in West Germany by the very reputable Schneider-Kreuznach company (which is one of the few classic...
EXA / EXAKTA / Lenses / M42 / Pentax mount / Meyer-Optik Görlitz
by bollywoodmovie · Published September 13, 2014 · Last modified October 15, 2019
The Primoplan 1.9 58mm is a beautiful, highly sought after prime lens that was manufactured between 1952 and 1959 by the Meyer-Optik company in East Germany. During that time Meyer-Optik Görlitz was famous for...
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