Category: Retro fit
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Carl Zeiss Jena 29mm f/2.8
Retro fit The retrofit series features lenses from before the digital camera era being used on modern cameras. This is the fourth post in the series. You may remember the article on the Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm DDR lens. It was broken, but some of the images still worked out quite nicely. In June I…
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Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 DDR
Retro fit The retrofit series features lenses from before the digital camera era being used on modern cameras. This is the third post in the series. Here’s a picture of this lens that isn’t like the other photos of lenses on this site: You might notice there’s no blue and white grid background. You might,…
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Helios 44M
Retro fit The retrofit series features lenses from before the digital camera era being used on modern cameras. This is the second post in the series. Swirly bokeh. If you read up about the Helios 44M online you’ll almost certainly see these words. I unsarcastically love this post on digital photography school as it’s so…
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Canon FD 135mm f/2.5 S.C.
Retro fit The retrofit series features lenses from before the digital camera era being used on modern cameras. Here’s the first! Back in December 2023, when I knew I was going to write Lens Flair, I decided that I had to at least try a “vintage” lens. I looked around a bit online and I…
Lens Flair 