Just for fun I test some $5 antique lenses! Photos Too.

[gnashings]

Honestly, I sat here, mesmerized by these photos - I love your composition and exposure of the first shot. The vignetting does not bother me in this case. And imagining you (not that I have a clue of what you look like ) with a LF rig and those old lenses in that settign just seemed like something worth seeing - truly timeless. Much like, by the look of it, those "little" lenses! Made my evening!

 

[jimgalli]

Thanks all for kind thoughts. Gnashings, yes, that's why I can ignore the signs, me and my camera are so decrepit that we simply blend right in

 

[Seele]

Perhaps I am not really that mad (relatively speaking) still using Voigtlander Petzvals. Well done Jim!

 

[Charles Webb]

Jim, to me what you are doing and have done is what keeps me interested in photography. The old optics I am sure give thanks to you for giving them another opportunity to perform their magic. Looking forward to more posts
from you!

 

[gnashings]

Jim, to me what you are doing and have done is what keeps me interested in photography...

Exactly! Well said! Now I'm going back to look at thos pics again!

 

[Calamity Jane]

Abso-posi-mag-WONDERFUL! Beautiful pictures!!!! When I grow up, I want to be able to take pictures that wonderful

 

[Dan Fromm]

Abso-posi-mag-WONDERFUL! Beautiful pictures!!!! When I grow up, I want to be able to take pictures that wonderful

Jane, its not the gear, its the photographer.