Pentacon 200mm f/4.0 M42 lens on Sony Nex
A review of a classic M42 mount lens, the Pentacon 200mm f/4.0 used on a modern crop sensor mirrorless camera, the Sony Nex 6
Vintage Lenses
A Post type for Vintage Lens
Vivitar 135mm f/2.8 auto telephoto m42 lens on Sony NEX mirrorless camera
A review of a classic M42 mount lens on a modern crop sensor camera – the Vivitar auto 135mm f/2.8 fitted to the Sony Nex 6.
Stripping and cleaning a Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Domiplan 50mm f/2.8 M42 lens
This post describes the procedure to strip down and clean a Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Domiplan lens which had sticky aperture blades
A few samples from a Meyer-Optik Domiplan
This post shares a few sample pictures and a video I took with my Sony Nex 6 camera fitted with an M42 mount Meyer-Optik Domiplan 50mm f/2.8 manual lens.
Meyer-Optik Lydith 30 mm f3.5 on Sony NEX
This a a short review of the Meyer-Optik Lydith 30mm manual focus lens on a sony Nex 6 mirrorless camera.
Takumar 135mm f/3.5 on Nex
This is my short review of the Takumar 135mm f/3.5 M42 mount short telephoto lens on my Sony Nex 6 camera.
Pentacon 29mm f/2.8 lens on NEX 6 Mirrorless camera
This is a short pictorial review of the Pentacon 29mm f/2.8 Multi Coated manual lens on the Sony Nex 6 camera.
Helios 44M focus thread clean up
This post describes the procedure I used on my Helios 44m prime lens after I discovered the focus ring was sticky and gummed up with old grease
Pentacon electric 50mm f/1.8 review on Sony Nex 6
A review of the Pentacon electric 50 mm f/1.8 lens on a Sony NEX 6 mirrorless camera
Star D/Image lens review on Sony NEX 6
This is a short review of two lenses I picked up from eBay a couple of weeks ago when I bought a Minolta X300 SLR camera and they were bundled with it.
Samples from the impressive Minolta 50mm f/1.7 prime
This is a post featuring some pictures I took today with a Minolta 50mm f/1.7 prime lens fitted to my Sony NEX 6 mirrorless camera.
Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f/2.8 strip down and clean
This post describes how I stripped down and cleaned a Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f/2.8 lens.