Monday, April 25, 2022

Telesar 135mm 1:2.8 T-Mount, First Impression

Telesar 135mm 1:2.8 T-Mount, First Impression
Olympus E-P5, Telesar 135mm 1:2.8 T-Mount Preset
Olympus E-P5, Telesar 135mm 1:2.8 T-Mount Preset
Olympus E-P5, Telesar 135mm 1:2.8 T-Mount Preset
Olympus E-P5, Telesar 135mm 1:2.8 T-Mount Preset
The Vintage Enthusiast: First impression images with a Telesar 135mm 1:2.8 T-Mount Preset, a very likable legacy tele.
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Bought his lens on a hunch that it might be a good buy as I have not seen any other around, looks clean and tidy and it was in a hardly used condition. Realized later that it was not an M42 mount as described in the listing, but rather a T-mount, to which I needed to add a new lens adapter to the growing list of lens adapters that I already have for the aging E-P5.


Olympus E-P5, Telesar 135mm 1:2.8
Olympus E-P5, Telesar 135mm 1:2.8 T-Mount Preset


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Monday, April 18, 2022

Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8, Calm and Collected

Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8, Calm and Collected
Olympus E-P5, Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8
Olympus E-P5, Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8
Olympus E-P5, Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8
Olympus E-P5, Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8
The Vintage Enthusiast: Image making with a Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8.
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One lens I could never miss out on is the Nikon series, and even with the lowly Series E variant, images are always beyond superlatives...

Olympus E-P5, Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8
Olympus E-P5, Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8


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Monday, April 11, 2022

Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8, Sunrise

Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8, Sunrise
Olympus E-P5, Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8
Olympus E-P5, Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8
Olympus E-P5, Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8
Olympus E-P5, Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8
The Vintage Enthusiast: Catching the early morning sun with a Minolta MD MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm F2.
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Being the occasional early riser, I do take the opportunity of looking out across to the park at the break of the sun, occasionally with a camera in hand. This one of those days, and for the shots, the Olympus E-P5 was fitted with a vintage Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8.


Olympus E-P5, Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8
Olympus E-P5, Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8


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Monday, April 4, 2022

Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4, In Black and White

Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4, In Black and White
Olympus E-P5, Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4
Olympus E-P5, Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4
Olympus E-P5, Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4
Olympus E-P5, Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4
The Vintage Enthusiast: Image making with a Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4, post-processed in monochrome.
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The lens was a surprise find, I have no prior ideas or knowledge about its presence or make. It came through the mail out of a job-lot sale. Big and bulky, the lens it seems, is made by Sankor, is a pre-set with an M42 mount, weighs in at a hefty 670 grams, and has many blades which I have yet to count.

Olympus E-P5, Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4
Olympus E-P5, Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4

When it came, Lumax Gold Star 200mm 1:4 was less than perfect though, it has a few tufts of fungal sprawls within its inner elements but surprisingly, it is virtually dust-free. An interesting bonus to me was the built-in tripod mount on a rotating ring, which makes it convenient for me to mount on the E-P5 via an M42 mount adapter.



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