Preppping myself of the 50mm f1.2 manual focus lens

every year, the city of Draguignan celebrate "his" saint, Saint Hermentaire, who brought down the dragon, according to the legend. On that occasion, a firework is fired.

Twilight, Brighton Seafront

max shutter speed @ 1/500 and unmetered (no battery).

So -- I was looking through my camera bag wondering which old manual focus lenses to sell. I thought I needed to experiment with them in the back garden first. Turns out, I like most of them :)

Sony a7r2, Helios 44-2 58mm f2

during Mahashivaratri at Pashupatinath temple, Kathmandu 2009

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Twilight, Churchill Square, Brighton

Tamron Adaptall-2 28mm f2.5.

Minolta 45mm Rokkor - kentmere 100 B&W

Charing Cross Road, London

Nikon Z7ii, Voigtlander 35/2.5 Color Skopar

around Kyaut Ka Latt, Hpa-an, Myanmar

Photo © 2008 alex.aia

The "Bokeh Monster". Pentacon 135mm f/2.8 Preset M42. Shown here with hood.

Nikon D700 | Nikon Series E 75-150mm @ 75mm | ƒ/11 | 1/30s | ISO 200 | Manual Exposure | Manual Focus | Preset White Balance | DIY Lightbox | Tripod

C.Z.J. tessar 50mm f2.8

© 2009 alex.aia

Nikon Nikkor-H.C Auto 85mm f/1.8, AI'd. Shown here with hood HN-7.

Nikon D60 | Nikon Series E 75-150mm @ 75mm | ƒ/16 | 1/6s | ISO 100 | Manual Exposure | Manual Focus | Preset White Balance | DIY Lightbox | Tripod

smc Pentax-A 24-50mm f4.

Cambridge, UK

Nikon Z7ii, Rokkor 35/2.8

Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC lens.

Distortion-corrected using this Adobe lens profile.

Golden Jubilee Bridge, London

Olympia Zeiss 180mm f2.8 manual focus CY + Canon 6D

Helios 44M 58/2

canon eos 20d+carl zeiss tessar 50mm f2.8zebra

in Kamakura

during Ogoh Ogoh parade in Ubud, Bali

Mounument Valley Park, Colorado Springs

Photo: Sony NEX-5N + Chinon 50mm, f1.7

Sai Gon

Lovely serie, but no time to ajust the camera neither focus

ФЛИКР

watch soccer, Euro 2016, on handphone

Jupiter-9 85/2

35mm

f/4

1/25s

ISO 200

The Strand, London.

Bronica RF645, Zenzanon 45/4. HP5@800, Rodinal 1+50