Legendary manual lens

 · It’s especially suitable for portrait and still life subjects because the A-mount Minolta STF mm is not a soft focus lens—it’s a very sharp, lens with noticeably enhanced bokeh. The lens incorporates two separate diaphragms, a 9-bladed diaphragm controlled by the camera with the lens set to Auto (A) mode, and a rounded bladed aperture ring controlled by the lens aperture ring when its .  · No longer in production, this legendary portrait lens is renown for its sharpness, contrast and “compression” of scene elements. You can find this bad boy on eBay for a decent price, but lazy photographers beware: it has what we call “manual focus.” ~$ used. Canon mm f/ The nikon f/ is a legendary lens. It's also not too expensive. Pentax 55 f/ and 55 f/2 are very good lenses and good value. It won't adapt to your Canon but the Minolta f/ is just silly good. There's a leica r version that's excellent but more expensive.

As for long lenses, I chose zooms over primes, because Minolta's primes are legendary. Back in the s, Leitz's lovely M-mount system was losing out to Japanese SLRs and they didn't have the specific technology needed to make their own. Nikon's manual focus lenses span a long production history and come at all price levels. Many. Lydith 30mm / Pentacon 30mm - the compact travel companion. The Meyer-Optik Lydith 30mm is a very compact (as the name suggests) and nowadays still rather affordable wide angle lens. Prices currently start at around $ The lens is mostly found with the M42 and EXA/EXAKTA mount. This lens is legendary; it was produced towards the end of the OM era and was part of a series designed to showcase their optical prowess. It's probably a better lens than the Zeiss Makro-Planar 2/ - it certainly has less purple fringing, and it's more compact. He enjoys using a mixture of legacy manual lenses, modern manual lenses.

This legendary lens is one of Minolta’s most popular manual focus lenses. It was introduced in the late s and it remained a favorite of many photographers. This lens is well-known for its speed – it has a super fast aperture of f/ However, it’s a quite heavy lens because of such aperture. The nikon f/ is a legendary lens. It's also not too expensive. Pentax 55 f/ and 55 f/2 are very good lenses and good value. It won't adapt to your Canon but the Minolta f/ is just silly good. There's a leica r version that's excellent but more expensive. The Unsung Heroes of 35mm Photography – Part III (Manual Focus SLR Lenses) by Dan K Definitely worth the wait. Dan K is back with another massively comprehensive guide to the unsung heroes of the film camera world. This time covering something that many have been waiting for. Lenses.