HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

There just something magical about the images captured with old glass and this one is old glass, It's a Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 1:1.4 f=58mm, Built around the Minolta SR-T 101 film camera days, I bought this one used several years ago, it was flawless, like brand new, Price paid $35.00.

Now some of you most likely think I'm crazy, Why take off a $1,000.00 auto focus lens and shoot a old manual focus lens? I'll tell you why, it's a blast, there nothing like being able to set the aperture on the lens and turn that silk smooth focus ring you feel like a real photographer I always have fun with them and it's a real joy to shoot.

There is one kick back, I don't recommend shooting them unless you have focus peaking to be able to focus, A super camera for them is like a Sony a6000 or the new a6300 the camera's are light weight and can shoot all day long.

Now this lens is a full frame lens and these pictures were shot with a Sony a7rII full frame camera, but you don't have to have a full frame camera to shoot them.

Your f stop is not recorded in your camera, so I take a note pad with me and wright it down, I recommend doing this.

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Johnny

1/160 sec @ f/1.4 ISO 200

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1/160 sec @ f/5.6 ISO 200

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1/320 sec @ f/8 ISO 50

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1/160 sec @ f/8 ISO 100

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1/640 sec @ f/8 ISO 100

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1/400 sec @ f/11 ISO 200

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1/250 sec @ f/6.3 ISO 200

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Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

Just beautiful, Johnny, and perfect examples of all the fun you can have with a vintage lens. Great advice on recording your aperture, Johnny. I should have been doing that all along with my Lensbabies, because the aperture is set on the lens, and focusing is the same as with a vintage lens.

angela k Loc: Long Island

Johnny, these a just beautiful, I guess they knew what they were doing with these old lenses back then!!
I have 2 that I bought at a garage sale, with film camera, bag, the works... just waiting on a converter from Amazon to see if they will fit my Canon.

I enjoyed them all!!

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

Beautiful Johnny, that white hibiscus in particular is excellent...

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Exceptionally beautiful shots! You have achieved great clarity and sharpness as well as wonderful color!

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Thanks much Donna, I looked hard at a Lensbaby the other day but couldn't make my self turn on, got to many lens like this one in it's focal length, they make it now for Sony e Mount like what I shoot, there are a lot of manufactories that are building manual focus lenses now, It's amazing how many there are.

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Angela, thank you very much, it is amazing to me how well they are, some much better than today's lenses, No plastic in this one it's all metal and glass. It's called a adapter, not converter I hope you got, it will take some getting some used to but you will have fun. I still have two film camera's and about 16 manual focus lenses.

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Thank you so much Ron, That hibiscus is in the hibiscus family but it's a tree called Rose of Sharon.

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Thank you very much Carol, appreciate you!!!!!

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

Showing my brown thumb again...

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

What a great set, Johnny. Some of these old lenses are optically excellent, even if they don't have all the bells & whistles that modern ones do.

angela k Loc: Long Island

LOL... that's how much I know... Thankfully Donna and her hubby told me what to buy... still waiting!!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Nice set, shows that one doesn't need the latest lenses to make great photographs.

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

Crystal clear, great color, and fun in the shooting. What's not to like?

Great job!

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Now if you were shooting any but the base model Nikon DSLR's, you can enter the focal length & max aperture into the cameras memory & not have to write down your settings. Alas, they don't have focus peaking, but honestly, I have not had any issues getting precise focus & I shoot lots of macro. This Mayfly I shot using a mid 1980's manual focus 105mm macro lens under dim (60 watt) porch lamp.... Download & click again to enlarge image & you can see it's eye facets. I also am one who uses a lot of older glass (I have that Minolta 58mm F1.4 as well as the 50mm F1.4, but use them on my Olympus Pen OM D E-M10 mirrorless since Nikon's registration distance makes adapting lenses to it not worthwhile). Nice images BTW...Nothing wrong with using older glass. After all, most were computer designed & any defects can usually be adjusted for in post.

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