Vintage lenses – or waste glass recycling
The nice thing of a DSLR – and also mirrorless system cameras – is, that there are plenty of vintage lenses (“waste glass”) which can easily adapted (“recycled”). The results may vary, sometimes the are better but sometime even much worse than with the kit-lenses. Anyhow it’s fascinating, that you have (and must take) full control over exposure time, aperture and focus. At least this is a reason to deal with this subject.
Number one: Helios-44M (Zenit), Flohmarktfund für 5 EUR.
Helios-44M
Let’s go black and white
Recently while shopping I noticed by chance the Kodak BW400CN film. I still have a MINOX 35GL, but the battery was exhausted. Since these batteries contain mercury they are no longer available. While searching in the internet I found an alternative. 2 pcs CR 1 /3, but you have to insulate the battery well with a piece of plastic film (20×45 mm) inside the battery tube, otherwise one battery would be short-cutted. But there are also “real” battery adapters available .
My wife “Aeld” in the Stuttgart subway
To Thailand…
Now it’s already a month ago that I picked up my boss emmm… wife in Thailand. With me was my new toy, a Canon EOS 600D.
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