Some of the Takumar M42-lenses I owned/own. Works great on my Canon EOS, of course :) And they are also very pretty.

I have read in several places now that Kodachrome production will end. I thought this was old news, but I might be suffering from deja vu. Sad, surely, but I have to admit I never actually used it. But that’s true for many old things which I love, I use them today instead. If you wan’t to read more there’s a thread on MFlenses, feel free to give more source in the comments.

Update:
Tribute on Kodak
On FLickr blog

Water avens (Geum rivale) is a beautiful flower. Sadly I can’t remember which lens I used here, but I think the Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7 is a very lightly candidate. It’s nice to digg through the archive sometimes, you find some wonderful pieces forgotten.

A day in the park with my daugter digging in the sandbox. We hade fun with some friends and had a good break from everyday troubles. I like the attitude in this photo! I think this was made with Asahi Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55mm/1.8 M42-lens. I had it on the camera all afternoon. It’s has a good feeling with fast focus and quality.

These beautiful flowers Aquilegia vulgaris grow in a place near my home (yes, I live in a nice place). They come in different shades of blue to white. In swedish they are called Akleja, according to Wikipedia en english name is European Columbine. The image is made with my lens Asahi Super-Takumar 28mm/3.5, an M42 lens attached to my Canon EOS 350D. I also used an M42 extensionring from Chinon. I kind of like the result.

This time of year Sweden is a beautiful place (well it can be all year around of course). Near midsummers eve the landscape blooms and flowers of many kinds prosper. In july many people have vacation, but I will look for work and fight to survive for a couple of months I guess. I can still admire the beauty of nature.

The images was created with Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7 on Canon EOS 350D.

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This is a plant which is eatable, not only to humans obviously but to bugs too ;) The image was made woth Pentacon 50mm/1.8 m42 lens with zebra-look on a Canon EOS 350D.

Bug eating plant

I think this was shot with the S-M-C Takumar 55mm/1.8. This weeend we had a classic car-meeting where I live in Sweden (Garphyttan/Ånnaboda), and the cars passed through my village. Sadly I couldnt afford to visit the actual meeting but I got some shots along the road at least.

Classic car

Yesterday I was on a trip to the national park nearby and took images of some plants and flowers. The day before had bad weather and rain, so drops still clinged to the leafs. The photos was created with manual m42-lenses of different brands.

Flower with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55mm/1.8 on Canon EOS 350D. Might have had an extensionring on too.

Growing up