Se a Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm/1.4 ZE over at forum.mflenses.com. User LucisPictor has got his hands on one of these lenses and I guess he will post more intreseting things about it :)

Some shots of Bohemian waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus), all made with Asahi Opt.Co. Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5 m42 on Canon EOS 350D, and then cropped.

100% Crop

100% crop, Bohemian waxwing with bokeh

50% crop

50% crop, Bohemian waxwing sharp

50% crop

50% crop, Bohemian waxwing

The other day I was out for a walk with my wife and duaghter. I had some good experiences with the Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5 making portraits and birdshots. Here are a couple of portraits converted to black and white in Photoshop (with Channel-mixer).

Portrait of Sara, my wife

Portait of my wife Sara

One of the nicest lenses in my Asahi collection. It’s a common lens, but veeeeery nice. Buy one! ;)
If you want more about Takumar lenses it’s a good idea to register on www.takumar.org or www.pentaxforums.com.

Spotmatic and S-M-C Takumar 55mm/1.8

The DSB range of the Yashica brand is not supposed to be that good. It was their lowcost alternative and single coated. But this Yashica DSB 50mm/1.9 has surprised me a lot. I love the ML 50mm/2, but it would be hard to compare these two. The DSB is a little bigger which makes it easier to handle the rings.

Flowers with Yashica DSB 50mm/1.9

I will soon post some more on the yashicaforum.

Interesting bokeh of my Asahi Opt.Co. Super-Takumar 105mm/2.8 M42 on Canon EOS 350D:

Autumn leaf hanging on...

I was listening on David Bowie singing “My Death” while editing this image, I thought the feeling was appropiate to this leaf that’s near death ;)

[flash http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rIzE3j84kKU w=425 h=344]

Took som pictures in the woods with Yashica ML 50mm/2 about a week ago. Here is a BW-conversion. More can bee seen on YashicaForum.com

This is the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic with Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5 (M42 mount offcourse). Nice old camera and lens. It’s very pretty, I’m thinking of making this into a wallpaper. What do you think?
Oh, by the way, the image is shot with Yashica ML 50mm/2 on Canon EOS 350D.

Pentax Super Takumar 135mm/3.5 on camera Spotmatic

This morning I went to collect my bike, which was left in the woods with a flat tire the other week. Took the Asahi Pentax S-M-C Takumar 300mm/4 along and shot a view of the village I live in here in Sweden, Garphyttan. I might have some flaws, but I like that this image shows the feel of this place.

Garphyttan - my home village

The Yashicaforum has been off to a good start with interested users, and we are already 29 registered users who love Yashicas – great! Now, don’t you want to become number 30 to join the YashicaForum? ;)

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