What do you get when you cross the latest camera technology with 50 year old lenses? Strained eyes for one thing. Also a lot of fun. Well fun if you enjoy taking photographs that is. I suspect most of the people out there would also consider you just a little bit odd. Well that is alright as I suspect that has always been most people’s view of me.
This isn’t the first time I have attached my old Canon lenses to a modern Sony body. The difference this time is that the sensor is 61 MPixels. How would the lenses cope with such resolution. The truth is they were fine. Unfortunately, with no auto focus, my eyes had to do all the heavy lifting. Things I thought were sharp weren’t always. Old lens, very old eyes.
Still, I think the photos work. Perhaps this is the start of a lovely new relationship? Perhaps. It hasn’t worked out that way in the past.
PS. I’ve just searched through the blog for instances of me using these lenses. One of the post had perhaps the most poignant Post Script:
….just to prove how fickle I am…I am looking forward to the Photography Show next month at the NEC outside Birmingham…
The date of this blog was 21st February 2020…I never did get to the NEC!
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