OT: What the heck did I just buy?

[bmattock]

Nice effect. Could be pretty good with people.
Rob

Thank you, I was kind of thinking that too. I guess I'd better give it a try, then!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[ChrisN]

Add a sepia tint and it might start to look a bit like the second pic Todd posted in the "NW/W: Cemeteries" thread

 

[PhotoGeek]

That is to cool man!! It has a great look to it. I really like it lots.
-peter

 

[jan normandale]

Yes, it surely will focus in close...

Sorry for the dust specks, just did a quick desaturate/resize. Shot in B/W, but scanned as if in color.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

Bill @ 10$ yer havin' fun now!

 

[sf]

Well, it sure isn't an RF lens. . . and probably not the 67. Looks like a cine lens to me.

 

[bmattock]

I believe it was a cine lens originally, fortunately not anamorphic. I guess some machinest has made it into an M42 lens. Clearly, it is not up to today's standards - and yet, I find I like the way it fails, if you know what I mean. I don't just mean bokeh or DOF effects, although surely a 150mm lens at f2.3 has a ton of that. I mean edge-to-edge sharpness is not present in a very obvious way - like the old Petzval lenses once used for LF portraiture. A happy coincidence.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks