A Vintage Lens

This is going to be a very quick post to show you what can be done with a vintage lens and an adapter.

Until recently, I hadn’t even considered the possibility of using vintage glass. That all changed with the discovery of my father-in-law’s old 35mm film camera, complete with 50mm lens.

The lens in question is a Tessar 50mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss. It’s an all manual lens with screw fitting (M42) and a good copy goes for about £50. I figured there was bound to be a way of getting it working with the Sony A7Riii* and a quick search on Amazon revealed a whole host of options.

After a little research I went with the Fotodiox Pro Adapter*. I’ve purchased a number of their products before and always found them them to work very well. This adapter* is no exception, all metal construction and a perfect fit.

Once it was attached to the A7Riii*, I spent a few seconds setting up focus peaking. Sony makes it so simple to get your subject nice and sharp with this feature. Portraits, landscapes and anything else that doesn’t really move are definitely the best place to start when you are using manual focussing though, unless you’ve had quite a bit of practice.

So here is an image taken with this setup - Islay, the little lab in all her glory.

This shot was edited in Lightroom on the iPad after transferring it over using the UNI USB C 6-in-1 hub*. An absolute must have for any iPad user.

*Commission earned through links.