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Old School
I recently bought a 60 year old Russian Pentacon 50mm f1.8 on a Praktica MTL3 film camera, which I adapted to the eos70D with an M42 adapter, and am loving it. It was remarkably clean throughout, (which was the deciding factor when I bought it). There was an old Zeiss 50fmm Pancolar there that needed some fungi cleaning from behind the front element, and I walked away to think about it. Went back to get it and it was gone. Probably one of the best lenses ever made prior to our modern optics, but I picked up this one instead, and I'm over grieving the Pancolar :-)
The colour and clarity of the images is beautiful, and using the old school focusing is really enjoyable in situations where I can relax and take my sweet time.
I've spent a few weeks just walking some of my favourite local spots with the lens to see how it performs for various subjects. Not unhappy with the $60 price tag so far.
Very similar to the Zeiss Planar 50f2 and new enough to be multi-coated. Everything is clean and smooth in the operation of the focusing and aperture blades, and so now I am going for a 35mm, a 135f2.8 and a 200f4 (f2.8 if I can). Just because, why not.
Hope you enjoy this eclectic collection from my first weeks with this wonderful old lens.
Trev
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