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Soligor Wide-Auto 35mm F2.8 M42

I have often read that the 35mm (full-frame equivalent) is the perfect all-around focal length. On a 35mm camera, this focal length is wide enough for a scene to fill a frame, but long enough to isolate an individual subject. I had often also read that a 50mm prime lens, the ‘nifty fifty,’ is the most useful and complete all-round lens. Before the advent of zooms, most film cameras were fitted with 50mm lenses. It has been written that Henri…

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Photography

Out of Focus

While my wife drove, I had fun capturing images out of the windshield while experimenting with the focusing ring of the aperture of my Asahi SMC Takumar 55mm f/2 lens attached to my Fujifilm X-T2.…

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