The Penn and Teller of Found Lenses

[Wes Hall]

I guess scepticism can indeed lead to luck, which is partly the reason for the thread title.

The other is the disparity in form of two recent acquisitions following a lucky antiques store find.

A Pentacon 300 f.4 and a Steinhell Munchen Cassarit 50 f.2.8 preset followed me home, the Pen(n)tacon as much for the mirth inducing girth of the unit, as a quick Google check on what the heck it was and its perceived value! The teller at the shop provided me with a second piece of magic by only wishing for £10 for a near as mint Munchen.

The cards were certainly in my favour that day!

Some very limited sample shots from both, the first shared tonight are with a Pentax KS-1 and the Pentacon, the Munchen to follow.

 

[Wes Hall]

And the accompanied images with the Munchen.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Ooh, nice!! Both lenses and their results look great.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I guess scepticism can indeed lead to luck, which is partly the reason for the thread title.

The other is the disparity in form of two recent acquisitions following a lucky antiques store find.

A Pentacon 300 f.4 and a Steinhell Munchen Cassarit 50 f.2.8 preset followed me home, the Pen(n)tacon as much for the mirth inducing girth of the unit, as a quick Google check on what the heck it was and its perceived value! The teller at the shop provided me with a second piece of magic by only wishing for £10 for a near as mint Munchen.

The cards were certainly in my favour that day!

Some very limited sample shots from both, the first shared tonight are with a Pentax KS-1 and the Pentacon, the Munchen to follow.View attachment 19605View attachment 19606View attachment 19607

Perfect series. I love it! The light is the main actor (after the photographer). Well done.

 

[Brian Moore]

Nice acquisition, Wes. That first image is a cracker!

 

[Wes Hall]

Thanks all! I've since been out with the pair again, and the Pentacon 300 has impressed me- chromatic aberration is the only real 'flaw' I see with it, and that is easy to handle in post with digital.

 

[Beth Carter]

great set of images, some interesting lenses too. love the first images of the boats.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

From the second photo round I love the abandoned paper cup (I don't know how you call it in English) in sdim7968-1-jpg.19610 and the explosive sensuality of the watermelons in watermelons-2-1-jpg.19611.

 

[Wes Hall]

A paper cup it is indeed Gianluca, I've never really called it much else, except the brand name cup- like McDonald's cup .

Thank you for the compliments, I've got an ongoing collection of images of trash food items in seaside town locations I want to include in my eventual zine I want to put together- the imagery seems to suggest the mindset of the town and people where I see them- likely some projection occuring

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I look forward to seeing more of your collection of trash food items, @Wes Hall.

 

[Wes Hall]

I look forward to seeing more of your collection of trash food items, @Wes Hall.

As requested, here's a couple more from the trash

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Thank you, Wes!