Some Soligor 105mm black and whites
K1000, Espio 140, ist, istD, K70, K3iii and numerous lenses, just don't tell my wife.
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Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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I still have the Soligor 135mm f/2.8 that I bought years ago to use with my old Spotmatic. I put it on a K-x dslr (with a 42mm to K mount adapter) a year or two ago and was surprised how good the Soligor was.
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I like all of these, great lighting and well suited to b&w. Very impressed with the results from the lens and smooth bokeh makes the subjects really stand out.
Agree totally.
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9 years
Slap in the middle of England
thoughtful offerings. I have always liked the way black and white makes you concentrate on the subject itself so I put a veteran Soligor 1:2.8 105mm
on the K1 and went to see what I could find in the hedgerows.
1. Elder is usually a scruffy sort of half tree, half bush that few would bother photographing in colour. Without its leaves and in black and white
however, the stems shone, as if made from some sort of metallic stuff.
2. I was even more taken by the bright, creamy white edges around the leaves of a holly bush. This particular sprig had bright sunshine bouncing
off it that contrasted with the darker interior of the hedge.
3. There is always lichen to be found on most hawthorn twigs.
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5. Finally, some ash keys. These stay on their trees all winter, often looking as if the tree has been draped with rubbish. Although an entire
tree full of them can look a little untidy there is a mass of detail to be drawn out that would be swamped in a colour image.
Takumar 105s tend to be quite expensive and the older pre-set aperture ones even more so. Soligor's 105mm is slightly cheaper and
my copy actually outperforms both Pentax versions. If you get the opportunity I would certainly recommend buying one.
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