#old lense

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no photoshop - old lense

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Digital Photography Meets Old School Photography

Hmm, feeling the need to get out and take a few more photos, maybe I will get a chance on the weekend - try some old film SLR lenses on my DSLR.

You can buy adapters to mount old lenses on new cameras and the old lenses are a fraction of the cost ($10s to $100s vs $1000s) with relative large apertures too. Be careful on quality if you purchase used, avoid scratches, fungus, worn coatings, oil on the aperture blades…

The other con is that every thing is o-manual and no auto anything, internal light meter on the digital camera may or may not work, if not use sunny 16 guide rule (or a light meter).

So I would say if you have some old lenses lying around not doing much, if you have the money get the right adapter, know your manual settings, have patience and use the lense when you have time to get things right ... see what you get - maybe better than the kit lenses for your DSLR!