I got inspired and motivated by other Photographers who hacked their old lenses to work with the new DSLR cameras! I had three old vintage cameras:
Argus C3 Matchmatic ”The Brick” ~1950
Kodak NO. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie ~1915
Yashica 635 Twin Lens ~1958
Kodak NO. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie ~1915
Yashica 635 Twin Lens ~1958
This is how I created the Adapter to hack the lens into the DSLR camera:
Argus 50mm f3.5 mounted to Canon 450D:
I mounted the lens to my Canon 60D and started shooting! It was really hard to adjust the aperture and the focus, because of the focal distance (I cannot go so close, the closest was 0.8 I guess) But the results! Man, you gotta love them! SO NEAT:
- Using f3.5, ISO 400, Shutter speed 1/20:
After Zooming:
- Using f8, ISO 400, Shutter speed 5″:
A great experience :)
