Anyone ever hear of D.O. Industries? I had never come across any lenses from them until I suddenly ran into this little beauty on EBay, going really cheap. It seemed to be an enlarger lens, but it had what appeared to be a T-mount type threaded mount. A quick email ( an even quicker [...]
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Sony Alpha 700 Macrophotography – II: D.O. Industries 135mm f/4.5 on Spiratone Bellowscope
Posted in 3rd party lenses, Bellows, Digital SLR, Macrophotography, Manual Lenses, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Spiratone, T-mount on Alpha, Telephoto, tagged Sony Alpha, Bellows, Macro, Bellowscope, Spirarone, A700, David Goldstein, DO Industries, Fuji, NAVITAR, Gold, Jewelry on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sony Alpha 700: Macrophotography with Bellows and Hansa 50mm f/3.5
Posted in 3rd party lenses, Digital SLR, Macrophotography, Manual Lenses, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Spiratone, T-mount on Alpha, tagged T-mount, Bellows, Hansa 50mm f/3.5, Macro, Spiratone Bellowscope, 75mm Spiratone Flat field lens, Macrotar, Macrobel, Macrotel, Cheap Macrophotography on January 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A few weeks ago, I found this vintage Hansa 50mm f3.5 on eBay at a very reasonable price. It was new in the box, and the seller told me that it was an enlarger lens and that I’d have to find some kind of step-up adapter to get it to fit on M42 Pentax thread [...]
