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 A700, Bellows, Bellowscope, David Goldstein, DO Industries, Fuji, Gold, Jewelry, Macro, NAVITAR, Sony Alpha, Spirarone 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 75mm Spiratone Flat field lens, Bellows, Cheap Macrophotography, Hansa 50mm f/3.5, Macro, Macrobel, Macrotar, Macrotel, Spiratone Bellowscope, T-mount 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 [...]
Mounting Manual Lenses on the Sony A700
Posted in A700 Customization, Bower α Adapter, Manual Lenses, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony α, T-mount on Alpha, Zuiko on Alpha, tagged A mount, Bower α Adapter, Lens Mount Check, Manual Focus, Manual Lenses, Minolta AF, Sony Alpha, T-mount, Zuiko on January 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Happy New Year! As the first post for 2008, I thought I’d write a brief note on mounting all those beautiful vintage manual lenses on the Sony α 700. Most people know by now that all the Minolta AF and most 3rd party AF lenses made since 1985 can be used on the Sony Alpha [...]
