Another photo from an outing in the yard with the kid and the K20D. It’s quite a challenge to get a photo taken before he grabs the camera or a handful of leaves!
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Vivitar 135/3.5
I got this manual focus m42 screw-mount lens a little more than a year ago at Hampden Junque in Baltimore. Overall it’s a pretty nice lens. It’s compact, shorter than my Super Takumar 135/3.5 but a little fatter. It’s got lots of aperture blades so it produces the bubble-shaped bokeh blobs that I like. The 2.8 widest aperture is fairly fast for low-light shots and easier focusing, and it’s pretty sharp wide open. It even has a built-in sliding lens hood, much better than the screw-on hood on the Super Takumar.
Sadly, I don’t use it much because my 50/1.4 works well for me most of the time. So, the Vivitar 135 mostly gets used around the house to take candid pictures of cats.
It turns out it’s possible to walk around the yard taking photos with a baby strapped on with one of these. My lens did get groped when I wasn’t paying attention…
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It’s a trap
Not quite the classic “kitty bear trap” but still very dangerous. Taken with the K20D, which has been behaving since I got the new camera.
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Glowing helicopters
We went to Brookside Gardens to check out the azaleas and found these extra-bright maple seeds by the goose poo pond.