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Gift of time

Sometimes I get sad, for reasons, for myself too at times.

I booked a lens through ebay from a seller living somewhere in Latvia. He took 7 days to send that lens post receiving my money. After all who cares once you get money.
I had to leave Abudhabi as I was heading my home country. The lens arrived a week late from the day I left Abudhabi. I took help from my friends and almost 70 days post my payment, I got the lens through five countries and 7 friends.
I was sad these last two months for the lens actually. I took 2 months to gather up money to buy one 80mm or such focal length lens to shoot my daughter and my wife to get results from the wonderful sensor of NEX.


The lens is an 85mm f2 Jupiter lens. Silver finish 40 years old lens. I tried it with my NEX 3 with an M39 Leica mount adapter...hmmm it didn't focus.
WHY?
Because the lens is an M39 one but it actually is for an SLR, not for Rangefinder cameras. AAAAGH!!!

I do not know why but while ordering that M39 Leica adapter, I also ordered extension tubes for NEX mount without realising that they will not be usefull with original NEX lenses as NEX lenses do not have aperture ring. But that act actually helped me to get actual required flange to sensor depth of the Jupiter lens.
With the Leica adapter and one extension ring I am fine with the lens.

The lens is superb!

Here are two example


This is my way of saying my family that I love them. As I do not know much other ways. I can write, I can shoot..those words and photos say what I want to say to you all, to the world.

Through time..the lens has survived to be a part of me. I do not think, I will let it go. I have a feeling for machines, I like them to be designed to say things and give outout that say things you want to say. I love my machines...I feel they love me too! It is weird..but that's how I am.

Someday in this month I will take prints of these two photos.


There will be oneday when I will not be riding or walking on this planet..but photographs taken by me will be there for some more time..with them, I will be with you all..with the world.

Comments

  1. Suhotra18 January 2015 at 11:02

    Amazing photographs!! By the way, the sharpness of the landscapes stand out in some pictures!! Are they natural?

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