Thursday, November 17, 2011

Cat Face


I found a way to adapt a 25 year old Pentax 50 mm f1.2 lens to my Panasonic DSLR. Once upon a time that lens hung on the front end of a Pentax K1000 35 mm. I am surprised I still have it. I sold the K1000 body years ago. I wanted a portrait lens for my Panasonic G2 but they are too dammed expensive ($400+). A 50 mm on my little 4/3 DSLR is about the same as if it was a 100mm on a 35 mm camera. A 100 mm is a good portrait lens if it at least will open to f1.2. Wide open at f1.2 the background is defused and the face stands out from the background. The adapter cost me $10.00 from ebay. The daily rate for the model in the test shot was considerably more.

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