#shittylenschallenge
'Dem Boden ganz nah' — ihre Lieblingsposition auf dem Sofa wenn sie sich langweilt. #Teenager … 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ylva, #Kiel 2025

#Fujifilm GFX100S, #Minolta MD W. Rokkor 27/2.8

#FotoVorschlag #photography #portrait #portraitphotography #portraitfotografie #shittylenschallenge #adaptedlens #BrokenBody
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM Everybody can reply
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Under my #blog entry about #softfocus lenses Russel postet his link to his Flickr page with many softfocus tests he did himself. Because I don't want to have it buried only in the comment section, here is his feed ...

#vintagelenses #adaptedlenses #shittylenschallenge #photography
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October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM Everybody can reply
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The #Rodenstock #Imagon is a strange lens. It gets the soft focus effect through screen apertures, but these cause the light bubbles to take on strange shapes and the #softfocus effect mainly occurs at the edges. Somehow sought after, but not a favorite of mine.

#shittylenschallenge #vintagelens
October 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM Everybody can reply
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As I was talking with @ewenbell.com over at Mastodon about the flood of overly sharp images and how nice it is to work with soft focus lenses again, here is a very special and very unknown lens - a #softfocus telezoom made by #Tokina.

Ylva (15), #Kiel 2025

#photography #shittylenschallenge
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM Everybody can reply
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Light and composition doesn't have to be fancy all the time to create an effective image. Sometimes less can be more...

Aylin (10), #Kiel 2020

#Fujifilm GFX50R & Kiev Vega 28b 120/2.8

#photography #portrait #portraitphotography #portraitfotografie #vintagelens #adaptedlens #shittylenschallenge
September 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM Everybody can reply
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Mehr über verschiedene #Weichzeichner Varianten von verschiedenen Filtern hin zu dezidierten Objektiven findest Du hier in meinem #Blog. Dazu gehört neben dem Sima auch das nicht minder billige und charmante #Portragon ...

#shittylenschallenge #vintageglas #softfocus
Es muss nicht immer scharf sein – Weichzeichner - Erik Schlicksbier
Es wird Zeit den überschärften Bildern der heutigen Zeit wieder weichgezeichnete entgegen zu setzen. Doch womit? Mit Weichzeichner-Objektiven und -Filtern.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM Everybody can reply
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Topcor and it's 6 blades) when stepping down. Admittedly I didn't use them myself yet but I didn't found a single video / example image that convinced me that they are reasonable priced and earned their status.

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July 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM Everybody can reply
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There is also the possibility to read my #blog about #photography with #softfocus lenses and filters in english thanks to the Google translator ...

#shittylenschallenge #vintagelens #adaptedlens #minolta #mamiya #canon #rodenstock #sima #spiratone
May 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM Everybody can reply
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Are there others here who photograph with a #projectionlens and perhaps even know their way around the subject? My blog post is happy to receive further in-depth comments (with appropriate attribution, of course)...

#photography #vintagelens #shittylenschallenge #adaptedlens

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Projektionslinsen an der Fujifilm GFX - Erik Schlicksbier
Sogenanntes Altglas ist auch in der digitalen Fotografie dank des besonderen Charakters/Schmelzes wieder sehr beliebt. Eine Schippe drauf legen die Projektionsobjektive – also die Linsen, die ursprüng...
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February 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM Everybody can reply
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Okay, the answer to the 2nd question makes it way easier ☺️. They made wonderful lenses by the way …

#ShittyLensChallenge
1. Do Holgas count?
-Sure why not.

2. Can I adapt a commie lens to a digital camera?
-Create what you want with what you got.

Go forth & make art, but if it isn’t with a Crappy Commie Camera are you REALLY in the Party?

#CrappyCommieCameraParty
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June 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM Everybody can reply
When you love the #CrappyCommieCameraParty and the #shittylenschallenge then you have to stop for the Tair 11A 135/2.8 as well. Lot's of character outdoors but it makes also a good impression in the studio.

Jule (12) #Kiel 2025

#photography #portrait #fotografie #studioportrait #portraitfotografie
June 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM Everybody can reply
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Not the variant I usually post, but, feeling it tonight.

Does an OM-mount Tokina 28-70mm f4 count for the #ShittyLensChallenge?
July 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM Everybody can reply
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If you are a fan of vintage lenses but your large format lenses are too big even for a M65 helicoid, there is a creative alternative.

I‘ve updated my adapter article with it - the Google translated version: 👇

#vintagelens #adaptedlens #shittylenschallenge
February 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM Everybody can reply
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In a hyperreal, overly sharp digital image world, perhaps we should bring back a little more softness...

Lisa-Marie, #Kiel 2024

#Fujifilm GFX100S & #Spiratone #Portragon 100/4 #softfocus lens

#photography #portrait #shittylenschallenge #weichzeichner #portraitphotography #portraitfotografie
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM Everybody can reply
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Auch historische Objektive lassen sich an Digitalkameras adaptieren, wie dieses Hugo Meyer #Aristostigmat 240/5,5. Besonders einfach wird es, wenn der Originalflansch noch vorhanden ist, für den man sich dann einen #Adapter in #3D bauen kann.

#vintagelens #adaptedlens #Altglas #ShittyLensChallenge
March 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM Everybody can reply
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@nilspooker.bsky.social und ich haben wieder #Altglas ausgetestet - bald mehr dazu im Blog. Was wir auf jeden Fall schon sagen können: Vergrößerungsobjektive sind selbst für die #Fujifilm #GFX teilweise Konkurrenz zum GF-Glas. Und das zu einem Bruchteil der Kosten.

#vintagelens #shittylenschallenge
March 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM Everybody can reply
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"Sun", "Albinar", "Itorex" - what do these zoom lenses have in common? They're dirt cheap (approximately 10-20 €) and work on a #Fujifilm 100MP sensor ... 😬

Stay tuned for more surprises in the #shittylenschallenge. The first test of these (and Tamron) were good, now it's off to use them on shoots.
June 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM Everybody can reply
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There are many urban legends about it, but the truth ist: Radioactive lenses are harmless, even though some µSv readings might be impressive.

I've talked with a professor from #Kiel University about it to give it a scientific context.

#vintagelens #adaptedlens #radioactivelens #shittylenschallenge
Sind radioaktive Objektive gefährlich? - Erik Schlicksbier
Radioaktive Objektive - gefährlich oder nicht? Die Bandbreite der Einschätzung ist beträchtlich. Zeit, einen Experten von der Uni Kiel zu befragen.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM Everybody can reply
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I'll start an organized #ShittyLensChallenge at some point but for now I'll keep stoking the fires with my own experiments. From only my finest haze-etched, balsam-separated view lens.
October 1, 2024 at 10:11 PM Everybody can reply
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