Recently, I've been enjoying experimenting with vintage lenses. I admit, I became a bit obsessed with finding all these great ones on ebay, but what good are these unless you use them? I've been using them for test shoots for my puppet film "Risalo", but it is always fun to take them out into the real world and play. So, here are some recent photos taken on my simple Canon T4i using the Vivitar 28mm f2.0 lens. I like these vintage lenses. I have a newer Sigma lens, that is all plastic and I really don't care for it, compared to these metal lenses that just seem to be built way better.This one is a bit rarer than most. Thanks to the internet, I was able to research and figure out which one to get. Lenses can be different depending on the year they were made and which factory they were made in. This particular one was made by Komine for Vivitar. Basically, it is a great fast, sharp 28mm lens with wonderful bokeh. I love how easy it is to focus and 28mm gives me a good wide view for photographing in a crowd, or even some landscapes. I guess this would be about a 45mm lens equivalent on my crop sensor camera.
