Let's see some great shots taken with old, cheap gear!

[andarx]

Formula 5 MC 135 2.8, M 42 on 5DII

 

[mrsfotografie]

Taken with a Rebel "g" with a 35-80 4-5.6 iii. ISO 200 kodak gold film, I paid more for the film than the camera. Camera and lens was $5 at a flea market, but I had to repair the lens, as the internals were cocked sideways and jammed.

Cool, that's real photography on budget

 

[Ryan708]

The worst lens ever! haha
-magnifying glass
-pringles can
-electrical and duct tape
-25mm extension tube for a mount
I dont know which looks worse....
fixed focal length (i would guess about 135mm) but the worst part is the fixed FOCUS distance haha. I've heard of zooming with your feet, but what about focusing?
If i had painted the inside flat black instead of being reflective it probably wouldnt have been that bad

 

[drolo61]

Double thumbs up for cheapness ;-))))

 

[Machaon]

The worst lens ever! haha
-magnifying glass
-pringles can
-electrical and duct tape
-25mm extension tube for a mount

Awesome, manufacturing one's own camera out of duct tape!

I love the idea. Maybe I'll try my hand at medium format one rainy weekend...

What did you use for a shutter? The lid of the Pringles can?

 

[Ryan708]

I'm sorry I did not specify, I hooked it up to my 60 and shot in manual mode. Only a cheap lens on an expensive body. The EXIF data says 50mm because the chip in the extension tube I used reports at 50mm

 

[TWI by Dustin Abbott]

Helios 44-2 - if I could own only one of my vintage glass collection, it would be this one.

Those Puppy Eyes by Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott, on Flickr

 

[tcmatthews]

Lets say this is a little bit of old and a little bet of new. My A7 II test pictures with Canon FD 35f2 SSC II. Taken yesterday at JSC Rocket Park. I find it remarkable how much this lens picked up on Ebay for $50 performs like a modern lens.

 

[danski0224]

What's even more amazing is that those engines were drawn by hand and calculations done with a slide rule...

 

[privatebydesign]

What's even more amazing is that those engines were drawn by hand and calculations done with a slide rule...

I used to work with a Rolls Royce Aero engine designer, he said before CAD they wouldn't pre draw the pipework but give the roughed up engine to the senior fitters with instructions as to what went where, those fitters then worked out the best way to route all the pipework and their initial pipes were then taken off and drawn up and manufactured.

I always found that interesting.

 

[TWI by Dustin Abbott]

Recently picked up an old Zeiss Planar T* 1.7/50mm. Still an amazing lens.

Pembroke City Hall, 6 O'Clock by Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott, on Flickr

I've gotten a number of unique images with it already. There is just something about it...

 

[danski0224]

I used to work with a Rolls Royce Aero engine designer, he said before CAD they wouldn't pre draw the pipework but give the roughed up engine to the senior fitters with instructions as to what went where, those fitters then worked out the best way to route all the pipework and their initial pipes were then taken off and drawn up and manufactured.

I always found that interesting.

I believe it, probably the fastest way to get to a solution with the least amount of waste and rework with the available technology.

 

[wisselink]

First photo post here, not even made with a Canon camera, the shot is taken with a Fuji FinePix S2000HD. I'm glad I don't use this camera anymore it is good for nothing, I like this shot though.

 

[global pillage]

https://fstoppers.com/natural-light/photographer-snaps-nearly-hundred-photos-day-homemade-camera-4848

 

[TWI by Dustin Abbott]

First photo post here, not even made with a Canon camera, the shot is taken with a Fuji FinePix S2000HD. I'm glad I don't use this camera anymore it is good for nothing, I like this shot though.

I once shot up that same street in Jerusalem (2008, I believe). It was one of my first photos to get Explored on Flickr, so will always be special to me.

 

[ejenner]

I don't know why, but something about these appeals to me. T1i with a piece of card (with a hole in it) for a 'lens'. On thing about a pinhole lens is you see every speck on the sensor. I don't think I could get this look with PP.

 

[mps]

canon 20d + tamron 19-35mm... back in 2007

 

[sdsr]

I guess we should try to stick with Canon equipment here, which limits me somewhat as my old cheap gear consists of lenses which I only use on non-Canon mirrorless bodies, and only one of those lenses is a Canon, an FD 55mm 1.2 which I seldom use because I haven't yet found an adapter I like using it with; and I won't claim that any of these are great, but here are five (I hope their self-explanatory labels will accompany them):

 

[sdsr]

My cheapest old lens is a Vivitar 135mm 2.8, which came with its original leather case, all in excellent condition, for $30. My most expensive is a Minolta 58mm 1.2, which cost rather more than that, but still much less than any current 1.2 lens. Here are two via the former, one via the latter (an unintended grab of an unexpected sunset as I was leaving my apt. a couple of evenings ago). I should probably not add any more non-Canon shots....

 

[mrsfotografie]

I was having mirrorless fun too, last weekend. What a way to celebrate a good beer 8)

1st photo: Sony Alpha 6000 + Metabones Speedbooster + Canon FDn 28mm f/2.8

2nd photo: Sony Alpha 6000 + Metabones Speedbooster + Canon FDn 50mm f/1.4