{"id":6689,"date":"2011-03-17T00:02:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T04:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=6689"},"modified":"2017-10-24T19:20:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:20:52","slug":"old-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/old-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Notes: So here are the results from the various gear I’ve found on my treasure hunts.\u00a0 The first ones are from a 55mm f\/1.4 Auto Sears (M42 Pentax Screwmount).\u00a0 It’s a re-badged Japanese lens and it has a nice dreamy quality.\u00a0 The flaring is different from the vintage Nikons and good in its own way.\u00a0 That’s me shooting with the Micro VR into the viewfinder of the Argus.\u00a0 Life sure does look different and crazy through that glass.
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Notes: So here are the results from the various gear I’ve found on my treasure hunts.\u00a0 The first ones are from a 55mm f\/1.4 Auto Sears (M42 Pentax Screwmount).\u00a0 It’s a re-badged Japanese lens and it has a nice dreamy quality.\u00a0 The flaring is different from the vintage Nikons and good in its own way.\u00a0 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