Opening Early Christmas Gifts
Love the bokeh balls
Yeah I am a big believer in buying gifts for yourself. Although I try to save my pennies all year long, I like to treat myself to a little tiny bit of fun here and there.
For a cheapo 50 dollar vintage lens, I think it is sharp enough to use for posting.
My Steemit pal on here @sallybeth23 told me some good advice in a comment that the secret to having gifts to open is to wrap them immediately upon purchase. Of course we all know I am way to much of a child at heart to do the responsible thing, so for Market Friday I will share a couple of little gifts-to-be that were opened before their time!
Here is Ben getting into it.
Interestingly it was wrapped in newspaper with Japanese or Chinese writing lol.
It is a Helios m44-2 vintage lens.
It was made in the USSR and was a Zeiss copy.
Of course I want to thank Steemit's own Christmas elf, the lovely @dswigle, for working so hard every week to make Market Friday such a big hit!
Ben using it on the Canon 80D
It is known for making nice bokeh balls and also for a swirly bokeh pattern if you get the distances and light right. It was cold out so we didnt try hard. This just barely shows it starting, but the distances were limited because we were on the balcony.
We had to indulge several of the demanding gnomes that insisted in sitting for a shot. Not only are they seemingly popular this year, they are diva like sheesh!
It also does so nice regular images for 50 bucks, I think.
Have a great weekend!
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looks like the lens worked pretty nicely. The first shot, the reindeer and lights looks real good. That would make a nice Christmas card or happy meme background.
That’s a really great sunset and those bokeh shots are really pretty! So now you get to buy more gifts for the day haha
Well you know that I love my bokeh! This is a great Buy purely for the effect, but for fifty dollars? I don't think there's even a question in there. I love how the picture of the Gnomes came out and I think that you're going to have a lot of fun with that lens. Now wrap that back up and don't play with it anymore because it's a gift for Christmas and now you've tried it down and you see that it works so wrap it up. You two boys are like children. No wonder they don't want to wait for anything and have that instant gratification thing going on. Their daddy taught it to them.
All kidding aside, it's a great lens and I'm glad that gave it its debut on Market Friday. As always I wish you a most wonderful day!
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Wow... as the Beatles said Back in the USSR.
If you are not busybody enough, I am... with the Chinese papers.
I remember seeing the Epoch Times before but cannot remember when.
Could be a controversial topic but it's on wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times
The Epoch Times
The Epoch Times is a multi-language newspaper founded in 2000 by John Tang and a group of Chinese Americans associated with the Falun Gong spiritual movement. Though the newspaper has been known for general interest topics with a focus on news about China and its human rights issues, it is becoming known for its support of U.S. President Donald Trump and favorable coverage of right-wing politicians in Europe; a 2019 report showed it to be the second-largest funder of pro-Trump Facebook advertising after the Trump campaign itself. The newspaper is part of the Epoch Media Group, which also operates New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD). The group's news sites and YouTube channels are known for spreading conspiracy theories such as QAnon and anti-vaccination propaganda.
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Your bokeh photographs turned out incredible!💫
Awesome gift everyone in the home can enjoy!
Shoot me a link for where you bought the lens when you get a chance @old-guy-photos
The quality of the photos looks real good to me!! Who said one could not marry old and new tech??
Good photos 👍🏽