Author Archives: Jouni Rinne

50mm Carl Zeiss Tessar

Couldn’t resist sharing a picture of this beauty: A Carl Zeiss Tessar 50mm f/2.8 lens with 8-blade aperture and Exakta mount, fitted to my Olympus PEN E-PL3 via an Exakta-m4/3 adapter.

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Updates

I have been making some (long overdue) updates to the Museum and Gear-pages. More cameras, more accessories…

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Testing Miranda lenses on a m4/3 Olympus (part 2)

Actually, the title is a bit misleading, because this time I’m testing Soligor lenses, although they all have either Miranda screw-mount or bayonet mounts. The weather today was overcast but quite warm for the season, so I did some walking-around … Continue reading

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Miranda – Micro Four Thirds adapter review (part 1)

One of the interesting side-effects of the small register (flange distance to the film/sensor) of the mirrorless digital system cameras is the possibility to use almost any make and model of the older manual lenses with them, provided that the … Continue reading

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Testing Miranda lenses on a m4/3 Olympus (part 1)

Last Saturday, which was an extremely warm and sunny day here in Tampere, I set about cycling around the town with my off-road bicycle, with Olympus PEN E-PL3 body, Miranda-m4/3 adapter and a selection of Miranda lenses in the camera … Continue reading

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