The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Minolta Close-Up lens No.1

This pear had interesting pattern and texture and made me think of a Fabergé egg. Unfortunately, it was not good eating, but you can't have everything. I photographed it using a Fujifilm X-E1 camera with a Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens attached via an M42 - Fuji X adapter and with a Minolta Close-Up No. 1 supplementary lens in the filter mount of the Chinon lens. Then I cropped it and processed it in Lightroom to highlight the pear and eliminate its less interesting companions.

Photographed using a Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens on a Fuji camera via an adapter. This lens was an alternative to the more usual 55mm f/1.8 when Dixons were selling Chinon cameras during the early 1970s. They aren't that plentiful on the second-hand market so I guess not many customers paid the extra. After all, this was the budget-conscious end of the market. There is nothing wrong with the f/1.8 version, but the f/1.4 was definitely worth the extra.

Camera: Canon EOS 30D Lens: Chinon 55mm f/1.4 Supplementary Lens: Minolta Close-Up No. 1

Photographed with a Nikon D2Xs fitted with a manual 28mm f/2 Nikkor AI lens and a Minolta Close-Up No. 1 supplementary lens.

I used two supplementary lenses in combination for this picture: a Nikon Close-Up No.4T screwed into the filter ring of a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens, and a Minolta Close-Up No.1 screwed into the 4T. Even acknowledging the superior optical quality of these supplementary lenses, you can see the degradation from using two together. I certainly would not recommend the cheap thin types unless you deliberately want to create a low-fi look. The inescapable conclusion is to use a proper macro lens for close-up work.