The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Chinon 55/1.4

Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens fitted via an EOS-M42 adapter.

Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens fitted via an EOS-M42 adapter. An extension tube was in between camera and lens.

There's something unusually tactile about using these original Nikon F bayonet lenses from the pre-AI era. It is satisfying just to twiddle the focus ring until things look right instead of battling the AF and eventually turning it off. Of course, I don't photograph games or sport. if I did, I'd surely embrace all the advantages of the modern lens technology. Photographed with an old M42 screw-thread lens - the Chinon 55mm f/1.4 - on a Canon EOS 30D.

On my way home this made a suitable subject for the 55mm f/1.4 Chinon lens which had been the sole optic for that outing. Shooting with the equivalent of an 88mm lens presents particular challenges, but at least you don't break your back carrying a full bag. The camera used was a Canon EOS 30D.

A recent change of ownership for a pretty house with an attractive brick wall in the back streets of Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Canon EOS 30D and Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens.

A wall at Courtfield House. Probably mid 18th century. Canon EOS 30D and Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens.