Tree
My Favourite tree rising above the corn in the summer of 2023
Olympus OM1
Ilford FP4
Zuiko 50mm f/1.4
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I'm very impressed with the #Zuiko50mm f1.4. Initially I tried to clean it and it was giving me such smudgy #photos, then I realized it was condensation so I dried it as best as I could and now its giving results that exceed my expectations from a #lens full of #fungus and #radioactive yellowing.

My friends! after adapting the #zuiko50mm f1.4 I'm proud to announce my second for sale product!

https://payhip.com/b/bPk9K

The #adapter #flange! I'm selling it for $5bucks! As you know, 5 bucks worth of my time was the entire weekend cleaning and prepping the lens and adapter printing testing and adjusting. its worth it if you have a #canon #EF mount lens and want to try a Zuiko. I think it works on all Zuikos but specifically the F1.4. If you love #photography, you gotta try Zuiko lenses

Also, WOW! The images from the #zuiko50mm are now not yellow tinted. It truly looks like a good lens to do #street #photography and #portraits with.

The #radioactive lens sort of does bither me. For this one, since I opened it, I know the entire front element is #thorium doped glass since it was homogeneously yellow. So it's in the back of my mind ๐Ÿ˜ž. I did put it up close to my eye for inspection and such, but did not bite it or sand and breathe it. And I touched it and rubbed it.

Okay check out the results of my $30 #zuiko50mm f1.4. I have taken a photo of a box at about 2.5ft with my Motorola phone, then with the Zuiko at f8 and f1.4 in low light and then with a #supertakumar 35mm f3.5. I think I've done pretty good. Yesterday's photos turned out to be foggy because the curing process heated the lens and condensed some water on the inside.

WOW ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฒ. Mind almost blown but not really cuz I'm a scientist ๐Ÿฅผ of sorts... look at my #Zuiko50mm f1.4 before and after! Well, it's still cooking but this is after a few hours in my resin curing #UV chamber. The #radioactive #thorium glass is almost neutral transparent clear!

It will probably still not be an awesome lens, but it's my not awesome lens ๐Ÿ˜„! ๐Ÿ˜‰.

here is an example images from my new #radioactive #zuiko50mm f1.4. look at how yellow all my #brickcon photos came out! yey!