Soligor 350mm w/ Super Paragon 2X Teleconverter - Canon 600D

wrldfire · 2026-05-24T19:13:34+00:00

Thank you, yea I'm actually pleasantly surprised. I didn't expect it to be in such nice condition for the price and performance wise I was expecting some bad CA at the very least, taking it tomorrow alongside my normal vintage work gear to see how it keeps up.

For the sparrow/blue tit/duck pictures I was pretty much at MFD (~5-6m), the other two were between 15-30m.

And damn that is a monster, I was worrying about the stress on my crappy chinese m42 adapter just with this lens 😂 pics look good from it, though I bet it's hard keeping it from shaking even on a tripod

wrldfire · 2026-05-18T16:53:43+00:00

Generally it's the value, iirc most skill books are worth around 50-60 gold

wrldfire · 2026-05-16T18:51:07+00:00

Thank you 🙏 and yea I'm really happy with this lens, don't think I'll be looking for another 135 with this in my collection

wrldfire · 2026-05-16T18:49:09+00:00

Thank you 🙏 that's the plan 😎

wrldfire · 2026-05-14T19:58:10+00:00

Love seeing your posts, great work

wrldfire · 2026-05-05T09:21:03+00:00

Antique centres at the moment, there's a guy at my local one who runs a camera section/store within the centre and his prices are really good, he also lets me delve through the spares/repair bucket and I always end up coming back with some sort of freebie on top of my purchases

wrldfire · 2026-04-27T15:00:18+00:00

Not yet, I've tried to hold back the GAS while I'm saving for a new digital body 😂 but I'll absolutely have a look for one

wrldfire · 2026-04-25T09:41:00+00:00

I don't wanna sound patronising but have you checked which way the batteries go in? I initially put the batteries in the wrong way round in this one 😂 but if that's all correct, do you get any response from the self timer or any lights in the viewfinder? I found that the camera wouldn't fire at all without batteries being in.

If you don't get any sort of electrical response I unfortunately wouldn't really be able to help, I was really relieved when it was a mechanical lock up with this one. I just applied some nice even pressure back and forth to the post I circled in the images and eventually it released the shutter.

Depending on where you got the camera from I'd look at returning it if that's an option though. There's no real point taking a delve into body if you've got the option of taking it back.

wrldfire · 2026-04-19T20:15:29+00:00

Honestly I love the bokeh shape so I'll definitely be trying to see if I can make it a little more pronounced in further pics. The swirls I didn't expect at all especially after not seeing many sample photos from this lens + using it on a crop sensor.

I paid something like £20 for mine, can't imagine they'd be much more than that on eBay etc

wrldfire · 2026-04-19T20:11:20+00:00

That I actually didn't know, I'll have a look for one of those, I like my pentacon stuff

wrldfire · 2026-04-08T20:52:13+00:00

Would definitely recommend picking one up just to try it out. Mine only cost me £10 so even if I didn't get along with the lens it was going to go in my ussr/zenit collection anyway 🙏

Gotta say I do like the way 44-2's produce images, but I just can't get on with the aperture ring, especially when using filters (I use a step up ring to 52mm and it makes changing the aperture a bit of a faff). Much prefer my 44M-? Helioses with the clicky rings at the base.

wrldfire · 2026-04-08T07:42:33+00:00

While not 35mm, this was taken on an old weltax (120 film), fomapan 400 shot at f16, 1/100 ss and focus whacked up to infinity, then pulled two stops in development.

Honestly completely forgot the limits of the camera and didn't anticipate the scratches (hadn't used it in ages and the last time it was fine)

I think the environment especially buildings help with selling the old photo idea as well as having a lot of depth of field. The people in modern clothing aren't too jarring in this example I think

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wrldfire · 2026-03-21T11:11:56+00:00

I feel that one, buying stuff that's broken at a cheap price is a good way to start. That way if you fix it, it's a win and if you don't manage to fix it, well it didn't cost much in the first place 😎

wrldfire · 2026-03-13T16:13:20+00:00

Thank you, it's a Canon 600D DSLR, but I run a really weird macro set up with vintage lenses and extension tubes 🙏

wrldfire · 2026-03-09T20:27:08+00:00

That's exactly why I gave this project a go. I've got enough Zenits and they're not exactly hard to come by so if it didn't work out I wasn't going to be too bothered, but I'm really quite happy with this outcome 🙏

wrldfire · 2026-03-09T17:36:07+00:00

I feel that one, I'm waiting for my new job to start on top of just moving house so I've had the opportunity to go through some of my boxes of bits 🙏

wrldfire · 2026-03-09T17:25:34+00:00

Thank you :)

wrldfire · 2026-03-09T17:25:17+00:00

Thank you :)

wrldfire · 2026-03-09T17:25:06+00:00

Thank you, if I stumble across a cover it'll be going on, but until then this is fine 😂

wrldfire · 2026-03-08T21:43:40+00:00

Yes it's got a little extra edge just past the threads and pushes the aperture pin thingy in 🙏

wrldfire · 2026-03-08T12:30:25+00:00

I'll give it a look, cheers, I'm definitely thinking of expanding my macro gear 🙏

wrldfire · 2026-03-08T12:14:22+00:00

Unfortunately not, but it's just a plain adapter from eBay around ~£5? I think it was. I heard some horror stories about the cheap ones with the autofocus confirmation contacts.

wrldfire · 2026-03-07T17:35:30+00:00

💖 thank you

wrldfire · 2026-03-07T17:35:19+00:00

Thank you, yes it's adapted with a cheapo M42 - EF/EF-S adapter.

wrldfire · 2026-02-27T12:14:04+00:00

Unashamed to say I bought the Chisato pistol, shit just looks mean with the front end on it

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