Canon FD 135mm f/3.5

Needless to explain, you know that this is an entry level lens when you lay your eyes on its maximum aperture of f/3.5.

In 70s - 80s, it is not an easy task to look for a 135mm prime lens which got a smaller maximum aperture.

However, you miss a treasure if you judge Canon FD 135mm f/3.5 by this aspect.

It comes with a fairly good performance compare with its low price.

Praktica MTL3 - A different mindset of camera design from the eastern

Praktica MTL3 came to my collection to satisfy my desire of M42 mount.

Just like a lot of novice analogue lovers, I hop on the cart of M42 recklessly after I found that treasure vault.

As the greatest value of M42 mount is came from the variety of lenses, I grabbed a M42 mount camera body with a price as low as possible.

That's how I met Praktica MTL3.

Praktica MTL3 x Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 x Fujicolor 100

The M42 mount is a popular screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to SLR camera.

It was first used in Zeiss's Contax S of 1949.

Since there were no proprietary elements and production difficulty on M42 mount，many other manufacturers used it.

This has led to the valuable lenses heritage we found today.

Olympus Pen F - Legendary Half frame SLR from Olympus

If I have to choose the most famous camera designer out of the history of Olympus,

Yashihisa Maitani will definitely be my choice.

Olympus OM1 which started the trends of lightweight SLR,

Olympus XA ，a representative of compact rangefinder camera,

and Olympus Pen series which brought the half frame camera into daily life,

all of these are the works of Yashihisa Maitani as a camera designer.

Until nowadays, they still are the hot selling items in second hand market.