The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: mirror

A room in the childhood home of William Wordsworth. Nikon D50 + AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens.

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1. Lens: Fujinon 35mm f/1.4 XF R.

Photographed with a Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 lens. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1.

Photographed in available light using a Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 lens on a Nikon D3s

Nikon D3s + Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF-D lens. 100 ISO; f/1.8; 1/250th. Processed in Lightroom. A Limbo Lockdown Production™.

And sometimes thro' the mirror blue The knights come riding two and two: She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of Shalott. Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI-S lens. Processed in Lightroom. A Limbo Lockdown Production™.

I bought this secondhand at perhaps a bit less than the going rate because of the damage to the filter mount. I have had worse: at least it remains possible to mount a filter or a screw-in hood to this one. This lens dates from the pre-AF era. It remained in production from 1970-2005 but was not made in the volume that its f/2.8 companion was produced. Opinions differ over which is the better lens. Professionals often went for the f/2 on account of its faster speed and good image quality at all apertures. It was of course more expensive. Amateurs could not set its purchase off against tax.

I bought this lens from a company specialising in secondhand photographic equipment of all brands. Shortly afterwards I saw and purchased an f/2 Nikkor-O.C 35mm from another company, and so I used the first lens only infrequently. Later still I entrusted it, along with a batch of other kit, to the company I had bought it from originally to sell on my behalf at their usual rate of commission. To my surprise, they said the lens was faulty; they could not offer it for sale; however to save return carriage costs they would add it to their 'recycling' box for disposal. As you can see, I paid for its return. It works very nicely despite dating from 1971.