The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: DDR

Two people walking in step photographed through the classical porch added incongruously to the front of the Georgian building in Corsham housing the Methuen Arms hotel. I used a Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f/2.8 lens on a Canon EOS 20D. This lens is a Tessar design of just four elements and was a lower cost option to a Pentacon equivalent on a Praktica camera in the 1970s. It was slower of course; f/2.8 compared to the Pentacon's f/1.8. Yet in good light the Carl Zeiss was every bit as good, better maybe. Certainly a sharp lens, and capable of closer focussing than many other standard lenses. I bought mine second hand for £12. I doubt if a lens in good working order and engraved with 'Carl Zeiss' could be found cheaper.

Reg Lancaster worked for the Daily Express for over 40 years. Photographed with a Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens.

Vintage East German kit from the days before unification. Photographed with a Nikon D700.

Vintage Soviet and East German kit. Photographed with a Nikon D700.

Vintage East German camera strap from the days before unification. Photographed with a Nikon D700.

Canon EOS 40D + Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 lens.

Canon EOS 40D and Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 lens.

Photographed with a Nikon D50 and a 50mm f/1.4 AF-D Nikkor lens.

Photographed with a Canon EOS 20D and a 50mm Carl Zeiss Jena f/2.8 Tessar lens.