The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: draining board

Draining board photographed using a Nikon D2Xs and a Nikkor 28mm f/2 AI lens. On the D2Xs the field-of-view is equivalent to a 42mm lens on full-frame camera, so it obviously loses its wide-angle character on an APS-C DSLR. Interviewed for ‘Camera & Darkroom’ magazine during the 1980s, Sally Mann (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Mann) said she had supported her artwork by doing lots of small freelance jobs. For this work she often used a 40mm Zuiko lens on a 35mm camera. She felt that 40mm was "about right." Mike Johnston comments on the 40mm focal length in 'The Online Photographer' theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/why-40mm.html For photographers who find 35mm generally too wide, and 50mm a bit too tight, 42mm could be the answer. Of course this presupposes you have never heard of a zoom lens. These devices are a boon to photographers who like to root themselves to one spot and twizzle a zoom ring to frame. Put another way, if you have to move yourself around a bit and change your perspective, the chances are that you will get a picture you would not otherwise get. But with kitchen sinks as your subject, it might not work as well as prime lens devotees often claim.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 50mm f/2.8. I dare say pretty much any standard 50mm lens could have provided this result, yet I think it is a triumph for an old simple Tessar. Another oddity is that the Tessar - at least this particular version - feels like a perfect marriage with a Canon EOS 30D.

Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI-S lens. Processed in Lightroom. A Limbo Lockdown Production™. A while ago I bought a Nikkor-S.C 50mm f/1.4 lens (made circa 1973) from a bloke on eBay. The results were very attractive but the focussing mechanism was stiff and unlikely to mend itself, so I returned it with a tart comment. Had he set the selling price at a lower level commensurate with the eventual repair costs I would have had no complaint. I noticed he later sold it to another mug without reducing the price or amending the description. I hankered after the optical quality of the lens however, and bought the later AI-S version from a trader whom I trust. The optical characteristics are not as engaging as the old S.C version, but it's close.