The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Fujinon 55mm f/2.2

The Limbo Connection, O.B.E. Sir Limbo Connection, Bart. Lord Limbo of Connection, Connecticut.

This is the boiler room of the coat where the valves are adjusted. Canon EOS 30D and Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 lens.

Photographed using a Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 lens in M42 screw mount on a Fujifilm X-E1 camera via an adapter.

Photographed using a Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 lens in M42 screw mount. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1.

Photographed using a Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 lens in M42 screw mount. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1.

Lens: M42 Fujinon 55mm f2.2. Fuji economised by not coating the optics and providing a fastest aperture of f/2.2. To complete the budget status, the camera marketed with this lens - the Fujica ST605 - had a fastest shutter speed of 1/750th sec. Honestly, they might just as well have done f/2.8 and 1/500th. But the lens nonetheless has ability. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1.

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

Canon EOS 30D + Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 lens.

In 2013 I successfully bid £5 on eBay for a Fujica ST605 camera complete with Fujinon f/2.2 55mm lens. It appeared to have been very little used; I put a film through it to be certain it functioned and pretty much forgot about it for years. Recently I discovered that the lens of this camera is known for its distinctive ‘soapbubble bokeh’ similar in character to the Meyer Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens (€973.82). Apparently this Fuji lens is the cheapest way of getting the ‘soapbubble bokeh’ feature. I’m not sure whether I like it or not, but it seems a shame not to experiment when others prize it so highly. Thanks to fellow ipernity member Ingo Krehl who added greatly to my scant knowledge of soapbubble bokeh. Lacking a suitable teleconverter, I have not followed Ingo's advice to the letter, and he might be disappointed to discover that my photograph was made through a dirty window. I must do better.

Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 lens on a Canon EOS 30D.

Although the lens mount of the Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 is the venerable M42 screw thread, closing down the aperture is a function which involves the cooperation of a companion camera, in this case a Fujica ST605 that I bought on eBay (complete with the lens) for £5. Using the lens on a Canon EOS digital camera via an adapter means using it at its widest aperture only. This photograph was about the best I could manage and if it looks half-way decent, much of the credit belongs to Lightroom. The lens is not multi-coated because Fuji economised on the specification of this camera/lens combination, aiming it at the budget-conscious. Thus the budget-conscious were deprived of contrast in their pictures. Even a lens hood doesn't make much difference.