CHEAP fast russian, japanese and german lenses, what do you say?

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tomperson

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OK, I'm in the process of building a home-made DOF adapter for my hv20 (jetsetmodels.info), so I'll need some manual control lenses very soon. Since my budget is as low as it can get, and since I'm in no way pretending to be the next insert_here_your_favourite_director, I thought about getting some cheap vintage lenses to start with.

I found some cheap fast lenses locally, I KNOW they are far from being the best lenses of the hill, but to start...May actually work. Here's the list:

Zenit 28mm f/2.8 (M42 mount) $ 15
Olympus OM-system Zuiko Auto-s 50mm f/1.8 (OM Mount, Japanese) $22
Helios 44M-x 58mm f/2 (M42 Mount, Russian) $17
Hanimex (apparently a rebrand of CHINON, MD Mount) 135mm f/2.8 (Couldn't find much info on this one) $37


(I'm quite sure the seller is willing to let them go for a few $$$ less)

Now, bear in mind that I don't live in the States, and that here photography equipment costs 2x the price you pay there (and importing stuff is the same, the customs kill you).

What do you say? For something like a hundred I could have a lot of ground covered...Now, since my adapter will have EOS mount, how difficult (and expensive) will it be to get the adapters? Is it worth it?
 
I think it'd be a waste to get a 50 and a 58mm and as hunter said, make sure they're the same mount.

You might be able to pick up some Canon FD's for not too much more (which are really nice but less popular thank Nikons).
 
Yeah, it'd be a waste to get both 50mm and 58mm lenses, i just listed everything i have available to buy so you could give me some hints.

I've heard M42 mount to EOS adapter is quite easy to get, so I'm thinking about getting one and buying the M42 lenses in the list...I really fancy using some weird vintage lenses...
 
Where do you live? If you're in Europe look for old Zeiss lenses. The last time I checked they seemed to go for cheaper there than in the U.S.
 
tmnt said:
You might be able to pick up some Canon FD's for not too much more (which are really nice but less popular thank Nikons).
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yeah I've got 28mm 2.8, 35mm 2.8, 50mm 1.4, 85mm 1.8, 135mm f2. All 5 for a total of $300.
(actually the 35 and 85 are FL's which is nice because you don't have to do the iris trick.)
 
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