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I went out yesterday with the HawkEye 2A lens and the VPK meniscus lens. Both were used via an M42 to EOS focus confirming adapter. I visited the Fairmount Cemetery and the Erie Canal Park, both in Camillus, NY. There are pictures in both pages.
The Bimat project is off another day at least. Today I went back to my favorite photography store, just to look. Right. I wound up with a set of macro rings for the FujiFilm S1 and three old 135mm lenses to be used as donor bodies for the vintage Kodak lenses I have on the workbench.
I took some images with the VPK Meniscus and the 2A HawkEye lenses. Getting used to focusing lenses that are in themselves soft focus will take some time. Hopefully the next couple days will have some Sun so I can try some exterior shots. The pictures (one from each lens) of the Amaryllis that just now opened in the kitchen window are in the HawkEye and VPG pages.
I am getting a little out of order I know. The 135mm Soligor was the first one I picked up to modify. It went so well, that I figured I would just go ahead and mount the HawkEye lenses from a Kodak 2A folder before I went on to the Soligor zoom. There is a page for the initial and future images from this lens.
I did manage to remove the optics from the Soligor zoom today. Perhaps tomorrow I will begin putting the Kodak Bimat lens inside.
