Show off your "milk bottle" lens pictures.

pschlute · 11-23-2022, 05:34 PM - **6 Likes**

I took part in a lens discussion on the Pentaxians FB page today. I made the flippant comment that I have done on these forums before, that a good photographer can make a great picture with an old broken milk bottle selotaped to their camera mount.

So I am starting this thread so we can show what can be done with unloved lenses. Get your worst lens and go and take a great picture with it. I aim tomorrow going to get my M 50mm f2.0 lens out to showcase it's abilities. It is often regarded as the poor man's 50mm, but I have no doubt it will put up a fight.

Please post your images to this thread.

Now I am not suggesting anyone actually does selotape a milk bottle to their camera, but extra points will be awarded if you do !

**UncleVanya** · 11-23-2022, 05:51 PM - **5 Likes**

I have a feeling this thread won’t be good for LBA.

**pepperberry farm** · 11-23-2022, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by UncleVanya

I have a feeling this thread won’t be good for LBA.

these never are.. lemme see what I can come up with....

(:

**ramseybuckeye** · 11-23-2022, 06:22 PM

Hmm, this could be interesting. But I do remember Noel making some cool pics with a magnifying glass.

**GUB** · 11-23-2022, 06:40 PM - **5 Likes**

Originally posted by UncleVanya

I have a feeling this thread won’t be good for LBA.

Probably not too good for alcohol addiction either - how many beers are we going to have to get through to find the perfect bottle bottom?

**Lowell Goudge** · 11-23-2022, 06:57 PM

Originally posted by UncleVanya

I have a feeling this thread won’t be good for LBA.

I think that is a question of perspective (pun intended)

Sandy Hancock · 11-23-2022, 07:41 PM - **13 Likes**

I'll bite

The 07 Mount Shield lens for the Q system is about as close to a milk bottle as you can get and still mount it to a camera. One element. Fixed (tiny) aperture. Fixed focus. I spent a month with it a while back and surprised myself with the occasional compelling picture:

Haya and Otoya

**UncleVanya** · 11-23-2022, 09:09 PM - **5 Likes**

Olympus Body Cap Lens 9mm fisheye.

P1220127_DxO by -vanya_42nd-

P1220214_DxO by -vanya_42nd-

_2080235_DxO by -vanya_42nd-

**fs999** · 11-24-2022, 02:12 AM - **4 Likes**

PENTAX K-1 • FF Mode • 100 ISO • WILL-WETZLAR MAGINON 1:2.8/90 MC Projector Lens

**GUB** · 11-24-2022, 02:36 AM - **5 Likes**

De Oude Delft 100mm f1.4 (@f1.4) xray lens.
Set it up as close to the camera as I could - no focus control.

Sandy Hancock · 11-24-2022, 03:37 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by fs999

WILL-WETZLAR MAGINON 1:2.8/90 MC Projector Lens

Ooooh, if projector lenses are allowed, I have a very cool Schneider Kreuznach 70mm (iMax) cinema projector lens.

Not sure I'd equate it with a milk bottle though. It might have no aperture (f/2.0 is all you get), but with a focussing helicoid on the 645Z it's pretty darn nice....

Mind you, there is a thread dedicated to projector lenses

Sandy Hancock · 11-24-2022, 03:44 AM - **5 Likes**

Another warts-and-all shot with the Q07
To paraphrase HC-B - sharpness isn't everything.

Sandy Hancock · 11-24-2022, 03:45 AM - **6 Likes**

And my parting shot:

(see what I did there?)

garywakeling · 11-24-2022, 04:13 AM

Hmm I have a lens baby that is close to milk bottle, I will have a play tomorrow and post something , nice thread idea

**RICHARD L.** · 11-24-2022, 04:20 AM - **5 Likes**

My "worst" Pentax lens ever, apart from a severely decentered DA 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 AL II that I quickly exchanged for a DA 16-45 mm f/4, is the FA J 75-300 mm f/4-5.6. No sharpness but surprisingly good contrast, usable between 75 and 135 mm only with any success. I still have it as I would get nothing for it if I tried to sell it but I never use it. I kept this picture that is "not too bad" after all, taken @ 90 mm FL and f/11 on a K20.

11-23-2022, 05:34 PM - 6 Likes	#1
pschlute Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,202	Show off your "milk bottle" lens pictures. I took part in a lens discussion on the Pentaxians FB page today. I made the flippant comment that I have done on these forums before, that a good photographer can make a great picture with an old broken milk bottle selotaped to their camera mount. So I am starting this thread so we can show what can be done with unloved lenses. Get your worst lens and go and take a great picture with it. I aim tomorrow going to get my M 50mm f2.0 lens out to showcase it's abilities. It is often regarded as the poor man's 50mm, but I have no doubt it will put up a fight. Please post your images to this thread. Now I am not suggesting anyone actually does selotape a milk bottle to their camera, but extra points will be awarded if you do !

11-24-2022, 04:20 AM - 5 Likes	#15
RICHARD L. Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Quebec City, Quebec Posts: 6,582	My "worst" Pentax lens ever, apart from a severely decentered DA 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 AL II that I quickly exchanged for a DA 16-45 mm f/4, is the FA J 75-300 mm f/4-5.6. No sharpness but surprisingly good contrast, usable between 75 and 135 mm only with any success. I still have it as I would get nothing for it if I tried to sell it but I never use it. I kept this picture that is "not too bad" after all, taken @ 90 mm FL and f/11 on a K20. Last edited by RICHARD L.; 11-24-2022 at 04:28 AM.

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ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,292	Hmm, this could be interesting. But I do remember Noel making some cool pics with a magnifying glass.

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GUB Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Wanganui Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,760	Originally posted by UncleVanya I have a feeling this thread won’t be good for LBA. Probably not too good for alcohol addiction either - how many beers are we going to have to get through to find the perfect bottle bottom?

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Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,888	Originally posted by UncleVanya I have a feeling this thread won’t be good for LBA. I think that is a question of perspective (pun intended)

11-23-2022, 07:41 PM - 13 Likes	#7
Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,272	I'll bite The 07 Mount Shield lens for the Q system is about as close to a milk bottle as you can get and still mount it to a camera. One element. Fixed (tiny) aperture. Fixed focus. I spent a month with it a while back and surprised myself with the occasional compelling picture: Haya and Otoya

11-23-2022, 09:09 PM - 5 Likes	#8
UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,406	Olympus Body Cap Lens 9mm fisheye. P1220127_DxO by -vanya_42nd- P1220214_DxO by -vanya_42nd- _2080235_DxO by -vanya_42nd-

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fs999 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Luxembourg Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,639	PENTAX K-1 • FF Mode • 100 ISO • WILL-WETZLAR MAGINON 1:2.8/90 MC Projector Lens

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Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,272	Originally posted by fs999 WILL-WETZLAR MAGINON 1:2.8/90 MC Projector Lens Ooooh, if projector lenses are allowed, I have a very cool Schneider Kreuznach 70mm (iMax) cinema projector lens. Not sure I'd equate it with a milk bottle though. It might have no aperture (f/2.0 is all you get), but with a focussing helicoid on the 645Z it's pretty darn nice.... Mind you, there is a thread dedicated to projector lenses

11-24-2022, 03:44 AM - 5 Likes	#12
Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,272	Another warts-and-all shot with the Q07 To paraphrase HC-B - sharpness isn't everything.

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garywakeling Moderator Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,759	Hmm I have a lens baby that is close to milk bottle, I will have a play tomorrow and post something , nice thread idea