running late with this - apologies...
all month with the world's fastest macro lens..... say what?
yep - a quirk pushed me down the rabbit hole of tracking down one of these seemingly-rare lenses, until one turned up on eBay that I was willing to take a chance on....
an odd duck, this lens... looks very similar to any of the other Auto Chinon 50 or 55mm lenses, until the macro function comes into play....
this is an M42-mount, fully manual, film-era lens, built in Chinon's signature colors: green, orange, and white...
I'll start with the lens' only downfall - lack of modern lens coatings: wide open, at f1.7, any stray light is going to ruin your shot with veiling, loss of contrast, and just general glow... I didn't do much shooting at f1.7 this month...
but knock the aperture back to f2 or beyond and all that stops - you've got a capable, responsive lens that will give you color, clarity, bokeh... and up to 1:3 macro range if you want it...
how about some shots?
and a little distance:
overall, a great lens and it's a shame that the lens' lineage did not continue beyond this line - it seemingly ended with Chinon's demise...
the rest of February's flickr file:
Single In Challenge - February 2020 | Flickr