Our Shiva being a reluctant meowdel, giving me his signature "blue steel" pose.

When I first bought my Pentax Q-S1, I read about using Yashica 8mm cine lenses on it. These lenses can be mounted with a D-to-PQ adapter (link below), though only with manual focus and aperture control.

I managed to find an affordable set on eBay: the 13mm f/1.4 and the 38mm f/1.5. The 13mm is particularly interesting—it has a swirly bokeh and, with a full-frame equivalent focal length of 60mm, works well for portraits. However, there is some vignetting.

Focusing at f/1.4 on the small camera display is tricky, so I usually take multiple exposures while slowly moving in, hoping one will be sharp.

D–PQ mount adapter: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322952265679

#8mm #bokehlicious #bokey #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #caturdayeveryday #cinelens #cinelenses #kitties #kitty #meowdel #moggie #moggiemonday #pentax #pentaxian #pentaxq #pentaxqs1 #ricohpentax #swirlybokeh #tabby #tabbycat #yashica

Our Shiva being a reluctant meowdel, giving me his signature "blue steel" pose.

I read about using Yashica 8mm Cine lenses on Pentax Q cameras when I first bought my Q-S1. They can be mounted with a D to PQ adapter (link below) but with manual focus and apterture. I managed to find an affordable set of the 13mm f/1.4 and the 38mm f/1.5 on eBay. It's the 13mm that has the swirly bokeh and with a full-frame equivalent focal distance of 60mm not bad for portrait photography There is some vignetting though. Trying to focus using the small display on the camera is challenging and I tend to just take exposures while slowly moving in, hoping that one will stick.

D–PQ mount adapter: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322952265679

#8mm #bokehlicious #bokey #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #caturdayeveryday #cinelens #cinelenses #kitties #kitty #meowdel #moggie #moggiemonday #pentax #pentaxian #pentaxq #pentaxqs1 #ricohpentax #swirlybokeh #tabby #tabbycat #yashica

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Canon EOS R6 Mark II, Helios 44M-4 58mm f/2
#bluebonnet #photography #helios44m4 #swirlybokeh

I think it would be a cool album cover!

There is that "everything can be an album cover" stuff going on. Maybe it's already done and I missed it, because I'm old and not cool anymore. But if you've got a band and this image clicks with you and you'd like to have this as an actual album cover exclusive and for free: Write me!

#photography #albumcover #albumcoverart #moth #insect #insectphotography #bokeh #bokehphotography #swirlybokeh #trippy #omsystem #om1 #mft #microfourthirds #m43 #micro43 #olympus1240pro

Just before sunset the sun was breaking through the clouds and allowed me to take a picture of this beautiful plant. Not exactly sure what it is, but I think it's some kind of campion.

#photography #plant #closeup #closeupphotography #flower #flowerphotography #nature #naturephotography #hiking #outdoors #outdoorphotography #bokeh #swirlybokeh #omsystem #om1 #mft #microfourthirds #m43 #micro43 #olympus75300mm