#ShittyLensChallenge

Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-27

When you're a member of the #CrappyCommieCameraParty and the #shittylenschallenge and love the swirl it doesn't have to be a Helios. Just have a look at projection lenses like this #CZJ #Kipronar 140/1.9 ...

Lina, #Kiel 2024

#photography #portrait #vintagelens #portraitphotography #fotografie #portraitfotografie #projektionsobjektiv #projectionlens #swirl #swirlybokeh #femaleportrait #onemonochromeaday #blackandwhite

Woman in jeans and coat standing between two small trees in a forest. Swirly bokeh.
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-25

When you love the #CrappyCommieCameraParty and the #shittylenschallenge then you have to stop for the Tair 11A 135/2.8 as well. Lot's of character outdoors but it makes also a good impression in the studio.

Jule (12) #Kiel 2025

#photography #portrait #fotografie #studioportrait #portraitfotografie #portraitphotography #flash #flashphotography #blitz #blitzlicht #teen #teenager #tween #jugend #jugendliche #youth #childportrait #kinderportrait #altglas #vintagelens #blackandwhite

Studio portrait of a 12-year-old girl onto whom a window light with a window cross was projected by flash.
Is an old 50mm Pentax SMC shitty enough for #shittylenschallenge ?
Pentax K-x
#vintagelens #bees
Color photo of a skep sitting in a void in a very old stone wall.
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-20

If you love swirl, then (most) projection lenses are right up your alley. And of course the #CrappyCommieCameraParty and the #shittylenschallenge can deliver here as well since there are more than Helios comrades to the party.

Johanna, #Kiel 2023

#Fujifilm GFX100S, 35KP 120/2.8

#photography #portrait #portraitfotografie #portraitphotography #fotografie #adaptedlens #vintagelens #altglas #onemonochromeaday #blackandwhite #swirl #swirlybokeh #monochrome

Young woman standing on a forest path, looking to the side. Very shallow depth of field and strong swirl at the sides of the image.
2025-06-20

If you love swirl, then projection lenses are right up your alley. And of course the #CrappyCommieCameraParty and the #shittylenschallenge can deliver here as well since there are more than Helios comrades to the party. Johanna, #Kiel 2023 #Fujifilm GFX100S, 35KP 120/2.8 #photography #portrait

Young woman standing on a forest path, looking to the side. Very shallow depth of field and strong swirl at the sides of the image.
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-19

Like with any #CCCP lens you have to have some luck. But if you do, you get a gorgeous #vintagelens, very worthy of the #CrappyCommieCameraParty and the #shittylenschallenge like this MC Jupiter 37A 135/3.5

Malin Steffen, #actress, #Hamburg 2021

#Fujifilm GFX50R

#portrait #photography #fotografie #portraitfotografie #portraitphotography #altglas #adaptedlens #actressportrait #Speicherstadt

Portrait of a young woman in a floral blouse tied at the waist, standing in front of the arch of an iron bridge.
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-18

Looking for a nice but cheapish #vintagelens that would fit to the #CrappyCommieCameraParty then have a look at the Industar 61 52/2.8. It's a better / sharper alternative to the Industar 26M and it even works on a #Fujifilm GFX100S.

Lina, #Kiel 2024

#shittylenschallenge #portrait #photography #portraitphotography #portraitfotografie #fotografie #colorportrait #femaleportrait #femalemodel #altglas #industar

Woman standing at a bus stop that is sprayed with graffiti
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-17

4 years old, but more relevant than ever and also one of the reasons why I'm a fan of using a #vintagelens on modern cameras and adapted the #shittycamerachallenge into the #shittylenschallenge for me. Specs and MTF charts doesn‘t make your #portrait better. Character makes it better …

#photography

fstoppers.com/gear/why-image-q

Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-17

The badly named OKP 1-100-1 100/1.8 #projectionlens is also a very good option for the #CrappyCommieCameraParty as it renders images really beautifully. It shows the magic of the #shittylenschallenge as well ...

Johanna, Felm (near #Kiel), 2023

#photography #portrait #portraitphotography #vintagelens #adaptedlens #fotografie #portraitfotografie #onemonochromeaday #monochrome #blackandwhite #altglas #adaptedlens

Woman sitting at a lake, leaning on a birch tree
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-09

PSA: Don't overpay for a #vintagelens. There are so many alternatives out there for a fraction of the price. Getting tired of the #Helios prices, because Hollywood found them? A Pentacon Prakticar 50/2,4, worthy of #shittylenschallenge and #CrappyCommieCameraParty swirls as well - for just 25€ ... (and it also works on modern 100 MP sensors as shown)

Test portrait with a mannequin head
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-06
studio headshot of a young woman
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-05

The #CrappyCommieCameraParty is a good opportunity to show that the Commies made also great lenses, even if some designs are ... well, "borrowed". Like this 35KP 120/2.8, which looks from the result like a Carl #Zeiss #Kipronar clone.

Johanna, #Kiel 2023, #Fujifilm GFX50R

#shittylenschallenge #shittycamerachallenge #photography #portrait #portraitphotography #portraitfotografie #onemonochromeaday #monochrome #blackandwhite #CZJ #CarlZeiss

Portrait of a woman standing in larger-than-life reeds
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-04

As the leader of the #CrappyCommieCameraParty stipulated, Commie lenses alone already qualify - which is great since I have my own personal #shittylenschallenge where I adapt cheap but great vintage lenses onto my #Fujifilm GFX, like this Kiev Vega 28b.

#CCCP is the current theme of the #shittycamerachallenge which seems to be active on Bluesky only nowadays, even though it started here on Mastodon as well ...

Nella (10), #Kiel 2022

#photography #portrait #kinderportrait #fotografie #kids

Studio portrait of a 10-year-old girl sitting on a chair
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-06-02

Ich hatte das #Steinheil #Quinon 55/1.9 letzte Woche noch mal mit und ich bleibe dabei: Keine Empfehlung - insbesondere nicht für die #Fujifilm #GFX. Häufig zu starke Vignette und selbst beim Vollformat ist der Preis, der dafür aufgerufen wird, *viel* zu teuer.

#Hafen von #Løkken, #Dänemark 2025

#shittylenschallenge #vintagelens #adaptedlens #altglas

Boote im Hafen von Løkken
Erik Schlicksbiererik@photog.social
2025-05-22

Ich mag #Softfocus #Objektive so gerne, dass ich meinen #Fotoblog Artikel gleich um 3 weitere Linsen ergänzt habe - u.a. mit einem raren #Weichzeichner Tele-Zoom.

Jetzt wird es erstmal Zeit, dass ich mit manchen Linsen endlich mal wieder mehr angewandte Bildbeispiele fotografiert bekomme ... :-D

schlicksbier.com/es-muss-nicht

#shittylenschallenge #adaptedlens #altglas #vintagelens

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