Welcome to Simon's utak. This is a channel for lovers of cameras, lenses and camera gear. It should be of particular interest to amateur and professional photographers who enjoy using film era lenses on modern digital DSLR cameras.
My name is Simon, but why utak? Because in some languages utak means "brain". To me, the camera/lens is like a brain for artistic endeavours.
The content is based on my film and digital photography experience over four decades using a wide range of lenses - including Carl Zeiss Jena, Takumar, Yashica, Tomioka, Helios, Pentagon, Fujinon, Pentax, Leitz and Meyer-Optik Gorlitz.
My photos on Flickr have attracted over 12 million views, here: www.flickr.com/photos/95859572@N06/albums.
If you'd like to donate to my channel, there's a link below.
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Pentax FA 50mm f1.4 Classic. A new lens with classic optics, great bokeh and amazing rainbow flares.
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Carl Zeiss Jena 35mm f2.4 Flektogon – a review of this highly rated old lens + compared to Prakticar
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Carl Zeiss Jena 35mm f2.4 vs Auto-Takumar 35/2.3 vs Sigma 30/1.4 vs Pentax 35/2.8 Macro. Old vs new!
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