Manual Focus Madness: Why I'm Hooked on Old Glass

This whole thing started after I watched Dune 2 and spiraled into an eBay deep dive for that sweet Helios 44-2 glow...

List:
Helios 44M-6 56mm - 00:43
Minolta Rokkor-x 45mm 2.0 - 07:02
Minolta Rokkor-x 50mm 1.7 - 02:30 & 07:57
SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1.7 - 04:58 & 07:26
Sears 28mm 2.8 Macro - 02:20 & 05:18
Fuji Seiko 35mm 2.8 - 03:16 & 06:01
Sigma 28mm mini-wide 2.8 - 02:00 & 05:40


Now I'm knee-deep in Minoltas, Pentax, Canon, random adapters, and a Fuji Seiko I still can't figure out. Manual focus? Yeah, it's tough with kids around, but there's something about that tactile feel and old-school quality that keeps me coming back.

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