My collection

I love old lenses.   Over the years, I have amassed what I consider to be pretty good collection of lenses.  Here is a list of my lenses, my rating of these lenses and well as what I believe to be reasonable price for them at the time of my review:

Canon 40mm 2.8 EF STM

Canon 50mm 1.8 EF

Contax Zeiss 45mm 2.8 (9/10 $200)

Contax Zeiss 50mm 1.7

Fujinon 50mm 1.4 EBC M42 (?/10 $150)

Fujinon-X 50mm 1.2 EBC

Kodak Retina Xenar 50mm 2.8

Nikkor 50mm 1.4 AIS

Takumar SMC 50mm 1.4 (8/10 $70)

Takumar SMC 50mm 4.0 Macro

Takumar Super 55mm 1.8

Topcor RE 58mm 1.8 (9/10 $75)

Yashica ML 50mm 2.0 (3/10 $20)

My collection also include some non-normal lenses:

Canon 28mm 2.8 IS USM

Canon 100mm EF Macro

Contax Zeiss 28mm 2.8

Funinon 35mm 2.8 EBC M42

Mamiya SX 135mm M42 (7/10 $35)

Meyer Primagon 35mm 4.5 V (8/10 $70)

Nikkor-P 105mm 2.5 (8/10 $75)

Olympus Zuiko 24mm 2.8

Olympus Zuiko 28mm 3.5

Takumar 20mm 4.5 (8/10 $150)

Takumar 28mm 3.5
Takumar 35mm 3.5 (8/10 $40)

Topcor RE 25mm 3.5 (8/10 $150)

Topcor RE 35mm 2.8

Topcor RE 135mm 3.5

Some of these lenses like the Takumars, Nikkors and Zuikos required almost no work to adapt to my camera, a Canon 5DII while others such as the Primagon and Topcors needed major surgery before they could work on my camera.  I look forward to share some of my experiences and impressions regarding these lenses with you. Additionally, I continue to spend too much time looking for nice lens deals on ebay.  I am happy to share my finds in these pages as well.