An old prime lens made new

My parents have an old film camera that probably needs some serious TLC to work again. And when I say my parents have it, I mean they had it, and now I have it in my possession. In the bag with the Olympus OM-10 was a Zuiko 50mm 1:1.8 prime lens, and a 2x tele-converter.  My friend amazon.com hooked me up with an inexpensive mounting ring to convert the OM system lens to the Canon EOS system.  I haven't done too much with it, but I already like what I see.  For an example of this lens in action check out my Bio page here. I sat down with this lens in a big room with some natural sunlight and did a self-portrait mini shoot, to come up with my new head shot.


My remote shooting rig is quite a sight to see actually. I have my old laptop, with it's busted screen and all, serving as a host device for screen sharing, and as the platform on which I run the EOS Utility Canon ships with their cameras.  I use my iPad to actually control the automatic functions of the camera, and even run in live view mode. With the Olympus prime lens I do have to manually focus with the ring, since there is no auto-focus feature on this bad boy. Even with the lack of remote focus adjustment, It was very easy to get a precise focus, and as with any wide-open lens the focal plane is practically as narrow as paper.

With this self-portrait looking like it does, just imagine what I can do for your portraits.  Hire me!

as a side note, my poor glasses are loosing their Anti-reflective coating.  And the paint on the frames. Good thing my benefits for new glasses roll around soon!