The brownie sold! For a mighty £1.95. And so with this fortune burning a hole in my pocket I have bought an old Meyer-Optik Primotar E lens. It's a 50mm f3.5 all aluminium which I believe used to grace an M42 mount Exakta SLR in the mid '50s. It cost 99p and is in great condition and also came with a Vivitar lens case which I may keep for my old zoom.
I've decided not to include postage in my little experiment for the first few buys but will reckon up and include them in due course. It makes it easier to get going.
I've been using the lens on my digital camera and found it, apart from looking odd on a black brick like camera, to be pretty good and sharp.
It is an auto lens with a very easy manual switch near the filter ring so works well in stopdown mode on the digital. It also feels lovely to use and is easy to focus, snapping in and out nicely. I haven't done any tests but here's a snap. I'm quite reluctant to pass this one on but after I've played a little more it will be back on ebay and I'll move on to something else.
