Picked up an old 50mm lens for less than £30, it makes delightful clicky noises.
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Great lens - what camera are you using it on? If it’s an APSC (or less than full frame) then there’ll be a crop factor (but this will be the same as your other lenses)
I’m using an old Pentax KM dslr, which has been fun to learn on, and if I don’t use it just right I get absolute dogshit back.
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Just did a quick google and it looks like it’s got a 1.5 crop - 75mm equivalent is a nice focal length for portraits or whatever, so it’s probably perfect. I don’t shoot digital very much, but my tip (which you probably already know) is to underexpose a little
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I appreciate the tip, I think I’ve probably been doing that mostly unknowingly, out of taste and/or lack of skill. I hadn’t heard of that, so thanks.
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