budget lenses

 other than shooting film there's few cheaper ways of emptying your bank account quickly than money spent on lenses. i use the first lens in this vid a lot. so much so that i'd say it's almost moved me away from my expensive (and time consuming) film habit and back to digital. the images are so random that, with the camera set on full manual i get free range to experiment with actually camera technique and it really puts me in mind of my first ever camera, a zenit with a broken light meter that i used fully on eye, i really can't be bother ed with all the camera shenanigans, whether its complex developing with film, or horrible editing sessions with digital - i just like mucking about taking pictures. cheap lenses are a great way to do this, to free yourself up and actually enjoy what you're doing

* i'm in no way critcising those who like their photoshop/lightbox or for whom hours in a dark room is a day well spent. i love, esp the darkroom stuff, having a blether about all that but i don't really understand it and its not for me