Restoring the joy of taking pictures

Recently I have been ditching my automatic and zoom lenses and buying cheap prime film era manual lenses from E-bay. In my opinion automation has jacked up the cost of buying lenses and taken away much of the feel of taking pictures. I found a new joy in going out with my Vivitar fitted on my D40 to give me stop down imaging. I also just bought a manual 2x teleconverter for my Nikkor 135 f3.5. I am fortunate to have a Nikon D40 camera on which almost every Nikon mount lens fits.

That's awesome. I love using old manual lenses on my D300, the AI-S 50mm 1:1.4 being my favourite. I also love shooting with my Leica IIIc (circa 1950), Holga, Smena 8m, and of course my Automatic land camera and Rolleiflex

It's about having fun!

exactly the way I feel

I am expecting a clean Nikkor 2x teleconverter today or tomorrow. I bought it in on E-Bay for $60. I also just ordered a Soligor 200 mm f3.5 with a Nikon F mount for $50. Getting photographic goodies is really fun.