The lens on my Sony Nex 5N.

I was reading something on one of the web forums (I don’t remember what) and this lens came up with generally positive reviews. I saw one going for very little money and thought about buying it. However, something stopped me. Then a little later I was going through some of my earlier purchases and I came across a Yashica FX-3 with three lenses (and a bunch of other goodies) that I’d bought for, as I recall, $26. And lo and behold one of the lenses was the 42-75mm f3.5-4.5. Sometimes when I’m looking for a lens it’s cheaper to buy the lens and the body together rather than buying the lens separately. In this case I was looking for a Yashica body and wasn’t paying much attention to the lenses. So I almost bought a lens I already had.

I decided to try it. Unfortunately my time was limited so I ended taking pictures of the usual suspects: things in our garden – mostly flowers.

It’s fairly small, but solid lens and fits nicely on the Nex 5N. It’s a little heavy though. I like the colors and it also seems to be quite sharp especially when stopped down a little. The only slight problem I had was with flare when pointed in the direction of a strong light source. I imagine a hood would help.

Purple Cornflower.

Coreopsis with bug.

Obedient plants (mostly).

Mixture of flowers.

Bird Houses.

Other pictures taken with this lens can be found here:

Old Waterworks at Pocantico Lake
Boat in the Mist

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