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dave's clichés, your posts about fancy, legacy stuff made me peek through eBay in the past weeks, even though so far I prevented my finger to click on the "Buy now" button...  ^_^  

 

I've seen the M42 reviews in the past and I'm curious about it, even though it didn't convince me so far (clearly, had I found the deal at 4€, I'd have bought it immediately). But after I've seen this:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lichtmaedel/4559959465/

 

there's something that still pushes me to learn about that lens.

 

PS It must be said that it's a very special photo: the swirl follows and enhances the swirl in the branches, and you don't find easily something like that.