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If you want to go even deeper down the rabbithole the Alphas are also great manual lens platforms.

https://phillipreeve.net/blog/manual-lenses-sony-a7/

Plus, a comprehensive list from the same folks for all the E mount lenses:

https://phillipreeve.net/blog/fe-lenses-sony-comprehensive-i...

Definitely. I recommend grabbing a Helios-44 58mm off eBay and a cheap adapter from Amazon.

I have one of these and would second the recommendation - really cool bokeh, light and cheap enough that I don't mind bashing it around. Seems they've gotten more expensive compared to when I purchased mine though (I think I paid 50-60 USD)

Generally speaking all of the M42 mount Soviet Zeiss clones will be interesting and relatively affordable.

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