@@nyobunknown6983 bs, there was 1440p in 2008, it just wasn't a clickable option at the time. One example is a video titled 'Oshkosh HETS on Las Vegas BLVD.'
@@hughjassstudios9688 Using the term BS was uncalled for. I did not know there was a 1440 option. How could I know if it wasn't a clickable option? I do know there were strict time limits and all the videos looked like crap to me.
It does. The whole question is: what's the finest detail a device is able to deliver? Everything a photographic lens does is "tie" the incoming rays of light together and put them the correct spot on the sensor or film. While a bad lens would make two black dots with a little bit of white space between them appear as one while a better lens would deliver both dots and the spaces. The better lens RESOLVES the incoming light into a more appropriate "package" that contains more information.
just think.. it took someone sitting in a room.. thinkin over and over "how am i going to do this.. with cheap materials at hand?" and now we have this SCIENCE!
That's due to the fluorite lens element and the ultra-low dispersion element - both are very expensive due to the high cost and difficulty 8n creating the fluorite lens. It's laboratory grown crystals.
It's pretty large, considering the 500mm focal length (F). Remember, it's a function: The diameter (Ø) of the aperture in a F/4 lens when the focal length is F=500mm, is: Ø=500mm/4=125mm. In comparison, the diameter (Ø) of the 85mm F/1,2 is a measly: Ø=85mm/1,2=70,83mm. For a 85mm lens to have the same diameter aperture as the 500mm F/4 (Ø=125mm), it would have to be a 85mm F/0,68 (!) Ø=85mm/0,68=125mm In other words: F/4 on a 500mm lens is huge!
This model is no longer manufactured, and the second incarnation is the one currently being produced and sold. It has an MSRP of $10,500. Mother of God.
We are talking about digital HD not Film and HD in TH-cam didn't pick up up until the the end of 2009 and back then not everyone had a fast internet speed to see HD videos so not everyone would bother to upload in HD.
4:51 Pressed by hand using expert techniques?? strange, to me it looked like he slapped it into position and used a press that was pre dialed in to do the job for him
I think he meant the front element size, which divides the focal length with the maximum aperture. So the lens in this video actually has a larger front element (and therefore aperture [hole]) than my Canon 100mm f2.8. But yes, my 100mm is quicker than the 500mm mentioned in this video.
Ironically, at only 240 dpi vid resolution, it wasn't very clear... 🤔 I would have liked to see even more details re. the homoginisation & clarification processes as well as the final polishing... 🤓👍
After about 2m30s nothing of any interest was presented, "Here we made the lens glass ever so precisely and carefully, we did this and that, and there we are, aren't we clever?".
2:16 I guess I'll never find out how these four most critical steps to improve the glass. I just have to take their word for it that it works. The rest I understood.
Well holy shit I am glad I was told about that. You learn something knew every day. So f/4 can be wide or small depending on the diameter of a lens? So really, it's all comparative? Thanks for telling me that! Very informative and I won't make a dick of myself in the future.
Ok, so the F-stop is simply a ratio. It doesn't matter how big a lens is, the ratio will be the same. So F4 on a lens with an 82mm front element diameter is the same as F4 on a lens with a 52mm. Its calculated by dividing the focal length by the diameter of the aperture. Its generally used as a measure of light transfer, but this is actually not 100% correct, as each lens can have various levels of that (this is actually the T-stop of the lens) even when using the same F-stop. In general though, F4 on say a 200mm lens will allow for roughly the same exposure settings as F4 on a 35mm lens. Its just the focal length relative the size of the opening of the iris; the longer a lens gets, the wider the aperture has to be to allow the same ratio. On some lenses that zoom from one FL to another, you might have what is a variable aperture, expressed like F4-5.6. This means that as you zoom the ratio can change, and your exposure will be effected. Some zooms have a constant, usually your more expensive F2.8 or even F4 lenses (70-200mm comes in both flavors). This means the ratio does not change as you zoom, as the lens is engineered to work this way, which is part of why they cost so much more than the variable lenses and usually have more limited range (a 70-300mm will almost always be variable, while most 70-200mm are constant). Sorry it took 7 years to find your comment and reply, LOL. You probably already found all this info in that time. But maybe someone else is just now finding it and still needs it. So imma leave it here.
@@rowanaustin8745 I think Canon lenses are fine, as they are from Sony, Nikon, Fuji and other Brands. At least if you are comparing lenses on equivalent price levels. I was just joking which is indicated by the smily. ;) The perfect lens and perfect sharpness is not so important to a good picture in my opinion.
@@yabbadabbadoo8225 They were shot on medium format. They're way past "HD" resolution. (1920x1080) Have you ever shot medium format before? Did you even look up high resolution scans? NASA has them uploaded in ~4000x4000 resolution on Flickr. I have some old Zeiss Jena optics from the 50's, and they sure as hell can produce razor sharp high res photos today.
@@logitech4873 Hi champ, I got my first camera at 5, a Kodak 55. At 7 stepped up to a Yashica , a 100% manual shooter. At 15 bought my first Pro Camera the Nikon F1 and over several years $15,000 worth of kit by 1978. Do I know what??? lol Have a fine day.
$50,000 each. I think I have do sell my left balls as well as my kidneys. And now with the new RF and R3/R1 coming out. We're going to have to rob the bank... at least the memory cards are chea.......
Oh sweet thanks Canon! Now I can make a DIY Canon L Series 500mm F4L IS USM at home without spending $9000!
Absolutely. You need to spend $90 million on machinery and furnaces, though.
@@nigelrg1 I watched How It's Made and built my own machinery. I'll have my Canon lense for only $7500 all said and done.
@@nigelrg1 or one lightsaber
N don't forget to add vanila taste inside. 👍
Looks simple enough
I hope they play this awesome techno music each time a lens is made.
Ironic that a video about high end lens production would have so few pixels
I caught myself actually becoming momentarily incensed @2:01
Back in 2009 there was no HD on TH-cam.
buddy this video was shot and uploaded in the mid 2000s not yesterday
@@nyobunknown6983 bs, there was 1440p in 2008, it just wasn't a clickable option at the time. One example is a video titled 'Oshkosh HETS on Las Vegas BLVD.'
@@hughjassstudios9688 Using the term BS was uncalled for. I did not know there was a 1440 option. How could I know if it wasn't a clickable option? I do know there were strict time limits and all the videos looked like crap to me.
4:56 "lenses are pressed by hand using expert techniques"
*puts class in spoon, pushes button
No the guy manually has to push it, it's basically the same precision you'd get from actually using your hand
You might need a professor to press that button.
8 years later
@@reelshorts4908 yes. Weird isn't it
@@dougsteel7414 um
I gotta say, this is the clearest 240p vid out there.
This must be why the lenses required me to sell a kidney and two of my livers.
@Gazza Boo Indeed. Protect thy livers. We've only got so many.
Top tip, no one says it has to be your livers!
@@kevindiaz3459 well, my virginity isn't for sale!
@@JPerry-jw9ik LOL, I meant like, you could use someone else's liver, but I can see what you mean!
time to go organ hunting in brazil again
I always thought they were made from Christmas magic.
Manufacturing L-glass in 240p. LOL :D
hahahaha lol
Not just L glass but Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USMNOP..
Me : Must pick higher res than this potato vision
TH-cam: Nope.
That's a meta joke.
2:26 That’s one funky fresh bassline
LatelyBass
Sigma - "We just cut the bottom off of a Coke bottle and polish it up"
They don’t do this ? :0
Grindset- make a lens 💪😤
That must be what they used to shoot this.............
0:20 "This powder is the raw material used in EF-500mm-f4L-IS-USM-HDTV-PG13-LMAO-CDC-EU-MCU-TNT lenses."
It does. The whole question is: what's the finest detail a device is able to deliver? Everything a photographic lens does is "tie" the incoming rays of light together and put them the correct spot on the sensor or film. While a bad lens would make two black dots with a little bit of white space between them appear as one while a better lens would deliver both dots and the spaces. The better lens RESOLVES the incoming light into a more appropriate "package" that contains more information.
I always thought they were made by sorcery and witchcraft. This confirms it.
just think.. it took someone sitting in a room.. thinkin over and over "how am i going to do this.. with cheap materials at hand?"
and now we have this SCIENCE!
Damn. Always amazed at manufacturing like this.
what a cliffhanger.. what about the polishing?
And this is why we hit you up for $10k for one of our spankin new 500mm EF IS
That's due to the fluorite lens element and the ultra-low dispersion element - both are very expensive due to the high cost and difficulty 8n creating the fluorite lens. It's laboratory grown crystals.
So apparently TH-cam needs 12 years until it decides to show me this video? Why? How? What?
I'm digging the soundtrack though.
Same dude. Same
Why not?
@@DoubleMonoLR Did you just mansplain something to a man because of a joke?
Nice one! :D
Me too.
The Chemistry MUST be respected.
🧐 mmmyess
Mmm yes superfluously
It's pretty large, considering the 500mm focal length (F). Remember, it's a function: The diameter (Ø) of the aperture in a F/4 lens when the focal length is F=500mm, is: Ø=500mm/4=125mm.
In comparison, the diameter (Ø) of the 85mm F/1,2 is a measly: Ø=85mm/1,2=70,83mm.
For a 85mm lens to have the same diameter aperture as the 500mm F/4 (Ø=125mm), it would have to be a 85mm F/0,68 (!) Ø=85mm/0,68=125mm
In other words: F/4 on a 500mm lens is huge!
The first half of this video could be labeled "Breaking Bad deleted scene" and no one would be the wiser.
The 500mm f/4 IS II USM has 16 lens elements according to Canon's website.
I use the Heisenberg lens, but all my pictures have a blue tint on them..
White balance
lol
Still a great joke!
TH-cam recomend this after 12 years😍
Much respect, now I realize why they are so expensive.
Stunning three videos.
This model is no longer manufactured, and the second incarnation is the one currently being produced and sold. It has an MSRP of $10,500.
Mother of God.
makes me choose a canon L over every other lense!!
Good to know that such a intense craft it is
I wonder which lenses they make this for… guess they didn’t mention in the video
See the description.
When was this video made? And no, I'm not asking about when it was uploaded to TH-cam.
Amazed by what people are capable of.
The looney music adds so much to the quality of the information
not only much but all! To say it clearly: without it it would be nothing.
Manufacturing like this only comes with experience of decades like Canon has.
"IF 500mm F4L IS USM" Well that's a mouth full
+Evert van Ingen EF 500mm F4L IS USM... EF ;)
***** haha Thank you :D
EF 500mm F4L IS USM Optical Lenses
thinking of upgrading to an XTi or 5Dmk2?! there is a MASSIVE difference between those cameras... and it's not just the price.
This is some technical jargon overload
What if this video could be reshot in 4K and uploaded so we could see clarity beyond 240p... ;)
Now it's make sense, why is the lens more expensive than the camera.
We are talking about digital HD not Film and HD in TH-cam didn't pick up up until the the end of 2009 and back then not everyone had a fast internet speed to see HD videos so not everyone would bother to upload in HD.
Production must be made on a fire planet!
Japanese engineering and manufacturing at its best
4:51
Pressed by hand using expert techniques??
strange, to me it looked like he slapped it into position and used a press that was pre dialed in to do the job for him
if it's possible, this made me want to own a 500 f/4 L even more
I think he meant the front element size, which divides the focal length with the maximum aperture. So the lens in this video actually has a larger front element (and therefore aperture [hole]) than my Canon 100mm f2.8. But yes, my 100mm is quicker than the 500mm mentioned in this video.
i would love to see how nikkor glass is ground.
4:50 12 years ago still this video edited useing musking😌😌really proud of it
1:34 Is that part of the production room open to the outside?
Now I understand why they cost minimum $3k
you inspect glass, that you going to grind up to powder and press anyway, why would you check for defects in glass your just going to grind up?
wow the video is as sharp and high-def as a canonlens.
Love to see products making
Canon L Series the best of the best.
never knew making lenses would be very complicated... GO CANON !
It is so creepy. I was explaining someone couple of days back that how these lenses are made..
Now now it's in my recommendation 🤨
I like relieving stress too.
wow, so nice to see.
lol HD videos came in before you were born.
Heisenberg makes lens now?
240p ?
Are we not in 2017 ?
Alex Abadi look at the date of weihen this was made it's older tha. You child
Alex Abadi and I Love
no were in 2018
No we are.
Innappropriate music kicks in at 0:50 ... When the beat drops....
that noise made by the furnace is weird!! and it can be heard long aftr too
Somebody make a new version of this video please (I send this message to the cosmos).
For what they charge for new lenses, they should at least give you a free download of this soundtrack with every purchase 🕺
absolutely amazing
1:45 heisenberg approves
Very cool VDO. you should have get more subscribers.
Ironically, at only 240 dpi vid resolution, it wasn't very clear... 🤔
I would have liked to see even more details re. the homoginisation & clarification processes as well as the final polishing... 🤓👍
If you think Canon has insane tolerances you should watch the Zeiss video.
Anyone know the lens this is for?
This video surely is about optics, what else at 240p
It's a 12 year old TH-cam video.
If glass is glass try to make a lense with your windows.... and make a video with that please !!
After about 2m30s nothing of any interest was presented, "Here we made the lens glass ever so precisely and carefully, we did this and that, and there we are, aren't we clever?".
Oh the irony of a video on high quality lenses but released in 240p...
define irony: the production of one of the most advanced lenses is shown in a 240p video. o_O
2:16 I guess I'll never find out how these four most critical steps to improve the glass. I just have to take their word for it that it works. The rest I understood.
It just works.
Thought f4 was considered pretty small, or at least medium. Certainly not large
got recommended by youtube 12 years later..
the lens doesn't decide the resolution, the camera/recording equipment does
I need one for my Canon Legria HF G10. Does any body know where can i get "focus lense" for it?
didn't know cocaine was used to make canon lenses.
No wonder Canon L lenses are so expensive, they're made from Cocaine !!! 😂
I fell into a lens grinding machine once and made a spectacle of myself...
Well holy shit I am glad I was told about that. You learn something knew every day. So f/4 can be wide or small depending on the diameter of a lens? So really, it's all comparative?
Thanks for telling me that! Very informative and I won't make a dick of myself in the future.
Ok, so the F-stop is simply a ratio. It doesn't matter how big a lens is, the ratio will be the same. So F4 on a lens with an 82mm front element diameter is the same as F4 on a lens with a 52mm. Its calculated by dividing the focal length by the diameter of the aperture. Its generally used as a measure of light transfer, but this is actually not 100% correct, as each lens can have various levels of that (this is actually the T-stop of the lens) even when using the same F-stop. In general though, F4 on say a 200mm lens will allow for roughly the same exposure settings as F4 on a 35mm lens. Its just the focal length relative the size of the opening of the iris; the longer a lens gets, the wider the aperture has to be to allow the same ratio. On some lenses that zoom from one FL to another, you might have what is a variable aperture, expressed like F4-5.6. This means that as you zoom the ratio can change, and your exposure will be effected. Some zooms have a constant, usually your more expensive F2.8 or even F4 lenses (70-200mm comes in both flavors). This means the ratio does not change as you zoom, as the lens is engineered to work this way, which is part of why they cost so much more than the variable lenses and usually have more limited range (a 70-300mm will almost always be variable, while most 70-200mm are constant).
Sorry it took 7 years to find your comment and reply, LOL. You probably already found all this info in that time. But maybe someone else is just now finding it and still needs it. So imma leave it here.
Wow, least I know re-mortgaging my house for a 600mm was justified in this video.
well done
@@haraldschurr1035 Thanks, living on the street now, but it's opened up so many more photographic opportunities.
In Japan how do you say “this video is full of corporate B/S buzz words! Konichiwa!!
The birthplace of all "L" lens...
I'm surprised that there is manual labor involved in the making of something that expensive
That's amazing !
Maro Vok ชจ
Translated letters hodeing the picture.so not visible.
This is surprisingly a low tec process. Know I understand why they are expensive and from medium quality. :)
What lenses do you think are better?
@@rowanaustin8745 I think Canon lenses are fine, as they are from Sony, Nikon, Fuji and other Brands. At least if you are comparing lenses on equivalent price levels. I was just joking which is indicated by the smily. ;) The perfect lens and perfect sharpness is not so important to a good picture in my opinion.
@@marlamaier1660 so tell me what lenses are better. Could you name the brands you are talking about.
I honestly thought this lens dropped down from the heavens....not shot out of the rear end of a blast furnace.
great content but low image quality video! must be very old film material ...
finally.... an english version
They blend the drugs, marijuana, and shit on high temperature in order to make some lenses, that's why it's ultra expensive
Even with such scales of exact optical precision most of the Apollo images looked like they were shot with a $2 Brownie Box
those were due to transmission bandwidth limitations and the fact that they ran all that using a potato computer
The Apollo photos were taken with Zeiss optics and cameras, and they're remarkably sharp.
Have you looked at high quality scans of them?
@@logitech4873 High quality what?
Not even close to current HD levels of today lol
@@yabbadabbadoo8225 They were shot on medium format. They're way past "HD" resolution. (1920x1080)
Have you ever shot medium format before?
Did you even look up high resolution scans? NASA has them uploaded in ~4000x4000 resolution on Flickr.
I have some old Zeiss Jena optics from the 50's, and they sure as hell can produce razor sharp high res photos today.
@@logitech4873 Hi champ, I got my first camera at 5, a Kodak 55. At 7 stepped up to a Yashica , a 100% manual shooter.
At 15 bought my first Pro Camera the Nikon F1 and over several years $15,000 worth of kit by 1978.
Do I know what??? lol
Have a fine day.
Now i understand why camera lenses are so costly
$50,000 each. I think I have do sell my left balls as well as my kidneys. And now with the new RF and R3/R1 coming out. We're going to have to rob the bank... at least the memory cards are chea.......
But the recorded the video with a sony camera
You should watch how a Zeiss or Leica lens is made then...