Modern vintage lenses look better on video than stills, in my experience. In photographs you have time to examine weird artefacts, which go from quirky to simply repetitive and annoying. On moving images the glow is always on the move.
I’ve been doing stuff like this for years. I honestly think the m43 mount is the funnest in photography. So many options. I especially love the body cap lenses with the precipitous falloff in sharpness and some vignetting without losing too much quality.
Fascinating and fun. I haven’t taken a photo for years but you have made me take out my old Pen Ft and Canon DSLR and an assortment of .lenses which I will need to bring up to date. Also I will need to continue watching your postings to catch up. Thanks and keep up the good work..
Though not m43's. I recently acquired a GFX50s and took a gamble on being able to use all my old Nikon glass on it and it is bloody amazing! Having an old 28mm F2 being able to cover the entire sensor is just crazy! And being non-ai, quite cheap as well. So now I have an almost complete suite of lenses consisting of the 28mm F2 non Ai, 55mm F1.2 non AI, 85mm F1.4 AIS and 135mm F2 AIS. And all work without vignetting!
Very cool video Emily! I appreciate more unique offerings like these. I'll have to watch this again and see which one suits my fancy :). Thank you for all your hard work!
I have been playing with diffeent lenses on my Lumix G3 for years. I have been using the first version of the 7Artisans 18mm f6.3 UFO lens and it gives me exactly the look I want.
Ming Thein reviewed the Olympus 15mm f8 body cap lens favorably. He pointed out that, though there are focus detents, finer focus is possible and “essential”, to use his word for it.
So many reviewers miss the point of this lens - not only can it be focused, but the 15mm focal length is equivalent to 30mm on 135, and most disposable cameras were 30mm or 32mm lenses. So this is basically a disposable camera lens, but focusable and a stop faster. Toss it on a Pen Mini and you have a digital disposable!
Cool! Lomography makes some great lenses for Canon and Nikon DSLR mounts that give that vintage look. The 85mm Petzval is awesome. I also have a 60mm Holga lens they made briefly for the Canon EF mount years ago that I love. I might have to get an M43 camera again.
I love the thought of using vintage gear, especially lenses, but it's so easy to at least approximate the look of vintage glass (and film, for that matter) in post. DxO, in particular, has a wealth of data on most everything photographic, and they've included myriad options in their software (primarily PhotoLab, FlimPack, and Nik, plus ViewPoint can give you the tilt/shift effect). These enable one to very convincingly recreate the look of old lenses, cameras (with all their faults if desired), film, other processes (e.g., Daguerreotype, Cyanotype, etc.), without the need to carry extra gear or commit to a certain look when you might actually want the option of a "modern" image if the vintage look doesn't end up working as well as you'd hoped. Of course, you can't 100% replicate the optical qualities of any specific lenses digitally (try replicating Petzval bokeh), but if you're inclined, it can be fun to experiment. That said, it may be useful to try it first in post (and DxO has free trials), as the novelty of "new old" gear (or old old, as well as software, for that matter) can wear thin in a hurry. At least many of the options are cheap (but some not so much). Hey, whatever it takes to get you out there...
Great article. I have been using an M42 to micro four thirds adapter on a Panasonic GX880 for my Helios 44 f/2 58mm which I had on my Zenit in the 70's and Pentacon 50mm 1.8 (my favourite as it looks like new and was my dads!). I just bought a TTartisan 27mm AF for my Fujifilm X-E4 which is great, and cheap, one day I'll be able to afford a Fujifilm lens. :) Keep going, love your videos.
@Micro Four Nerds ... The Pentax 110 lens fact that most people / TH-camrs forget to mention is that the aperture blades / combined shutter mechansim is housed within the the 110 camera body, and therefore a Pentax 110 lens on an M43 (or any other) body will effectively be shot wide open unless the adaptor has an aperture blade system built in ...
Oh yes, it is a pain in the butt! This was quite a quick run down, but I've done a full 110 video in the past that goes through all the different filter sizes etc to get your NDs properly adapted! It is essentially really especially for video
in one of your videos i think pn F you mention there is no battery indicator on olympus cameras there is an option in setting for battery warning+- 012 that lets you choose when camera tells you about battery level 😊😊😊😊
My copy of the CCTV lens, branded Fujian(cheekily...) is actually quite sharp when stopped down and not super swirly even wide open...which is almost disappointing! Makes for a rather nice portrait lens though.
You should be able to adapt them all yes 😊 just look for m42 mount to your mount adapter for the older lenses, and then the newer lenses should come in your mount hopefully natively
LETHAL LENSES!!! dunh..dunh...dunh! "You could definitely kill someone with one of these!" Every time you pick up your camera with one of these, you are armed and dangerous. Who knew!😅 You have a gift for making gear talk informative and amusing!👍
I'm too scared to be artistic with old lenses. The blurryness would go against all the money I've spent on pin-sharp glass and cameras. Do you use a Promist filter for your studio stuff? The glow around the lights looks homely. I made the mistake of forgetting to take off a Promist filter from a lens when taking some photos at my sister's practice wedding. It freaked out at what was happening when shooting against bright backgrounds. Then the penny dropped. Doh😵💫
@@MicroFourNerds Hopefully your Photo comp will include aircraft because, yesterday, I had my first ever trip to the Mach Loop. And now I'm in love with fast moving aircraft. 🤣
Amazing lenses. I want the F1.2! I did use a CCTV lens on Micro Four Thirds before, the funny swirls. Right now I probably would buy new modern vintage lenes because I don't want to gamble on the condition of vintage lenses. The modren lenses will have better availability and the prices are reasonable. I have broken a vintage lens before because I tried to clean the insides.
Modern vintage lenses look better on video than stills, in my experience. In photographs you have time to examine weird artefacts, which go from quirky to simply repetitive and annoying. On moving images the glow is always on the move.
I’ve been doing stuff like this for years. I honestly think the m43 mount is the funnest in photography. So many options. I especially love the body cap lenses with the precipitous falloff in sharpness and some vignetting without losing too much quality.
Fascinating and fun. I haven’t taken a photo for years but you have made me take out my old Pen Ft and Canon DSLR and an assortment of .lenses which I will need to bring up to date. Also I will need to continue watching your postings to catch up. Thanks and keep up the good work..
Though not m43's. I recently acquired a GFX50s and took a gamble on being able to use all my old Nikon glass on it and it is bloody amazing! Having an old 28mm F2 being able to cover the entire sensor is just crazy! And being non-ai, quite cheap as well. So now I have an almost complete suite of lenses consisting of the 28mm F2 non Ai, 55mm F1.2 non AI, 85mm F1.4 AIS and 135mm F2 AIS. And all work without vignetting!
Very cool video Emily! I appreciate more unique offerings like these. I'll have to watch this again and see which one suits my fancy :). Thank you for all your hard work!
What a great line up! Some real classic lenses here & as always a very informative, awesome video Emily! Are we noticing a bit of Bloom Gold there??
I have been playing with diffeent lenses on my Lumix G3 for years. I have been using the first version of the 7Artisans 18mm f6.3 UFO lens and it gives me exactly the look I want.
Ming Thein reviewed the Olympus 15mm f8 body cap lens favorably. He pointed out that, though there are focus detents, finer focus is possible and “essential”, to use his word for it.
So many reviewers miss the point of this lens - not only can it be focused, but the 15mm focal length is equivalent to 30mm on 135, and most disposable cameras were 30mm or 32mm lenses. So this is basically a disposable camera lens, but focusable and a stop faster. Toss it on a Pen Mini and you have a digital disposable!
Cool! Lomography makes some great lenses for Canon and Nikon DSLR mounts that give that vintage look. The 85mm Petzval is awesome. I also have a 60mm Holga lens they made briefly for the Canon EF mount years ago that I love. I might have to get an M43 camera again.
I love the thought of using vintage gear, especially lenses, but it's so easy to at least approximate the look of vintage glass (and film, for that matter) in post. DxO, in particular, has a wealth of data on most everything photographic, and they've included myriad options in their software (primarily PhotoLab, FlimPack, and Nik, plus ViewPoint can give you the tilt/shift effect). These enable one to very convincingly recreate the look of old lenses, cameras (with all their faults if desired), film, other processes (e.g., Daguerreotype, Cyanotype, etc.), without the need to carry extra gear or commit to a certain look when you might actually want the option of a "modern" image if the vintage look doesn't end up working as well as you'd hoped. Of course, you can't 100% replicate the optical qualities of any specific lenses digitally (try replicating Petzval bokeh), but if you're inclined, it can be fun to experiment. That said, it may be useful to try it first in post (and DxO has free trials), as the novelty of "new old" gear (or old old, as well as software, for that matter) can wear thin in a hurry. At least many of the options are cheap (but some not so much). Hey, whatever it takes to get you out there...
Great article. I have been using an M42 to micro four thirds adapter on a Panasonic GX880 for my Helios 44 f/2 58mm which I had on my Zenit in the 70's and Pentacon 50mm 1.8 (my favourite as it looks like new and was my dads!). I just bought a TTartisan 27mm AF for my Fujifilm X-E4 which is great, and cheap, one day I'll be able to afford a Fujifilm lens. :) Keep going, love your videos.
Do you use a simple adapter or a speed booster for the Helios 44 f/2 58mm?
Vintage lenses are great for video more than for photography in my opinion. I love my 55 f1.2 Olympus m zuiko and newyi 35mm F1.6
I have the 35mm f1.6 cctv in silver. It looks so cool on the Pen-F. I love it.
@Micro Four Nerds ... The Pentax 110 lens fact that most people / TH-camrs forget to mention is that the aperture blades / combined shutter mechansim is housed within the the 110 camera body, and therefore a Pentax 110 lens on an M43 (or any other) body will effectively be shot wide open unless the adaptor has an aperture blade system built in ...
At 1:00... 'these are 2.8 constant' doesn't explain why as you did but does alert viewers.
Oh yes, it is a pain in the butt! This was quite a quick run down, but I've done a full 110 video in the past that goes through all the different filter sizes etc to get your NDs properly adapted! It is essentially really especially for video
in one of your videos i think pn F you mention there is no battery indicator on olympus cameras there is an option in setting for battery warning+- 012 that lets you choose when camera tells you about battery level 😊😊😊😊
Interesting and educational. Thanks 😊
Minolta glass are very good. They made their own lenses to high specs. I have the 28mm F2.8, fast for it,s day!
My copy of the CCTV lens, branded Fujian(cheekily...) is actually quite sharp when stopped down and not super swirly even wide open...which is almost disappointing! Makes for a rather nice portrait lens though.
5:15 dear god
Hi, I enjoyed your vlog. I always wondered if it was worth using vintage lens on a modern camera. This answered my question :D
I just want to say that I have been enjoying your vlogs. I’m glad that I found your channel!
Please can you do a more in depth video with the Leica T + Brightin Star 28mm??
Great video! So what are the Bougie Vintage lenses for m3/4? Lol
The Lomography Experimental Lens Kit is not available any more
The best reason to use old glass is because it's just plain *fun.*
What inexpensive camera would you recommend for old vintage lenses?
For street photography.
What do you think of Zeiss Contax lenses?
Pentax 110 70mm will give you a nice swirly bokeh as well :) You gotta get hold of that lens!
then again, you can add swirly bokeh to any lens with a lens hood of exactly the right size to introduce optical vignetting
Really interesting lens out there.
Hi I have a sony a6000 and I want to go to micro for third camera under 500$ can you guide me
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will any of these lenses work on my 250D/Rebel SL3?
You should be able to adapt them all yes 😊 just look for m42 mount to your mount adapter for the older lenses, and then the newer lenses should come in your mount hopefully natively
@MicroFourNerds thank you so much for the info! I never knew I could do that!
LETHAL LENSES!!! dunh..dunh...dunh! "You could definitely kill someone with one of these!" Every time you pick up your camera with one of these, you are armed and dangerous. Who knew!😅 You have a gift for making gear talk informative and amusing!👍
I'm too scared to be artistic with old lenses. The blurryness would go against all the money I've spent on pin-sharp glass and cameras.
Do you use a Promist filter for your studio stuff?
The glow around the lights looks homely.
I made the mistake of forgetting to take off a Promist filter from a lens when taking some photos at my sister's practice wedding. It freaked out at what was happening when shooting against bright backgrounds. Then the penny dropped.
Doh😵💫
I do! I use the Formatt Hitech Philip Bloom one. The guy has the perfect name for a custom mist filter haha
@@MicroFourNerds Hopefully your Photo comp will include aircraft because, yesterday, I had my first ever trip to the Mach Loop. And now I'm in love with fast moving aircraft. 🤣
@@frankinblackpool it might work perfectly for feb's Negatice Space!
Amazing lenses. I want the F1.2!
I did use a CCTV lens on Micro Four Thirds before, the funny swirls.
Right now I probably would buy new modern vintage lenes because I don't want to gamble on the condition of vintage lenses.
The modren lenses will have better availability and the prices are reasonable.
I have broken a vintage lens before because I tried to clean the insides.
Selling any of these awsm cameras or any plans any giveaway?
I do have a free monthly photo contest with prizes each month 😊 you can learn more on my website www.microfournerds.com
@@MicroFourNerds thanks I will surely give my entry.
Also not selling?
I like “clinical”
Great video as ever 😊
Sorry no, the vintage lenses much better….