That video was beautiful, absolutely beautiful. I do not merely mean that it looked good visually, I mean that it stirred me in my heart. It was a privilege for me to watch.
In 35mm cinema projection, i prefer the Schneider lenses ! And for APS-C (16mm film) i prefer Astro Kino Color ! (I also tested a lot of projection lenses)
Question: Is it possible to focus the schneider lenses without modifying them into a different housing? Or is there no "focus ring" on the projector lens itself? Thanks!
Thanks for the inspiration, I just picked up a Leitz 85mm 2.8 for £30. I will try fitting it inside a damaged CZJ Sonnar body with the elements removed :)
As always amazed of your test and amazing results.... I have bought some vintage lenses for my Panasonic G80, but I have failed miserably and I have surrendered after several attempts. I'm always struggle with myself between "throwing" money into vintage lenses and buying good modern lenses like my last purchase... the Sigma 56mm f1.4...... But I know I'll try againg with vintage lenses....
I wish these weird vintage lenses are easier to find in my country... And also at a cheap price cause even my 1976 nikkor 50mm f1.4 cost me arround $80. Cool video tho as always
Photographers all around the globe have been doing this stuff with projector lenses for many years allready, myself included. I began with it as far as 15+ years ago and people thought it to be laughable because of the 'cheapness' but cinematic projector lenses are thus fast and sharp the joke is on those who laughed as these lense's are nothing but stunning in terms of perfect background blur and center sharpness. Though some of these lenses are actually sharp from corner to corner, and they have to be considering their technical properties, having to project an overall sharp film-image on a big screen.
@@ernestotamayo655 Because of physical limitations, having to do with the mirror assembly and thus the cropfactor per specific brand, using such a lens on any DSLR wont let you focus very far. With some brands it will let you focus somewhat further than others, depending on the cropfactor and which in some cases will be enough for closeup portraits.
Je ne me lasse pas de tes vidéos, Jaime bcp le concept, le format, et me fait voir autre chose que les nouveaux objectifs tout neufs. Je sens les efforts par rapport à l'anglais, continue comme ça!!!!!
Merci Julien ! Ça fait plaisir de voir que des français peuvent faire autre chose que de se moquer de mon accent. Je bosse tout le temps la dessus donc je suis content que ça se ressente
The colours, sharpness, and those portraits blew me away! Also, I miss the Musée d'Orsay. I visited Paris briefly in 2012 and I look forward to visiting again. Cheers!
Nicely done I love this idea that is some great glass and you're really making the best of it. I love the comeback of this great old glass, just because it's old it doesn't mean it's broken.
Just an historical note; When you see the insignia ISCO:GÖTTINGEN, it should be remembered that Göttingen was the initial landing site of the illustrious ZEISS optical works (or at least half of it) as it was torn asunder in the aftermath of WWII. The other half would remain in Jena, where Carl Zeiss himself lived and worked more than a century earlier, with the scientists and mathematicians of the University of Jena, in the invention and development of modern optical theory. Jena, in what would come to be known as “East Germany” would be required to use trademarks like “Zeiss Jena”, Opton, or “Zeiss Ikon”, while the original “Carl Zeiss GmbH” would belong to Göttingen, soon moved to Oberkochen. Göttingen, was also home to the illustrious SCHOTT glass works - It’s all in the family…. With the downfall of KODAK, and the demise of the American Optical industry in the 1980’s, Isco Göttingen would become the world standard in cinema projection lenses, and subsidiaries of the German firm (Jenoptik) would also conquer the US industrial optical market, including the lenses for Hubble and JWST. Jos Schneider GmbH did make highly reputed lenses to compete with Isco in the cinema world, including the only cinema lenses I know of to have a variable aperture (which I specified in new installations very often for this feature), but it may have been too little, too late, as the cinema was already in demise at this point. As for lens quality - there is simply a tradition that projection lenses do not obey the same strict quality criteria as their cinema acquisition counterparts, or photographic taking lenses. Something there is about cinema projection that the apparent movement of the images allows far greater tolerances with regard to sharpness and overall image quality. If we recognize that the US projector designer Willy Bobert proved that the initial projection of each frame in a cinema presentation is always out of focus, and only becomes sharper with the second light pass, in addition to the fact that cinema projection has almost always been a quest for adequate brightness, and therefore the widest lens apertures possible, we can appreciate that multi-element “Plasmat” type projection lenses, opening to f/8 or worse would have been a non-starter in cinema projection. Smpler “Tessar” or Gaussian designs would prevail, with brightness always being the prime objective, so one should not have very high hopes for optical revelations in the use of cinema projection lenses for photography.
Hello, as i can see you are very professional on camera lens right? so im searching for camera lens that make distortion to make my projector image be 'curved' making Curved screen projection, what options can you tell me? Thank you
well, it's nice to have the option, but you can easily get some old 1.4 lens for pretty the same price. closed to f2 they will be sharper. plus proper mount.
Mathieu Stern, I do not have the skills or equipment or knowledge to do your kind of modifications, but which inexpensive vintage lens has this kind of sharpness. This is what I want - the sharpness. Please suggest. Thanks.
Mathieu---I always enjoy your videos,,but ,,,,wow,,,this was a gem. Excellent information and examples as always,,,but this was just incredibly well done!! Peaceful and visually rewarding,,,,,,,The lens is stunning..and the fact you cleverly adapted it makes me want to go scavenging through all the old AV closets in schools and businesses. BONUS!!! I am sitting here in the rural Rocky Mountains USA and I get to see some amazing art as well,,Was that statue a real Degas???,,,again..amazing!!
I love your videos man! And I hope the best for you and your channel, but I can't lie. I hope it never catches on! This stuff is so cool, and I just want it to stay cool. I'm a bit of a hipster I guess. Anyway much love to you and everything you do brotha.
@@MathieuStern One for each eye? Smart! :) Jokes aside, let me know if you'd like to sell one of those. By the way, I believe I saw a Tair 3 in your channel trailer, but I haven't seen a video of it yet. Will you be making one? @Noealz Photo th-cam.com/video/8J5Zbbw4cnw/w-d-xo.html
Mathieu What a great video! The color rendition is beautiful. I went on ebay and bought the lens and an broken Helios straight away. What kind of adaptor did you used? All the ones I found online are bigger than yours?
For his Sony and any mirrorless camera, the live view and viewinder would show you the exact same view and information. Focusing with either view would be the exact same. For DSLRs, using live view would be much easier as you may have focus peaking or the ability to zoom in to get sharp focus.
Since he's docking the projector lens onto a Helios 44-2 lens body, which is a M42 lens, I'm guessing you would have to attach an adapter from M42 to EF-mount. Those adapters are fortunately very cheap compared to other adapters and you could find one under $10 on BH (the one from FotodioX has great reviews!). Hope this helped! :)
I just purchsed a set of these Isco ultra star HD lenses on ebay. i would like to adapt them to use with my Ursa mini pro which has an EF mount. what should be my first steps into this modification?
would love to see more of the actual adapting, focusing and handling process of these lenses. Amazing videos!
I worked as a projectionist and I had no idea you can use these lenses to make photos. That's super interesting!
That circular bokeh is so incredibly dreamy.
That video was beautiful, absolutely beautiful. I do not merely mean that it looked good visually, I mean that it stirred me in my heart. It was a privilege for me to watch.
It has a magical quality about it. And so cheap.
In 35mm cinema projection, i prefer the Schneider lenses !
And for APS-C (16mm film) i prefer Astro Kino Color !
(I also tested a lot of projection lenses)
Schneider Kreuznach makes some phantastic lenses for cameras too.
Question: Is it possible to focus the schneider lenses without modifying them into a different housing? Or is there no "focus ring" on the projector lens itself?
Thanks!
Is it possible to see some samples of the lenses you’ve tested somewhere ?
Nice video! Your English keeps on improving a lot, love to hear more of your commentary in your videos!
Thanks, worked a lot on my english, keep working everyday, i hope it will sound nice in some month
@PRIVATE thanks a lot , that means a lot
@@MathieuStern I like your accent as is, it makes your videos charming. I say this as an American.
@@MathieuStern Your english is great! Love the french accent though :)
holy cow!
the depth result of this lenses almost match 80mm f2 Zeiss Planar. amazing
This channel is quickly becoming one of my favourite photography/videography channels. It's beautiful and unique.
thanks a lot Marco
Honestly, this is absolutely fantastic! Thanks for showing this quirky lens!
Thanks for the inspiration, I just picked up a Leitz 85mm 2.8 for £30. I will try fitting it inside a damaged CZJ Sonnar body with the elements removed :)
As always amazed of your test and amazing results.... I have bought some vintage lenses for my Panasonic G80, but I have failed miserably and I have surrendered after several attempts. I'm always struggle with myself between "throwing" money into vintage lenses and buying good modern lenses like my last purchase... the Sigma 56mm f1.4...... But I know I'll try againg with vintage lenses....
I wish these weird vintage lenses are easier to find in my country...
And also at a cheap price cause even my 1976 nikkor 50mm f1.4 cost me arround $80.
Cool video tho as always
thanks a lot !!
я купил 50м -ф1.4 за 2 доллара с крышками , просили 3 дол на базаре - это Киргизия - бывшее СССР
You're the boss Mathius, you've reignited my interest in photography! Thank you :-)
It does not have to be the technically most perfect lens to get perfect shots
That is what I learned from you. Thank You!
Wow, that is gorgeous.
That bike tube rubber band tip is fantastic!
this is the cleanest adaptation I have seen. All the other require like 50 clamps and stuff
Photographers all around the globe have been doing this stuff with projector lenses for many years allready, myself included. I began with it as far as 15+ years ago and people thought it to be laughable because of the 'cheapness' but cinematic projector lenses are thus fast and sharp the joke is on those who laughed as these lense's are nothing but stunning in terms of perfect background blur and center sharpness. Though some of these lenses are actually sharp from corner to corner, and they have to be considering their technical properties, having to project an overall sharp film-image on a big screen.
Ray D does it work with DSLR’s ?
@@ernestotamayo655 Because of physical limitations, having to do with the mirror assembly and thus the cropfactor per specific brand, using such a lens on any DSLR wont let you focus very far. With some brands it will let you focus somewhat further than others, depending on the cropfactor and which in some cases will be enough for closeup portraits.
Ah ok. I currently using a cannon rebel t6i and hoping to use a lens like this for video.
i just found your channel and this video is so enthralling. What an amazing concept!
thanks a lot Abigail, check my other videos for same kind of content and subscribe if you like weird lenses
loving the little touches like the rubber tip
I love this! Old lenses are my favorites, they are cheap and always create great photos.
Je ne me lasse pas de tes vidéos, Jaime bcp le concept, le format, et me fait voir autre chose que les nouveaux objectifs tout neufs. Je sens les efforts par rapport à l'anglais, continue comme ça!!!!!
Merci Julien ! Ça fait plaisir de voir que des français peuvent faire autre chose que de se moquer de mon accent.
Je bosse tout le temps la dessus donc je suis content que ça se ressente
It’s not easy to focus on an impressionist painting.
Focus on texture. I photograph artwork.
I love your creativity on lenses. Incredible shots!
Beautiful as always - no color fringing makes those clear colors - amazing !
Right now I am fixing my dropped jaw , crazy lens amazing picture quality. I want it
even if i found one in the flea market, I won't know how to install/modify it. still this is a great video to share. 👍
Wow, you could make movies with that.
The results are spectacular.
Stunning results - could you tell us how much color grading you applied? And which type of profile were you shooting in?
You give always Great examples of creativity in adapt every lens you find in a useful way for modern photography , congratulations :-)
Thanks a lot Bruno
I have the Schneider 85/2 Cinelux and mounted it on my Nikon DSLR, it is good
The colours, sharpness, and those portraits blew me away! Also, I miss the Musée d'Orsay. I visited Paris briefly in 2012 and I look forward to visiting again. Cheers!
I don't understand what you are talking about yet, is to much to learn but I like it, great job dude.
Thanks a lot!
actually showing the image quality at the center with this lens really dropped my jaw
Nicely done I love this idea that is some great glass and you're really making the best of it. I love the comeback of this great old glass, just because it's old it doesn't mean it's broken.
Just an historical note; When you see the insignia ISCO:GÖTTINGEN, it should be remembered that Göttingen was the initial landing site of the illustrious ZEISS optical works (or at least half of it) as it was torn asunder in the aftermath of WWII. The other half would remain in Jena, where Carl Zeiss himself lived and worked more than a century earlier, with the scientists and mathematicians of the University of Jena, in the invention and development of modern optical theory.
Jena, in what would come to be known as “East Germany” would be required to use trademarks like “Zeiss Jena”, Opton, or “Zeiss Ikon”, while the original “Carl Zeiss GmbH” would belong to Göttingen, soon moved to Oberkochen. Göttingen, was also home to the illustrious SCHOTT glass works - It’s all in the family….
With the downfall of KODAK, and the demise of the American Optical industry in the 1980’s, Isco Göttingen would become the world standard in cinema projection lenses, and subsidiaries of the German firm (Jenoptik) would also conquer the US industrial optical market, including the lenses for Hubble and JWST.
Jos Schneider GmbH did make highly reputed lenses to compete with Isco in the cinema world, including the only cinema lenses I know of to have a variable aperture (which I specified in new installations very often for this feature), but it may have been too little, too late, as the cinema was already in demise at this point.
As for lens quality - there is simply a tradition that projection lenses do not obey the same strict quality criteria as their cinema acquisition counterparts, or photographic taking lenses. Something there is about cinema projection that the apparent movement of the images allows far greater tolerances with regard to sharpness and overall image quality. If we recognize that the US projector designer Willy Bobert proved that the initial projection of each frame in a cinema presentation is always out of focus, and only becomes sharper with the second light pass, in addition to the fact that cinema projection has almost always been a quest for adequate brightness, and therefore the widest lens apertures possible, we can appreciate that multi-element “Plasmat” type projection lenses, opening to f/8 or worse would have been a non-starter in cinema projection. Smpler “Tessar” or Gaussian designs would prevail, with brightness always being the prime objective, so one should not have very high hopes for optical revelations in the use of cinema projection lenses for photography.
Sony A7III? Any lens = good image
Hello, as i can see you are very professional on camera lens right? so im searching for camera lens that make distortion to make my projector image be 'curved' making Curved screen projection, what options can you tell me?
Thank you
Awesome video Charles Leclerc 😁👍🏻
Have u done some testwith Canon TV lens..Are these good???I need some guidance before buying???
well, it's nice to have the option, but you can easily get some old 1.4 lens for pretty the same price. closed to f2 they will be sharper. plus proper mount.
What is the size (mm??) of the end part of the lens? This is fantastic combination.
Oooh this lens looks amazing. Its design reminded me those anamorphic lenses, check them out.
Mathieu Stern, I do not have the skills or equipment or knowledge to do your kind of modifications, but which inexpensive vintage lens has this kind of sharpness. This is what I want - the sharpness. Please suggest. Thanks.
Love to see this creativity. I have also had success with old projector lenses, using a set of macro bellows for focusing. Keep up the great work
What would be required to adapt to a canon EF mount?
Wait I'm not even seeing any fringing wtf that's so good
Thank you! Could you do a video on buying/sourcing adapters and 3D printed mount and lens hoods for barrel lenses without filter threads or mounts?
Mathieu---I always enjoy your videos,,but ,,,,wow,,,this was a gem. Excellent information and examples as always,,,but this was just incredibly well done!! Peaceful and visually rewarding,,,,,,,The lens is stunning..and the fact you cleverly adapted it makes me want to go scavenging through all the old AV closets in schools and businesses. BONUS!!! I am sitting here in the rural Rocky Mountains USA and I get to see some amazing art as well,,Was that statue a real Degas???,,,again..amazing!!
thanks Clint, yes, you visited the Orsay Museum with me :)
Thanks for making this video ! It’s great!
Glad you liked it!
Your content, your music choices and your voice are phenomenal. I'm so happy I stumbled across you.
Keep up the fantastic work.
thanks a lot Ryan !! i hope you wil lenjoy the rest of my channel
Looks amazing and the lighting in the museum at the beginning was stunning.
thanks a lot Kyle, yes the lighting in the museum was pefect because it was cloudy outside
Great vid, but unfortunately my Colorplan doesnt fit in the Helios like that :(
Is this ISCO MC 65 mm f2 the same lens as Schneider 70mm Super f2.0 Cinelux?
Dude!!! This is DOPE!!! SO COOOOOL
Beautiful. I wonder what results you’d get with the empty Helios body alone!?
Really enjoyed your work here Mathieu. Your English is clear and easy to understand. Keep 'em coming.
How much would you charge to create a setup like that for me? Seriously interested.
Can a lens like this be applied to a Micro Four Thirds system Camera? And if so how? Thanks!
This is so cool. This lens is gorgeous! I’m just curious, how did you get that empty lens body?
Superbe vidéo ! Comment faire pour créer son objectif mais sur monture nikon ? merci beaucoup des conseils
Amazing lense! And nice adaptation work, congratulations 👍
Hello, sir. Might I ask: is this a reverse projector lens?
I love your videos man! And I hope the best for you and your channel, but I can't lie. I hope it never catches on! This stuff is so cool, and I just want it to stay cool. I'm a bit of a hipster I guess. Anyway much love to you and everything you do brotha.
Fantastic video, my friend. What beautiful composition, editing and, wow, that lens! Bravo. Subscribed!
Wow, great video and pictures, luv the music too
So where can I find one of these???
that's pretty cool : ) Reminds me of the Helios 40-2 - you can get it off a Russian night vision googles set also and have ti adapted via m42 mount
yea, i try to buy this lens since long for cheap but it's getting harder !! what is the name of the googles ?
@@MathieuStern It's called the Soviet Lens CYCLOP 85mm F 1.5 M42
ha ok, then i have 2 of them :)
@@MathieuStern One for each eye? Smart! :) Jokes aside, let me know if you'd like to sell one of those. By the way, I believe I saw a Tair 3 in your channel trailer, but I haven't seen a video of it yet. Will you be making one?
@Noealz Photo th-cam.com/video/8J5Zbbw4cnw/w-d-xo.html
wheres the lens link to buy it ?
nice idea. Amazing quality. Thanks for sharing
Love your videos. Keep up the good work 😍
Brilliant video, that lens certainly produces a very nice organic look. I use a Helios 44-2 on a Canon 200D but really need to use it more.
I use a 44m-2 on a 300D lol
Nice Video
How did you finde the write adapter lens for Projektor lenses?
Great video, subbed!👌
4:12 is that a reflector or backdrop?
Mathieu What a great video! The color rendition is beautiful.
I went on ebay and bought the lens and an broken Helios straight away.
What kind of adaptor did you used? All the ones I found online are bigger than yours?
It’s a flat M42 to nex
From fotodiox
Mathieu Stern merci! Je le vais chercher!
Mathieu Stern I checked with Fotodiox and they don’t to a flat M42 to E mount adaptor. 😞
quick question: do you use "liveview" or do you focus through the viewfinder?
For his Sony and any mirrorless camera, the live view and viewinder would show you the exact same view and information. Focusing with either view would be the exact same. For DSLRs, using live view would be much easier as you may have focus peaking or the ability to zoom in to get sharp focus.
How do you focus on this lens?
Any idea how would I go about mounting this to EF or EF-S mount?
Since he's docking the projector lens onto a Helios 44-2 lens body, which is a M42 lens, I'm guessing you would have to attach an adapter from M42 to EF-mount. Those adapters are fortunately very cheap compared to other adapters and you could find one under $10 on BH (the one from FotodioX has great reviews!). Hope this helped! :)
Nice video, how exactly did you frankenstein the Helios lens? I have a spare one that I could butcher to see if it will work with DSLR
Your channel is very very intriguing instantly subscribed keep the good work coming,those portraits just blew me away
beautiful pictures!
Where do you find the helicoid adapter?
it's an old Helios 44-2 empty body i had Laying around in the workshop
Can anyone tell me the picture and artist's name at 2.00 ? I want to know more about that picture.
Did you use the entire lens or just half of it?
I was fascinated throughout the entire video. You have an appealing style. Keep working on the English. Keep shooting, for sure.
Do I need a better camera or better lense..?
Wolf
Lens 100%
I just purchsed a set of these Isco ultra star HD lenses on ebay. i would like to adapt them to use with my Ursa mini pro which has an EF mount. what should be my first steps into this modification?
You first need to find an hélicoïdal ring in m42 and then am m42 to EF adapter and find a way to fix your lens in the hélicoïdal tube
Mathieu Stern thank you!! I’ll keep you updated with my progress.
I really would like to get one. The results are amazing!
can I use a mirror camera for the ISCO MC 65 lens?
I imagine with some of those plastic lens bodies, you could create a slot to fit in various apertures.
Have you reviewed the Kamlan 50mm f1.1 lens?
Your videos are a delight. Thank you for your efforts and good taste.
Thanks a lot Randy
you deserve a follow, loved the video!
great stuff here! pleasure to watch! thank you!, cheers
You Mathieu dear sir are a lens genius and true artisan of the arts.
Wonderful video! You've got yourself a new subscriber!
Thanks a lot Felicia!
What camera are you using?
Mathieu.. u inspire me to be a better photographer and I thank you for that