Yes Yashica used to be a marque to be reckoned with. Of course in later years they worked in cooperation with Contax and shared the same lens mount. Very much underrated.
I still have my Pentax spotmatic with the wonderful 55mm 1.8 Super -Takumar. Still producing wonderful images. I would sell any of my other lenses but never this one. It's all about lenses, oh and light.
Wonderful expose of these unique kit lenses from a different film era! Each lens offers something special. Must hunt down one of those pentax auto takumar's. Enjoy your photography Nigel Derek
Am I the only one that absolutely always falls in loves with the colors on the aperture rings and depth of field scales but I also love old film box design..
@@zenography7923 it used to be I really hate buying a modern lens that has all the apertures the same color I don't know why I just find it such a turn-off do you collect old film boxes. You should do a little video about the design of old film boxes
I like my Nikon equipment and accepted that post processing was typical to correct colors until I bought some old Pentax & Yashica lenses and an old Pentax K10D. Pictures straight out of camera from the latter almost never need post processing. I love the colors of the lenses made for Pentax. Thanks for sharing.
I have a quite big collection of vintage 50 - 58mm lenses. For my taste this Pentax Auto Takumar 55mm f1.8 is a favorite too. The combination of good sharpness, vibrant color rendering and a blurry but tasty boukeh is hard to find in other lenses. This lens will stay with me for the next 40 years to come.
Thank you for another enjoyable video. I just purchased an earlier version Nikon 50mm f1.8. It has closer focusing and all metal and only produced for Japan initially. I was hunting for a Leica R Summicron but really liked the images from Nikon much better.
I managed to pick up the Yashica on eBay for $50Cdn (30GBP) two years ago and love it. Thanks for you channel. I really enjoy it but it pulls me onto eBay to what else I can get lol
Good old Pentax. Back in 1982 I bought a Pentax ME Super for college, which came with a lovely 50mm SMC f1.7 'kit' lens. I used it for almost all my photography - all B&W and hand-processed back then. I still have the lens and use it on my Canon 5D or 6D bodies. I've recently been acquiring more Pentax lenses as they are so good - light and nice to use. It's great to use all-manual settings & focus and you won't go wrong with Pentax glass. The 50mm f4 Macro and the 135mm f3.5 are also excellent and all are so cheap & light to carry, compared with the modern f1.4 monsters. Rocky Cameras in the UK usually have a good selection - search for Pentax SMC.
Great presentation It’s interesting, I never seem to be able to get good examples of vintage lenses from Japan anywhere as cheap as you often mention Perhaps local camera fairs might be a cheaper option
Sellers often ask very inflated buy it now prices, as they know there's a strong market for vintage lenses. On ebay I usually buy lenses on auction, where they reach a more accurate - and usually much cheaper price. Patience is the key!
They can be found cheaper if you do an eBay search for the cameras they were usually mounted on. To find the Yashinon lenses do a search for “Yashica” and select the option for ‘SLR’ to filter out all the TLR and rangefinder cameras. It’ll pull up a bunch of the Yashica TL, TL Electro TL Electro X, and TL Super SLRs. Many of these are listed as broken cameras but I’ve yet to get one where the lens is also not working. I just bought three of them (one of the cameras came with 3 lenses!) and didn’t pay more than $30 each for the camera lens combo. The lenses included total were the: Yashinon DX 50mm 1.7 Yashinon DX 50mm F2 (it also came with 2 other lenses: Auto Mamiya Sekor 55mm 1.8 and Auto Revuenon 55mm 1.7) Yashinon DS 50mm 1.7 For the Takumar lenses I did a search for the older Pentax SLRs primarily the Pentax H2 and H3 and ended up with: - Takumar 28mm 2.8 - Auto Takumar 55mm F2 (The Zebra version which is such a beautiful lens. I paid more-$35- for this one) - Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 For Nikon, they get more expensive. Nikon’s cheaper deals come from the old Nikkormat, Nikomat FTN, Nikon FG, and Nikon EM cameras. Many of these have the 50mm 1.8 Series E that Nigel had on this video. Hope you find this useful. Happy hunting!
I like all of these lenses, although I certainly don't like the feel of the Yashica. The most surprising to me was the Nikon, I can remember literally gasping when I got the first roll back from the lab. I thought it looked a little unpromising, but I was wrong.
Hi Nigel, first of all I really enjoy you videos and find them a nice balance between technical information and subjective review. Like many people I am on a budget and my old kit lenses come from the old DDR and USSR. So how about a review similar to this one between the Helios 44, Pentacon 50mm f1.8, and the Carl Zeis Jena (Tessar) 50mm f2.8? I expect many of us have these lenses from our Zenit & Praktica days !
You should pickup a Sears 50/55 lens. They were a rebranded Japanese made lens. Sears was the Woolworth of the States. I have the 55/1.8... All metal with metal ridged focus ring in M42 and its just a stunning lens on my Sony A7ii. I paid $20.
Enjoy. I learnt manual exposure (and thus most of photography) with this Nikon series E pancake on a Nikon d3300 DSLR that didn't have any focus aids like my modern mirrorless does. It will surely pump up your zeal to shoot more.
Nice. I learned on my Pentax K1000 (with a zoom lens) back in the early '90s, though I didn't get the 50mm f/2 for it until 2016. Today I have a lot of fun using older manual lenses like these on modern cameras, since they can get striking images that modern lenses are too perfect to capture, and they're usually very inexpensive too.
The Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Series E lens is a sleeper lens, just like many of the Nikon Series E lens lineup, which were designed as budget lenses to complement their EM, FG range of manual focus cameras. Typically at auction on sites like Ebay, these lenses sell for a wide range of prices from $40-90 USD (30-70 GBP). Sites like KEH.com sell this lens in "Ugly" condition for $25 USD (19 GBP) and in "Excellent" condition for $115 (88 GBP). The wide range of pricing for this lens suggests that it's a good-performing and highly praised lens that is also rather readily available.
My copy of the Yashica ML 50mm f2 can be freakishly sharp. It even outperformed some of my modern lenses in that aspect. On another topic, I'm hoping you can help me out. I have a Yashica lens with no recorded history on the internet. It's a YUS 135mm with 58mm filter thread. There are many similarities between that one and one with a 55mm thread, but there are a few other subtle differences and I can't seem to find any information on it. My main source is usually allphotolenses but they don't have it listed, and an internet search came up with nothing. Where do you get your information for vintage lenses and their history? I would appreciate any resources that may be useful.
Received the Yashica 50mm as a gift just a couple of days ago but sadly it has Fungus. I sold the Nikon (big mistake) and I do have the Pentax, an enjoyable video as always.
Hmm, bad luck with the Yashica there, but it looks like it might be easy to clean - if you're handy with a lens spanner that is! Glad you enjoyed the video.
🤗 👍🏻 Thank you for our providing us with yet another fix of “lens-porn”! 📸 😉 Your Takumar lens has thorium ☢️ glass elements in this version (yellow glass). Not all versions are radio- active but this one is! If you would like to remove the yellow haze use sunlight or uv-light to clear the elements again. Just keep in mind that these lenses are true radio-active. Alpha, Betha and Gamma radiation. Kind regards from Amsterdam the Netherlands 🇳🇱
@@zenography7923 you'll have to check back after UV treatment - as far as I know, these auto Takumars were made before 1962 when they were replaced by the super Takumars - the inclusion of thoriumoxide in this series started after 1965
Pentax wins again!! Seriously though, i could never sell my Super Takumar 55/1.8 -- that lens is literally unbelievable on my X-T3. So much better than buying the $500 Fuji 50mm f2 in so many situations, for example...
I am a Pentax user since 1985, but was never enthusiastic with the f1,4 Taks, M and A versions. The f1,7 is very sharp in the center but not at the edges, I must also confess, that had never the opportunity to try the Tak f1,8. The 55mm f1,8 K, had beautiful color rendition but was poor at f1,8.
Hi Nigel, thank you very much and greetings from Germany! Really nice review of three nice lenses. My preferred choice is the Nikon. Do you know how the Canon FD version compares? I could compare that if you wish, because I have a breech lock version. Best wishes, Ralf
*Magnetron693* The Canon FD f/1.8 50 mm lens in both the breech-lock and bayonet (new-FD) versions is of similar standard to the Nikon. Possibly one of the nicest features of all Canon FD lenses is their consistency across the entire collection.
I have the FD 50mm 1.8 - it's a very nice lens too. It's a while since I've used it but yes, it stands up very well next to the lenses tested here. Colours are very nice but as I recall background blur has a busy spot or two and on the whole I prefer the FD 1.4, although that's a more expensive lens. To be honest though I think the little Pentax in this test could give almost anything a good run for its money!
AS I SAID ........you would have an audience even if your read the PHONE BOOK ....awesome vids ....I shoot digital but I adapt lenses .... on my FUJI XT2 and my OMD EM-10 M2 however I am getting to use my MAMIYA 645E a bit more .....if you ever get a chance I would love to see you test our MED FORMAT Vintage Lenses.....I however am not Naive I do know this is dollar consuming so I myself am interested in getting some vintage RUSSIAN lenses and camera in the future ....anyways the best to you Sir ....hope the day finds you safe and well.
Always interesting. Q. Do you use the B&W setting in camera, or convert in software? Could you explain the process if it's software based. Just general reduction of saturation? Or the software Convert filter etc.? Have a local shop with a Pancolor on a Russian body ($60AU) for sale but with fungus inside. I have a lens tool etc, but am reluctant to waste an amazing lens and may try it on a Zeiss 50mm first that also needs a cleanout. Thanks again for another interesting video.
I found the Pancolar 50mm quite easy to disassemble, at least as far as removing the front and rear elements. I bought one with fungus and cleaned it in about half an hour - I was lucky though as it hadn't penetrated too far, and only the front and rear elements were affected. However it looked as though the inner elements wouldn't be too difficult to remove either. As for bw, I shoot in camera on the ordinary bw setting. I don't usually post process, except for very occasionally when I might need to rescue a shot I've messed up by under exposing, or something equally silly!
Still looking for "wide angle" UNCOATED lenses if anyone can help.... unless there is someone who offers a service to remove coating from lenses. Thanks.
Magick Metaphysics - I have no link, nor do i have experience with this myself. I however think that you can easily remove the coating with a cotton swap dipped in pure acetone. I have used this method in the past for removing printwork from glass. You could try this on a scrapper. I hope this helps. Please let us know! 👍🏻 (do it outside for the fumes)
Hey if anyone's ever owned a Nikon J1 or V series and has recommendations for lenses that transferred well with that sensor I'd like to hear some opinions
One option is to just buy an adapter, set the camera to manual and use it old style. I have j4 and j5. Have adpter for nikon f mount and old pentax and cctv lens , thik it was c mount. Fun little lens for macro and very short focus length. Bougt mine on ebay. just search for nikon 1 adapter. And I have not bought the original nikon adapter( can't afford it).
@@Skrallslim how did you like the difference between Nikon lenses vs Pentax m 42 lenses on the sensor thanks for getting back to me. Yes I'm talking about old manual focus glass. C mount us fun you can pick up a lot of great old lenses for fun and experiment. I ended up with a V1 99 bucks I think they did have a V3 or V4 but it was $300 used that's a little above me for a system no longer made
@@unbroken1010 The pentax lens gives a big crop factor. I have only tried it free hand, and since there is no image stabilization I really had to get in a comfortable position, or use a pod. The old lenses (one 50mm and one 200mm vivitar plus a 2x magnifier) are some my father used in the 80s. So I just got the adapter for fun. They are a bit fiddely to use (I'm not a good fotographer), since I learn by trail and error :) And the camera is not meant to be fully manual. Helps with the touch screen. Bought the j5 since it was around $250 with the kit lens and 30-110 lens, and gave the j4 to my mom:) You should see the prize they want for a used v2 here (norway) $400!!!
@@Skrallslim yeah that's another guy what's his name I have to track it down I think it's like gimpy. He just used a whole bunch of Nikon's with the crop factor and got some beautiful stuff. Deal with places like KEH you're going to get a higher shipping costs because of your country probably but I just picked up the v1 body for 100 bucks..and a q for 100. Lots of fun and an absolute steal compared to what they were new
Very good video !!! I have several of these Pentax lens in M42 mount and they do indeed take fabulous pictures. I use a Olympus OM-D Digital camera and an adapter in the manual mode. Some time if you could review some Konica lens from the 60's to 70's that would be great. I use the OM-D camera I mentioned with an adapter and a 57mm Konica Hexanon F 1.4 Lens from the 60's that just takes stunning pictures. Here is an interesting link regarding Konica's innovation and superb quality. It's just a shame that this stuff just flies under the radar... www.buhla.de/Foto/Konica/eKonicaStart.html
@@zenography7923 definitely grab yourself the 40 m m hexanon a real sleeper for filming. I like my Konica and my Minolta MD rokkor 45 mm is insanely sharp on an A7 right up there with any $1,000 lens in fact I read a story that said if they have to use that same formula today on modern-day glass and autofocusing that that same lens would probably 1000 to $1,500. I also think it's some point we should have a little video about lenses that work great on just certain sensors for example I have the great little German copy 35 mm it's really beautiful on an A7 it's really beautiful on an A 6000 as a 70 field of view but I put it on a Fuji sensor and it just doesn't translate well mirrorless has made us all become Alchemist again
The Konica 50 1.7 I bought for $35 is amazing ( on a Fuji X-T20 ) as well as a nice 135 for $30 in mint shape with a tiny dent in the filter screw mount ( still works fine ) - I got both from Japan...I have a Pentax 55 as well and another brand that doesn't get much traction in 35mm format which is Mamiya ( who also make some great lenses)
But be honest I'm getting a little tired of the blurry stuff kind of like we're erasing the world I've seen people start to do this in documentary and it completely defeats the purpose it's okay to let people see some background it gives certain photographs a foundation people need to learn how to use it sparingly not for everything
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Yes Yashica used to be a marque to be reckoned with. Of course in later years they worked in cooperation with Contax and shared the same lens mount. Very much underrated.
Yes, very much, and very ripe for investigation!
I still have my Pentax spotmatic with the wonderful 55mm 1.8 Super -Takumar. Still producing wonderful images. I would sell any of my other lenses but never this one.
It's all about lenses, oh and light.
The little Tak is one of the nicest lenses I've ever shot, and one of the cheapest too!
Wonderful expose of these unique kit lenses from a different film era!
Each lens offers something special.
Must hunt down one of those pentax auto takumar's.
Enjoy your photography Nigel
Derek
Many thanks Derek, this one wouldn't have been possible without your help though!
Am I the only one that absolutely always falls in loves with the colors on the aperture rings and depth of field scales but I also love old film box design..
I don't think you're the only one! The design of cameras and photo gear is often quite beautiful!
@@zenography7923 it used to be I really hate buying a modern lens that has all the apertures the same color I don't know why I just find it such a turn-off do you collect old film boxes. You should do a little video about the design of old film boxes
I like my Nikon equipment and accepted that post processing was typical to correct colors until I bought some old Pentax & Yashica lenses and an old Pentax K10D. Pictures straight out of camera from the latter almost never need post processing. I love the colors of the lenses made for Pentax. Thanks for sharing.
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I like your voice-over....So relaxed...!
Thank you!
I like your video. Thanks for the good info and perspective
I have a quite big collection of vintage 50 - 58mm lenses. For my taste this Pentax Auto Takumar 55mm f1.8 is a favorite too. The combination of good sharpness, vibrant color rendering and a blurry but tasty boukeh is hard to find in other lenses. This lens will stay with me for the next 40 years to come.
That little 1.8 is one of the nicest lenses I've used, and nicer in my opinion than the 1.4!
Thank you for another enjoyable video. I just purchased an earlier version Nikon 50mm f1.8. It has closer focusing and all metal and only produced for Japan initially. I was hunting for a Leica R Summicron but really liked the images from Nikon much better.
I managed to pick up the Yashica on eBay for $50Cdn (30GBP) two years ago and love it. Thanks for you channel. I really enjoy it but it pulls me onto eBay to what else I can get lol
Resist, resist, resist! Oh alright, go on then...
I have that same Yashica. It renders beautifully, especially the colours.
hey zen the yash 50cm f/2 will blow your mind get one ..
damn right but needs to be the ML tho :0)
I have a half dozen 50ish Takumars and they do not disappoint.
You can't beat a good Tak!
Good old Pentax. Back in 1982 I bought a Pentax ME Super for college, which came with a lovely 50mm SMC f1.7 'kit' lens. I used it for almost all my photography - all B&W and hand-processed back then. I still have the lens and use it on my Canon 5D or 6D bodies. I've recently been acquiring more Pentax lenses as they are so good - light and nice to use. It's great to use all-manual settings & focus and you won't go wrong with Pentax glass. The 50mm f4 Macro and the 135mm f3.5 are also excellent and all are so cheap & light to carry, compared with the modern f1.4 monsters. Rocky Cameras in the UK usually have a good selection - search for Pentax SMC.
Couldn't agree more - old school pentaxes are some of my favourite lenses, bar none!
Great presentation
It’s interesting, I never seem to be able to get good examples of vintage lenses from Japan anywhere as cheap as you often mention
Perhaps local camera fairs might be a cheaper option
Sellers often ask very inflated buy it now prices, as they know there's a strong market for vintage lenses. On ebay I usually buy lenses on auction, where they reach a more accurate - and usually much cheaper price. Patience is the key!
They can be found cheaper if you do an eBay search for the cameras they were usually mounted on. To find the Yashinon lenses do a search for “Yashica” and select the option for ‘SLR’ to filter out all the TLR and rangefinder cameras. It’ll pull up a bunch of the Yashica TL, TL Electro TL Electro X, and TL Super SLRs. Many of these are listed as broken cameras but I’ve yet to get one where the lens is also not working.
I just bought three of them (one of the cameras came with 3 lenses!) and didn’t pay more than $30 each for the camera lens combo. The lenses included total were the:
Yashinon DX 50mm 1.7
Yashinon DX 50mm F2 (it also came with 2 other lenses: Auto Mamiya Sekor 55mm 1.8 and Auto Revuenon 55mm 1.7)
Yashinon DS 50mm 1.7
For the Takumar lenses I did a search for the older Pentax SLRs primarily the Pentax H2 and H3 and ended up with:
- Takumar 28mm 2.8
- Auto Takumar 55mm F2 (The Zebra version which is such a beautiful lens. I paid more-$35- for this one)
- Super Takumar 135mm 3.5
For Nikon, they get more expensive. Nikon’s cheaper deals come from the old Nikkormat, Nikomat FTN, Nikon FG, and Nikon EM cameras. Many of these have the 50mm 1.8 Series E that Nigel had on this video.
Hope you find this useful. Happy hunting!
I like all of these lenses, although I certainly don't like the feel of the Yashica. The most surprising to me was the Nikon, I can remember literally gasping when I got the first roll back from the lab. I thought it looked a little unpromising, but I was wrong.
Hi Nigel, first of all I really enjoy you videos and find them a nice balance between technical information and subjective review. Like many people I am on a budget and my old kit lenses come from the old DDR and USSR. So how about a review similar to this one between the Helios 44, Pentacon 50mm f1.8, and the Carl Zeis Jena (Tessar) 50mm f2.8? I expect many of us have these lenses from our Zenit & Praktica days !
Thanks for the suggestion!
You should pickup a Sears 50/55 lens. They were a rebranded Japanese made lens. Sears was the Woolworth of the States. I have the 55/1.8... All metal with metal ridged focus ring in M42 and its just a stunning lens on my Sony A7ii. I paid $20.
I'll see if I can find one!
I just bought a copy of the Nikon lens- my first glass from them. Can't wait to take it for a spin when it gets here.
It's a very nice lens - enjoy!
Enjoy. I learnt manual exposure (and thus most of photography) with this Nikon series E pancake on a Nikon d3300 DSLR that didn't have any focus aids like my modern mirrorless does. It will surely pump up your zeal to shoot more.
Nice. I learned on my Pentax K1000 (with a zoom lens) back in the early '90s, though I didn't get the 50mm f/2 for it until 2016. Today I have a lot of fun using older manual lenses like these on modern cameras, since they can get striking images that modern lenses are too perfect to capture, and they're usually very inexpensive too.
Can we get you to do a video on basic CLA I kind of need a refresher course I think it would benefit a lot of people to
The Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Series E lens is a sleeper lens, just like many of the Nikon Series E lens lineup, which were designed as budget lenses to complement their EM, FG range of manual focus cameras. Typically at auction on sites like Ebay, these lenses sell for a wide range of prices from $40-90 USD (30-70 GBP). Sites like KEH.com sell this lens in "Ugly" condition for $25 USD (19 GBP) and in "Excellent" condition for $115 (88 GBP). The wide range of pricing for this lens suggests that it's a good-performing and highly praised lens that is also rather readily available.
Prices of lenses vary wildly - it pays to use a little patience when buying, until the right one comes along!
My copy of the Yashica ML 50mm f2 can be freakishly sharp. It even outperformed some of my modern lenses in that aspect.
On another topic, I'm hoping you can help me out. I have a Yashica lens with no recorded history on the internet. It's a YUS 135mm with 58mm filter thread. There are many similarities between that one and one with a 55mm thread, but there are a few other subtle differences and I can't seem to find any information on it. My main source is usually allphotolenses but they don't have it listed, and an internet search came up with nothing. Where do you get your information for vintage lenses and their history? I would appreciate any resources that may be useful.
Received the Yashica 50mm as a gift just a couple of days ago but sadly it has Fungus. I sold the Nikon (big mistake) and I do have the Pentax, an enjoyable video as always.
Hmm, bad luck with the Yashica there, but it looks like it might be easy to clean - if you're handy with a lens spanner that is! Glad you enjoyed the video.
🤗 👍🏻 Thank you for our providing us with yet another fix of “lens-porn”! 📸 😉
Your Takumar lens has thorium ☢️ glass elements in this version (yellow glass). Not all versions are radio- active but this one is!
If you would like to remove the yellow haze use sunlight or uv-light to clear the elements again.
Just keep in mind that these lenses are true radio-active. Alpha, Betha and Gamma radiation.
Kind regards from Amsterdam the Netherlands 🇳🇱
As a former Amsterdammer I must ask where you are getting this information?
Yes, the yellow glass is a giveaway - this one needs a dose of UV! Glad you enjoyed the episode!
@@zenography7923 What's the best wide angle lens that I can buy under €100?
The wider the better!
YOUR channel is amazing!
@@zenography7923 you'll have to check back after UV treatment - as far as I know, these auto Takumars were made before 1962 when they were replaced by the super Takumars - the inclusion of thoriumoxide in this series started after 1965
@@Johndunneeee Try to find a sigma super wide ii 24mm F2.8 or a SMC Pentax K mount 24mm 2.8 - you'll not be disappointed!
Pentax wins again!!
Seriously though, i could never sell my Super Takumar 55/1.8 -- that lens is literally unbelievable on my X-T3. So much better than buying the $500 Fuji 50mm f2 in so many situations, for example...
Yeah the sharpness transfer over as well but it becomes a what a 75 or an 80 about as far as field of view
I am a Pentax user since 1985, but was never enthusiastic with the f1,4 Taks, M and A versions. The f1,7 is very sharp in the center but not at the edges, I must also confess, that had never the opportunity to try the Tak f1,8. The 55mm f1,8 K, had beautiful color rendition but was poor at f1,8.
can you use that lens without adapter or do you need one?
@@patrick.771 for what camera
@@unbroken1010 Fuji X-H1
Thanks for another great video :) Btw how good are old soviet 'Mir' medium format SLR lenses?
I've only used one Mir lens and it was lovely - the 37mm (f2.8 ?)
Minolta MD 45mm f2 is a great optic.
Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out!
Hi Nigel, thank you very much and greetings from Germany! Really nice review of three nice lenses. My preferred choice is the Nikon. Do you know how the Canon FD version compares? I could compare that if you wish, because I have a breech lock version. Best wishes, Ralf
*Magnetron693* The Canon FD f/1.8 50 mm lens in both the breech-lock and bayonet (new-FD) versions is of similar standard to the Nikon. Possibly one of the nicest features of all Canon FD lenses is their consistency across the entire collection.
I have the FD 50mm 1.8 - it's a very nice lens too. It's a while since I've used it but yes, it stands up very well next to the lenses tested here. Colours are very nice but as I recall background blur has a busy spot or two and on the whole I prefer the FD 1.4, although that's a more expensive lens. To be honest though I think the little Pentax in this test could give almost anything a good run for its money!
Are you in the states? I have a Yashica 135 2.8, 50mm 1.9, and a Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f2 you can test out.
I'd love to test them out - but I'm in the uk!
AS I SAID ........you would have an audience even if your read the PHONE BOOK ....awesome vids ....I shoot digital but I adapt lenses .... on my FUJI XT2 and my OMD EM-10 M2 however I am getting to use my MAMIYA 645E a bit more .....if you ever get a chance I would love to see you test our MED FORMAT Vintage Lenses.....I however am not Naive I do know this is dollar consuming so I myself am interested in getting some vintage RUSSIAN lenses and camera in the future ....anyways the best to you Sir ....hope the day finds you safe and well.
Thanks, you're very kind! As it happens, I'm thinking of looking at some medium format photography soon...
Always interesting.
Q. Do you use the B&W setting in camera, or convert in software?
Could you explain the process if it's software based. Just general reduction of saturation? Or the software Convert filter etc.?
Have a local shop with a Pancolor on a Russian body ($60AU) for sale but with fungus inside. I have a lens tool etc, but am reluctant to waste an amazing lens and may try it on a Zeiss 50mm first that also needs a cleanout.
Thanks again for another interesting video.
I found the Pancolar 50mm quite easy to disassemble, at least as far as removing the front and rear elements. I bought one with fungus and cleaned it in about half an hour - I was lucky though as it hadn't penetrated too far, and only the front and rear elements were affected. However it looked as though the inner elements wouldn't be too difficult to remove either.
As for bw, I shoot in camera on the ordinary bw setting. I don't usually post process, except for very occasionally when I might need to rescue a shot I've messed up by under exposing, or something equally silly!
@@zenography7923 thank you.
Hah! It weren't the colours that were different in the 70s - it were the camera lenses! :D
Indeed - and the film too!
but the takumars are all radioactive... out of thorium glass. aren’t they?
Many of them are, it's true
The Nikon is a little cool? IMO, Very blue!
Still looking for "wide angle" UNCOATED lenses if anyone can help.... unless there is someone who offers a service to remove coating from lenses. Thanks.
Magick Metaphysics - Why not remove the coating yourself?
@@MartR80 I haven't found out how. If you have any information or links, please let me know.
Magick Metaphysics - I have no link, nor do i have experience with this myself. I however think that you can easily remove the coating with a cotton swap dipped in pure acetone. I have used this method in the past for removing printwork from glass. You could try this on a scrapper. I hope this helps. Please let us know! 👍🏻 (do it outside for the fumes)
@@MartR80 thanks... yeah I could try with a scrapper.
💡 Also keep in mind that acetone easily melts plastics!
Hey if anyone's ever owned a Nikon J1 or V series and has recommendations for lenses that transferred well with that sensor I'd like to hear some opinions
One option is to just buy an adapter, set the camera to manual and use it old style. I have j4 and j5. Have adpter for nikon f mount and old pentax and cctv lens , thik it was c mount. Fun little lens for macro and very short focus length. Bougt mine on ebay. just search for nikon 1 adapter. And I have not bought the original nikon adapter( can't afford it).
@@Skrallslim how did you like the difference between Nikon lenses vs Pentax m 42 lenses on the sensor thanks for getting back to me. Yes I'm talking about old manual focus glass. C mount us fun you can pick up a lot of great old lenses for fun and experiment. I ended up with a V1 99 bucks I think they did have a V3 or V4 but it was $300 used that's a little above me for a system no longer made
@@unbroken1010 The pentax lens gives a big crop factor. I have only tried it free hand, and since there is no image stabilization I really had to get in a comfortable position, or use a pod.
The old lenses (one 50mm and one 200mm vivitar plus a 2x magnifier) are some my father used in the 80s. So I just got the adapter for fun. They are a bit fiddely to use (I'm not a good fotographer), since I learn by trail and error :) And the camera is not meant to be fully manual. Helps with the touch screen.
Bought the j5 since it was around $250 with the kit lens and 30-110 lens, and gave the j4 to my mom:) You should see the prize they want for a used v2 here (norway) $400!!!
@@Skrallslim yeah that's another guy what's his name I have to track it down I think it's like gimpy. He just used a whole bunch of Nikon's with the crop factor and got some beautiful stuff. Deal with places like KEH you're going to get a higher shipping costs because of your country probably but I just picked up the v1 body for 100 bucks..and a q for 100. Lots of fun and an absolute steal compared to what they were new
Very good video !!! I have several of these Pentax lens in M42 mount and they do indeed take fabulous pictures. I use a Olympus OM-D Digital camera and an adapter in the manual mode. Some time if you could review some Konica lens from the 60's to 70's that would be great. I use the OM-D camera I mentioned with an adapter and a 57mm Konica Hexanon F 1.4 Lens from the 60's that just takes stunning pictures. Here is an interesting link regarding Konica's innovation and superb quality. It's just a shame that this stuff just flies under the radar... www.buhla.de/Foto/Konica/eKonicaStart.html
No it's actually not a shame that flies under the radar if that happens will be $300 anyone that knows Konica knows the quality
Funny you should say that, I'm collecting some Konica gear for future episodes!
@@zenography7923 Thanks...Looking forward to this !!!!
@@zenography7923 definitely grab yourself the 40 m m hexanon a real sleeper for filming. I like my Konica and my Minolta MD rokkor 45 mm is insanely sharp on an A7 right up there with any $1,000 lens in fact I read a story that said if they have to use that same formula today on modern-day glass and autofocusing that that same lens would probably 1000 to $1,500. I also think it's some point we should have a little video about lenses that work great on just certain sensors for example I have the great little German copy 35 mm it's really beautiful on an A7 it's really beautiful on an A 6000 as a 70 field of view but I put it on a Fuji sensor and it just doesn't translate well mirrorless has made us all become Alchemist again
The Konica 50 1.7 I bought for $35 is amazing ( on a Fuji X-T20 ) as well as a nice 135 for $30 in mint shape with a tiny dent in the filter screw mount ( still works fine ) - I got both from Japan...I have a Pentax 55 as well and another brand that doesn't get much traction in 35mm format which is Mamiya ( who also make some great lenses)
But be honest I'm getting a little tired of the blurry stuff kind of like we're erasing the world I've seen people start to do this in documentary and it completely defeats the purpose it's okay to let people see some background it gives certain photographs a foundation people need to learn how to use it sparingly not for everything
It can be over used for sure - but I do like a bit of the blurry stuff!
No Pentax No c LOL