The Pentacon 30mm f/3.5 is the Meyer Optik Lydith 30mm f/3.5 | A Review
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2022
- In this video I review the Pentacon 30mm f/3.5, the heir of quite an inheritance. That of the Meyer Lydith 30mm f/3.5.
Although beaten up and scratched up it made for a rather pleasent time using it. Also some pretty good images. However, most importantly, it has taught me a valuable lesson.
The video was filmed entirely with the Sony a7R II and the Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8, reviewed here on the channel.
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"Work with it, not against it" Radu, brilliant video, those comments resonate with me with my battles with my much loved but frustrating Helios 44. Kind regards, j
Thank you
My pleasure!
Hi Radu,thanks for the videos , you convinced me to get some meyer optik/pentacon lydith. during this vacation I spent 2 days in Arad and I really regret finding your channel after this trip. Once again thanks and cheers.
An I also use Arch btw.
Thank you for your comment. I hope you had a good time in Arad.
@@janpamua7714 Arch Linux Master Race.
There is perhaps one more interesting piece of industrial history to tell about the Lydith. The Pentacon 30mm f3.5 is actually optically identical. Meyer Optik Görlitz had been a competitor of Carl Zeiss for many years, but like CZJ was socialized after 1945, although the old brand name was still used for a while. The Lydith was the last in-house development of the traditional company before CZJ and Meyer were merged into Kombinat Pentacon, and in a way the Lydith was a worthy farewell to a company that was known for its original lenses. For a 5 lenser it offers really amazing image quality and as you also say an elegant vintage look with that extra something, especially nowadays with crop sensors making it almost a standard focal length. Under certain condition it renders surprisingly dimensional images. One of my absolute favorite lenses.
This is very interesting!
Cheers buddy!
the lens is a really cool one. The vintage rendering coming from its extended tonality. I still haven't used mine in anger but, I can see from your images that it has the potential to do what I want to do. I noticed that the Lydith has been relaunched at an elevated price of £2000. I guess someone had to, it's a gem that is missing in action and available for extremely affordable prices. I'd say, definitely worth a punt in its original form. Used sympathetically with a lens hood it's a winner. It offers the plasticity of rendering that I adore. The build quality is very utilitarian, it's honest in a Bauhaus way.
I really like the way you describe a soft lens. I picked up my copy of the Lydith as a companion to the Domiplan, but I need to compare it with a few other lenses, like the Mir-1 (which I do like) and the Mamiya 28mm f2.8 (still 'testing').
Thank you very mutch for this review. The only one on the internet that is really fits my interests!
My pleasure.
That goes pretty well together, your kind of presentation and the character of this little lens. Thank you for that! In fact, the Lydith requires a very considerate way of photography. It is a lens for cloudy days, if you shoot with colour, and you get the contrary of flashy, super sharp images. I would not call it dreamy, but, well, modest. Slightly grainy, almost film like.
Your characterization is accurate and pretty much exactly what I noticed.
Brilliant vid. I've just acquired an original Lydith - taking it out today to shoot for the first time (on a Zenit 11)!
Have fun with it.
Nice review, I enjoyed it very much, many thanks. Your b&w video approach is great. I have this lens, but it is still waiting to be properly used. I remember I took some Christmas images with it and I enjoyed it. You remained me about it, so time to pick it up again with the knowledge I just acquired from you. There is the old Meyer Optik Görlitz Lydith zebra version of course, which looks very nice esthetically, but it should be the same lens. Cheers!
Thanks for watching.
Hi Radu,
just stumbled upon your cannnel. What can I say? - I feel educated and enterntained in equal measures. I really appreciate that you give insights of the look and feel of a lense without stressing technical details too much. Thanks for that.
Have you ever shot the Minolta AF 50mm 1.7?
I'm glad to have been of some use. And no, I haven't used the Minolta you mention.
As you say, this is the kind of lens you work with and around, not against.
Also, Guinness is always a good choice! ;)
Yes, my friend. Guinness is great!
Good video frate ;) i also have this lens.. Same as yours.. Bad shape.. But that means it was good enough so somebody was actually using it.. Narok!
Have you tried the Pentax-M 28mm f2 or the Pentax-DA 31mm Limited?
No, I haven't.
@1kwords Well I haven't tried the 31mm but the Pentax-M 28mm is living on my Z5.
Another lens I love is the SMC Pentax 35mm f3.5 (early K mount).
Have you compared this lens to the Mir 1b? I am trying to decide between these two lenses for my Praktica MTL3.
Having had so many modern, electronic and digital cameras die in the desert heat of the Southwest US or in the winter cold of the Pacific Northwest, I do not see a reason to lose another few hundred dollars on a modern digital or electronic film camera that dies at 107 degrees Fahrenheit. My Rolleicords, Speed Graphic and Praktica cameras are fine in the heat and cold.
I haven't used the Mir 1b, so I can't compare.
love this style of video - with a cold Guinness everything is much easier ..., ( by the way-the Lydith is great !)
Yes, indeed. The Lydith is pretty great. So is the Guiness.
i have Lydith (m42) in relatively good shape (some micro scratches on the back element, visible only at certain angles) and results are pretty much the same
Still one of my favourite lenses.
There is also a pentacon 29mm 2.8 Multicoated. No idea how it compares to the 30mm but what you described mirrors my experience with it. Using it on a MFT with a focal reducer (cheap speedbooster) it becomes a somewhat 20mm // 40mm size crop on MFT and a little faster.
Fantastic real-life rendering and very smooth off-focus-areas. I absolutely love it. also for the price it's crazy what you get out of this.
Did you try the other pentacons? the 50mm 1.8? and the 135mm?
I tried the 135 and wasn't impressed.
@@1kwords and the 50mm 1.8? what you think?
@@zeitwille I haven't used the Pentacon 1.8/50, but from what I heard it's supposed to be real nice.
@@1kwords yes, it's a "magical" lens and give you a lot of great shots. also what you get for the price is exceptional. it's creamy-soft / dreamy at 1.8 and becomes quite sharp at 2.5. colour rendition is the most accurate/neutral from I've seen so far with old vintage lenses. No idea how it performs in B/W though but still would love to see your review / opinion / experience with it. keep up the good work and thank you so much for your channel. been binge watching nearly everything ;-)
@@zeitwille thank you for watching. I'm glad you enjoy my videos.
Kindly please it will be working with fujifilm xt3 or not
Yes it will, with the right adapter.
Thanks
finaly a gear review with good pictures. something what bothers me about the top RUclipsrs in this field here. They do a lot of tech talk and show the most crapy cat pics. I´ve god the lydith- and I can say it has a poetic formula, hard to describe. I see the colors more on the warm side, and it does not appear vintage to me- odd on its very own way. thanks.
Thank you.
Thanks for excellent video... now you have said... see how push/pull preset works...you are my saviour chuckle...
Only had this one yesterday on 46 year old praktica....
Lens is very mucky inside so needs a good clean and lube I believe.....
Erm erm your pregnant pauses....are entertaining....
The pauses are due to my limited vocabulary and lacking experience in speaking the English language - I have to think about what I'm saying and then translate it in my head. I hope it's bearable, at least.
Thanks for reply.... I really like your style.....