Vintage Lens Test - 50mm E.Ludwig Meritar f2.9 - Handcrafted - Making The New Workshop Sign
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2020
- This video is a bit different to my usual videos - I've had the vintage E.Ludwig Meritar 50mm f2.9 lens for a while and have been meaning to make a video with it. I also needed to make a new sign for the GrumpyTim workshop, so I decided to put the two projects together into one video.
The lens itself was made by Ernst Ludwig, based in Lausa, near Dresden, Germany. It is the Exa or Exakta fitting and came complete with the Ihagee Exa camera which I'll feature in a future video. The lens has a lovely bokeh and is pretty sharp in the centre then it gets progressively softer towards the edges when wide open at f2.9. The 50mm focal length is equivalent to 100mm when used on a Micro Four Thirds camera like the Lumix GX80.
I wanted the sign to look old and battered - like it had been there for years - I keep various bits of old wood because it's simply more interesting than new wood and matches better when I'm repairing old things for customers. I had a plank of what I thought was mahogany sitting in the shed which I knew would be the right size for the job, but when I looked properly, it turned out to be about 2 inches of mahogany with the rest made of stained pine - it had probably been a shelf in an old piece of furniture and they'd been economical with the good wood!!! I knew I had a more appropriate piece of wood at a friends house but couldn't get there due to the lockdown so I made do with what I had and anyway, I knew it would just add to the character of the sign (knowing of course that the pine would be horrible to carve compared to mahogany).
The framing material was from a very old wooden greenhouse and it's utterly beautiful wood, full of texture and character.
I thought about adding a music track to the video but I wanted to retain the calmness of handcrafting something so I settled on no voice over and no music.
Thanks for watching/reading.
You can see my other vintage lens test videos here:
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Great work!!
A Meritar 50/2.9 lens arrives for me today, the most modern version of it.
I'm really looking forward to starting working with her.
Thanks for sharing
Excellent, I'm very fond of that lens and it's quite nice to play around with one of the less shouted about lenses like that for a change. Hope you have lots of fun with it.
Your channel is so underrated. I come here to see what the lens looks like, and find myself-- a person not even the least bit interested in woodworking-- fixating on your process instead. And thanks for keeping the bird sounds. :)
Cheers worldadventuretravel, I used to really enjoy making videos like this, but somehow there just isn't the time lately.......maybe one day.... Thanks for the comment.
nice!
Cheers 4WheelDrive
very well done! so satisfying! congrats!
Thanks Yuri, that was a fun project to do. Funnily enough, since I did that sign, I've made about 6 or 7 for other people who liked the style - they seem to be popping up all round our local area!!!!
I got two left hands, but always love it to see someone skilled at work. Beautifully shot video too.
I find it incredibly relaxing to do a project like that - I've actually made 4 similar house name signs since I shot this video (one person saw the first sign and wanted one like it for their house, then another person saw the second sign and so on) - not exactly profitable work as it generally takes around a day and a half to complete a sign. I think that kind of work can be classed as good for the soul but not good for the pocket.
Cheers for the comment, there will be another similar themed video at some point in time but I've sort of lost momentum on that particular project and it's sitting in the "unfinished" pile!
Some interesting techniques there. Cheers!
Cheers Benedict - nothing I do is necessarily the correct way to do the job but it usually sort of works - since I made that sign I've already made a house sign for someone in a similar way and got a possible order for another house sign too. I'm running out of suitable old wood to use though - I've got some at a friends house but I can't go there at the moment due to the lockdown.
@@GrumpyTim yes, the lockdown is throwing up challenges.
I'm curious as to which is older. Your vintage lens, or your vintage can of 3-in-1 oil. By the way, beautiful footage.
I think the 3-in-1 might actually be the older!!! I'm guessing my lens is 1960s but I haven't been able to accurately date it yet.
Thanks, glad you liked the footage - I wasn't sure if people would love or hate it. It was very therapeutic making the sign - I love doing work like that.