Mike, straight up, if I ever find the courage and the finance to jump from Leica M analog & digital to Medium Format Pentax 67 -- I will credit it to you and your journey. I ain't no groupie. Ain't rolling like that. I am a scholar, a Theologian, a career military man, and a man who believes in giving a Brother their do. Mike Gray, you are a gifted Brother. Not in just what you do but in how you communicate it. The sharing, the style and voice you create to chronicle your journey is a Blessing, benefit, and Storyteller inspiration to anyone with a camera in their hand, a poem in their heart, or a vision in their minds eye. Continued happiness and success to you and yours my young Brother. Be Blessed, Doc Chaps PS: I'm always going to pick for the faster glass. 90mm 2.4! I'm a Leica fanboy. Noctilux all the way. 50mm f1.2 -- 50mm f0.95 -- 75mm f1.25 plus the Summilux 28mm f1.4. M11, M3, iiif, M9 Monchrom, SL2-S.
As a Mamiya 67 shooter my preference for portrait work is the 140mm macro. When I have the space to use it, I just love the separation in the image, it almost has a 3D pop. My 90mm comes a close second.
@@351linzdoctorThe 135mm is a much under-rated lens in the 67 line-up. For portraits, particularly headshots, you might find the perspective of the 165 2.8 even better. It is also one of those under-rated lenses, and incredibly under-priced.
Your videos sent me on a hunt through Tokyo for your exact setup (the wood grip being the hardest to source), the 90 and 45 especially after I saw your editorial shoot, had to cop the 105 recently and couldn’t be happier. Love your content Mike keep it coming
I had a similar experience too haha. I started with the body after seeing Mikes videos and grabbed it with a 105 due to people online recommending it. Then his video with his Tyler shields convinced me that I wanted a 90mm leaf shutter lens haha. And then I finally got a wood handle last summer after realizing how uncomfortable it felt to carry on my neck only and it made a world of a difference. The way it balances in the hand with the grip is so worth it imo. And that 45 might be my favourite lens on the system now. It’s so versatile and also allows for some amazing compositions if you choose to shoot 35mm panoramic style photos with it.
Hello Mike, Great pictures! One question, would you use this or any m42 pentax lense on a fuji x-pro camera? I‘m looking for a classic lense and pentax seems to be very interesting. Thanks for any advice, greetings from vienna. Martin
Beautiful portraits. I've always had the 105 but have wanted to try the 90. Sometime it might be cool to see a side-by-side comparison between the 90 and the 105, with everything the same except the lens.
MIke, like your work a lot! Thumbs up, man! I am shooting digital medium format (Fuji GFX) and I use a lot of Pentax' 6x7 glass as their image circle is large enough to cover the large sensor of the GFX and there is absolutely no vignetting. And although I also like the 105/2.4, my alltime star is the 90/2.8 for two reasons: one, you can get one ft. closer with the 90 and two, it's also much lighter. And when it comes to image quality, the 90 - in my opinion - is on the same level as the 105...
i paused at the 1st image and contemplated weather i want to watch this .. coz after i finish watching i wont feel the same way again , should i unpause. great model , great pose selection great photographer , gyatt damn . i don't wanna loose this moment , its like watching your favourite anime and you're at the final episode .. i don't want this to end , damn it . cruel world we live in .
We truly missed you, man. The images are beautiful. I love the bw the most (Lady of color on a middle brown sofa is maybe touchy. Matter of taste).- For portrait I myself use 35mm Pentax K-1, mostly DFA 50 mm 1.4, sometimes DFA 85 mm 1.4.
And the 90 has got s leaf shutter in it. Which has turned out not to be as big a thing as I thought it would be when I first got the 90 and the 165, but I still. I like those lenses a lot. It's nice to see I'm not the only one who thinks the 90 is just fine. I know the 200 is a wicked good lens, too. But same deal. It's been 30 years and I'm still blown away by how good the 165 is.
Yo welcome back Mike! In the words of the legend Prince "The beautiful ones always smash the picture, always every time!" LOL! Dude, keep doing what you do. Now, ask for composition, I enjoy shooting "Square" it makes shooting simple for me when it comes to compositing an orientation.
I shoot a lot of Fujica GW690 (6x9 neg) with a 90 and like that for environmental portraits. It's similar to a 90 on 6x7 but a little more negative space on the long edge. For headshots, I like to shoot 4x5 sheet with a Fuji 300 f/5.6 (it's a 4x5 reducing back on an 8x10 view camera) and I usually shoot at f/11 or f/16, then if I want a little more environment, I keep the same 300 and change out to 8x10 sheet. I know that sounds like a really long lens, but with such a huge negative, on 8x10, 300mm is equivalent to about a 40mm on full frame 35mm film, and on 4x5 gives the same field of view as an 80mm on 35mm film.
Very nice thank you for the great video! I like your portraits a lot, your superpower is your coolness, you make the models always feel very good around you and that shows in the pictures...beside your impeccable taste :-) Is there a reason you use your Pentax 67 more and more and leave your Hasselblad 500cm at home? Thank you
Dude, I know you're mostly on medium format but you NEED to try the 135mm Tair 11A (on any good M42 mount camera, or with an adapter). This cold war thing HAS 20 BLADES!! Imagine the bokeh!
@@MikeGrayFilm I picked up a set for £60 or so, the result is unmatched on an already amazing lens. Example at 3:03 here ruclips.net/video/Jb5c1o-Xkgg/видео.html
So the next lens you need to try now and post a video is....a Schneider Cinelux 110 or any Schneider Cinelux lens. Would love to see your input on those lenses
Dope video, dope shots, lots of inspiration… as is your norm. That 90mm is hot, huh? I’ll have to get one. I heard the same thing from a good friend of mine. I have a 75mm F4.5 which is pretty nice for environmental portraits. I love my 105mm. I think I’m going to have to get a 90mm and that fisheye lens. That joint is fire. Appreciate you!
Yo Mike great video! How about letting a brother borrow your 105 KEH is all out. You can pick it up when you're in the ATL. I got you! 👌Thanks for another great video.
Hi. Cool shooting . 90mm is more versatile. 105 for the head, a large portrait. Tell me, what kind of light was on top in the first frames? It looks like natural light . I need to know, otherwise I won't calm down ;))) I follow all your videos!
I'm missing here a 1:1 zoom on open lens to see how narrow dof is and if it's possible to be on point:P I'm using Rb67 pro sd with 127 3.5, which suits me a lot, but barely using it on 3.5 as I'm a bit blind... but I need to try finally shooting with contact lenses😂
I love the 105 as it was my first Pentax lens. I recently got the 90mm LS lens but haven’t put any reps in yet to comment on whether I like it more. I will say that I do like the distance the 105mm requires as I typically am using my 67 setup from a bit further back and I love the background separation it creates(even stoped down). One of the most underrated lenses I feel like on the system is the 200mm f/4, it definitely requires a lot more room to work with but produces some fantastic results. The trickiest part is trying to avoid any camera shake because at that focal length it’s definitely a lot more visible. Also it’s goddam gigantic, but if someone is carrying a Pentax 67, chances are they are used to having people stare at their giant setup to begin with 😂
@@MikeGrayFilm The leaf shutter is so important if you use fill=flash or strobes. The 1/30th second sync is just too slow with any ambient light. With the LS you can sink up to 1/500 sec. For head shots the 165 F4 LS is what I used. Keep shooting Mike
@@MikeGrayFilm oh! I thought you scanned your film yourself. I had no Idea. I guess I thought you were flatbed scanning because you have a link for it in the video description. Yeah, getting them done by a facility is usually best anyways.
Shocked that you the 90mm isn't the lens... but had to watch the video to know that you favor that one... yes, the 90mm is better. 105mm is great but it's not the 90mm. Also, the Hassy murdered the Pentax on that shoot! (I SAID WHAT I SAID hahahahah)
I understand the situation of the girl, she had hard time in the traffic, car accident, but if she is not fit for the shoot she should have told it. She was straight an a-hole, Gray tried to ease the tention but she was not cooperative at all. In these cases it is better to say just eff it and don't shoot. I feel for you bro.
Mike has an easy way about him, but the title adopting the Pentax 105mm as the "best lens Pentax ever made" is such pure bullshit that I am compelled to pull back the curtain. (Wizard of Oz ref for the uneducated.) 12 minutes, and he has no objective statement of what makes the lens "the best". The standards of such measure are usually sharpness, contrast, possible depth of field, or for some non-Japanese who don''t know better, "bokah". "I like it", is one of those subjective references used by those who don't have a clue. I'll offer a definition of "best" for this lens: "I paid $900 for a 50+ old used lens which 10 years ago I could have purchased in any number I wished for less than $150 each, so it has to be extra good, right?" So, let's take an objective look at the 105mm. It was one of the original Pentax 67 lenses designed around 1966. It was redesigned around 1970 to lose the thorium doped lens element after such lenses (there were many) were labelled "radioactive". This made no significant change to lens performance. Apart from more modern lens coatings as that technology improved, no other performance change in 55 years. So, not a "high tech" lens. Resolution. On par with other Pentax lenses of its day. Not bad, but not close to later designs using modern optical glass. Contrast. The same. Depth of field. The 2.4 maximum aperture yields very restricted depth of field wide open, but if that's your goal, the 165mm 2.8 is even more so, and optically, a superior lens as well. Great for portraits. As used by Mike here, why not. Used for headshots as many on YT do, forget it. It's about the 35mm focal perspective of a 50mm lens. Too close for close portraits, unless you like your models to exhibit "camel nose". So, why was the 105mm made? Marketing. It was the fastest medium format lens made in its day. And, Pentax advertised that fact unmercifully. It was the "kit lens" of its day. Is it a bad lens? Not at all. Frankly, it's hard to find a 67 lens which is "bad", but some are better than others. Is it the best "normal" focal length lens for the 67? Not by the usual standards. The 90mm 2.8 is significantly better optically, but a bit wider. The 135mm is a bit better and longer, much closer focussing. The late-coming 100mm Macro will optically blow them all off and leave change. So what is the 105mm best at? Really nothing. But, if you only have one lens, and you hang out with YT hipsters, using your Pentax 67 and 105mm as proof of club membership cannot be beat.
This poor woman is struggling, her car is broken, she obviously isn't getting enough to eat and she can't even afford a bra. How is this not exploitation?
Mike, straight up, if I ever find the courage and the finance to jump from Leica M analog & digital to Medium Format Pentax 67 -- I will credit it to you and your journey. I ain't no groupie. Ain't rolling like that. I am a scholar, a Theologian, a career military man, and a man who believes in giving a Brother their do. Mike Gray, you are a gifted Brother. Not in just what you do but in how you communicate it. The sharing, the style and voice you create to chronicle your journey is a Blessing, benefit, and Storyteller inspiration to anyone with a camera in their hand, a poem in their heart, or a vision in their minds eye. Continued happiness and success to you and yours my young Brother. Be Blessed, Doc Chaps PS: I'm always going to pick for the faster glass. 90mm 2.4! I'm a Leica fanboy. Noctilux all the way. 50mm f1.2 -- 50mm f0.95 -- 75mm f1.25 plus the Summilux 28mm f1.4. M11, M3, iiif, M9 Monchrom, SL2-S.
This may be the best comment I’ve ever received. I truly want to thank you. That’s LOVE & comments like this really keep me going. 🙏🏾
ngl I cried these images are so beautiful its crazyyyyy
Thanks so much
Such great portraits. Nice work, Mr. Gray.
Thanks so much!
Mike, your energy is contagious. Please keep it up. I can see why it is so easy to connect with your subjects!!!!
I appreciate that man. 🙏🏾
Glad to see you back creating Brotha!! The first set was 🔥🔥 I use a 90 mm but I need to try out the 105
Thanks so much bro!!
Bravo bro andThanks!
Thank you!
@@MikeGrayFilm 🤩🙌
As a Mamiya 67 shooter my preference for portrait work is the 140mm macro. When I have the space to use it, I just love the separation in the image, it almost has a 3D pop. My 90mm comes a close second.
Hopefully one day I can try out the 140mm. That sounds interesting!
Exactly I have two pentax 6x7's and I use the Pentax 135mm macro for portraits! The rendering to me is better than the 105 and it's a lot cheaper!
@@351linzdoctorThe 135mm is a much under-rated lens in the 67 line-up. For portraits, particularly headshots, you might find the perspective of the 165 2.8 even better. It is also one of those under-rated lenses, and incredibly under-priced.
@@randallstewart1224 I have the 165mm I like the 135 macro more!
Man this makes me want a pentax 67 and the 105😂 great video and shots man!
Go for it! Thank a lot man
Your videos sent me on a hunt through Tokyo for your exact setup (the wood grip being the hardest to source), the 90 and 45 especially after I saw your editorial shoot, had to cop the 105 recently and couldn’t be happier. Love your content Mike keep it coming
Thanks so much!
I had a similar experience too haha. I started with the body after seeing Mikes videos and grabbed it with a 105 due to people online recommending it. Then his video with his Tyler shields convinced me that I wanted a 90mm leaf shutter lens haha. And then I finally got a wood handle last summer after realizing how uncomfortable it felt to carry on my neck only and it made a world of a difference. The way it balances in the hand with the grip is so worth it imo. And that 45 might be my favourite lens on the system now. It’s so versatile and also allows for some amazing compositions if you choose to shoot 35mm panoramic style photos with it.
beautiful, beautiful, powerful!
Thank you so much!
Ya tu sabes....fuego mi hermano!
Thanks a lot bro!
Great photos! It's a great lens, and Pentax 67 rocks!!
Great to see you back! Beautiful model, great images. Always a treat to see your new uploads. 👍Best wishes, David in the UK.
Thank you! Cheers!
Hello Mike,
Great pictures!
One question, would you use this or any m42 pentax lense on a fuji x-pro camera?
I‘m looking for a classic lense and pentax seems to be very interesting.
Thanks for any advice, greetings from vienna.
Martin
broooo! good to see you back on the feed! as always great work... Thank you to both of you for the amazing work.
I appreciate YOU for your continued support bro
Another banger Mr Gray! Awesome stuff as always
Thanks Tom!
I loved these shots! Great video. I love how you show us different lens choices.
Thanks a lot!
Love your work man. Very clean.
Appreciate it!
Nice photo shoot and series of portraits Mike! Enjoyed the video! Have a good weekend!
Thanks so much Steve!
Bro, you're sooo delivering, over and over again! Excellent images, great work - you're an inspiration. And good humor, too.
Thank you so much
the image at 2:57 is my fav. great work as always💮✨
Thank you so much 😀
@@MikeGrayFilm of course!✌🏾
These shots look awesome! Great work from both of you!
Thanks so much Nuno!
Mike Is back with the banger content!📸
Thank you. I sure am!!!! Haha
Beautiful portraits. I've always had the 105 but have wanted to try the 90. Sometime it might be cool to see a side-by-side comparison between the 90 and the 105, with everything the same except the lens.
That will be coming very soon! Thanks a lot 🙏🏾
MIke, like your work a lot! Thumbs up, man! I am shooting digital medium format (Fuji GFX) and I use a lot of Pentax' 6x7 glass as their image circle is large enough to cover the large sensor of the GFX and there is absolutely no vignetting. And although I also like the 105/2.4, my alltime star is the 90/2.8 for two reasons: one, you can get one ft. closer with the 90 and two, it's also much lighter. And when it comes to image quality, the 90 - in my opinion - is on the same level as the 105...
Your pictures were super DOPE! Mike you never disappoint, I really look forward to watching your videos!📸🎞️🎥
🖤🖤🖤
those shots were fire, thanks for this!
Glad you enjoyed! Thank YOU!
Great photos Mike! love the colors and the poses!
Thanks so much!
Mike.
I’m a bronica etrs (6x4.5) user and for me the go to lens is 75mm PE
It’s a gorgeous lens.
Awesome work Mike!
Thank you
What a great photo session with this beautiful model and the 105 lense. Awesome 👏🏻
Thanks a lot!
Very nice. I like the B&W shots also.
Thanks David!
I had this camera FOR this lens. It's one of the best. ❤ I miss my 6x7 sometimes 😅
The best!
yeah, pentax Rules!
The truth.
Blown awayyyyyyy 🤩😍
Thank you!!!
Hi Mike, What film have those color photos being shot?? (portra 800? ) Thanks. looking forward to seeing the next video :D
Yep! Portra 800! Thanks
Thanx for the video, inspiring as always !
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much
these portraits are beautiful, what film stock did you use in this shoot please ?
Portra 800!
I appreciate you
@@MikeGrayFilm ah make sense, thank you 🙏🏾
Loved the 105 2.4 depth of field was great for portraits
I agree!
Mike, these images look stunning. How did you light them? Was there a window overhead or did the strobe do all the work? Keep it up, love your work!
Thanks so much. I used a broncolor strobe light for these
i paused at the 1st image and contemplated weather i want to watch this .. coz after i finish watching i wont feel the same way again , should i unpause. great model , great pose selection great photographer , gyatt damn . i don't wanna loose this moment , its like watching your favourite anime and you're at the final episode .. i don't want this to end , damn it . cruel world we live in .
Haha thanks so much
We truly missed you, man. The images are beautiful. I love the bw the most (Lady of color on a middle brown sofa is maybe touchy. Matter of taste).- For portrait I myself use 35mm Pentax K-1, mostly DFA 50 mm 1.4, sometimes DFA 85 mm 1.4.
I missed you all as well!
And the 90 has got s leaf shutter in it. Which has turned out not to be as big a thing as I thought it would be when I first got the 90 and the 165, but I still. I like those lenses a lot. It's nice to see I'm not the only one who thinks the 90 is just fine. I know the 200 is a wicked good lens, too. But same deal. It's been 30 years and I'm still blown away by how good the 165 is.
Indeed!
Awesome work
Thanks a lot 😊
Yo welcome back Mike! In the words of the legend Prince "The beautiful ones always smash the picture, always every time!" LOL! Dude, keep doing what you do. Now, ask for composition, I enjoy shooting "Square" it makes shooting simple for me when it comes to compositing an orientation.
Haha I agree!!!
I shoot a lot of Fujica GW690 (6x9 neg) with a 90 and like that for environmental portraits. It's similar to a 90 on 6x7 but a little more negative space on the long edge. For headshots, I like to shoot 4x5 sheet with a Fuji 300 f/5.6 (it's a 4x5 reducing back on an 8x10 view camera) and I usually shoot at f/11 or f/16, then if I want a little more environment, I keep the same 300 and change out to 8x10 sheet. I know that sounds like a really long lens, but with such a huge negative, on 8x10, 300mm is equivalent to about a 40mm on full frame 35mm film, and on 4x5 gives the same field of view as an 80mm on 35mm film.
Nice Adrian!
Very nice thank you for the great video!
I like your portraits a lot, your superpower is your coolness, you make the models always feel very good around you and that shows in the pictures...beside your impeccable taste :-)
Is there a reason you use your Pentax 67 more and more and leave your Hasselblad 500cm at home? Thank you
Thank you very much!
I have the 90 and 105 for my 6x7. I love the DoF of the 105, but prefer the focal length of the 90.
Dude, I know you're mostly on medium format but you NEED to try the 135mm Tair 11A (on any good M42 mount camera, or with an adapter). This cold war thing HAS 20 BLADES!! Imagine the bokeh!
Was this shoot at a LA studio? It look like there was over head natural light. Nice light.
This was!
Have you shot with the Extension tube set? It's unreal how close you can get.
I have the set for the hasselblad but not the Pentax!
@@MikeGrayFilm I picked up a set for £60 or so, the result is unmatched on an already amazing lens. Example at 3:03 here
ruclips.net/video/Jb5c1o-Xkgg/видео.html
Dope photos 🔥
Thanks!
So the next lens you need to try now and post a video is....a Schneider Cinelux 110 or any Schneider Cinelux lens. Would love to see your input on those lenses
Just bought a Pentax and I have the 105. But thinking of trying out the 90 - based on your recommendation. Great video - as always.
Have fun!
That 105mm is insane wide open. Only way to roll for portraits.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Great video man!
Appreciate it!
Mike, what version of the 90mm do you have? I know there are 3. The standard, the newer one that came along with the 67II and the LS
Dope video, dope shots, lots of inspiration… as is your norm. That 90mm is hot, huh? I’ll have to get one. I heard the same thing from a good friend of mine. I have a 75mm F4.5 which is pretty nice for environmental portraits. I love my 105mm. I think I’m going to have to get a 90mm and that fisheye lens. That joint is fire. Appreciate you!
Thanks a lot!! Give it a try. 90mm will surprise you!
Got both the 90 and the 105 and love them both. I find the 90 generally more useful. The 90 still has great bokeh.
Totally agree!
Yo Mike great video! How about letting a brother borrow your 105 KEH is all out. You can pick it up when you're in the ATL. I got you! 👌Thanks for another great video.
Haha I appreciate you!
From your title, I thought this video was about the 8-element 50mm f/1.4 Pentax Takumar lens for the 35mm Pentax Spotmatic.
Hi. Cool shooting . 90mm is more versatile. 105 for the head, a large portrait. Tell me, what kind of light was on top in the first frames? It looks like natural light . I need to know, otherwise I won't calm down ;))) I follow all your videos!
Hahaha it was natural light. Thanks so much for watching!
@@MikeGrayFilm Thanks!
Believe it or not but I get inspired a lot by your work because it gives me encouragement all the time.
🎖😼
Thank you so much!
I'm missing here a 1:1 zoom on open lens to see how narrow dof is and if it's possible to be on point:P
I'm using Rb67 pro sd with 127 3.5, which suits me a lot, but barely using it on 3.5 as I'm a bit blind... but I need to try finally shooting with contact lenses😂
Trust me I’m damn near blind as well haha. I wear contacts as well!
I love the 105 as it was my first Pentax lens. I recently got the 90mm LS lens but haven’t put any reps in yet to comment on whether I like it more. I will say that I do like the distance the 105mm requires as I typically am using my 67 setup from a bit further back and I love the background separation it creates(even stoped down).
One of the most underrated lenses I feel like on the system is the 200mm f/4, it definitely requires a lot more room to work with but produces some fantastic results. The trickiest part is trying to avoid any camera shake because at that focal length it’s definitely a lot more visible. Also it’s goddam gigantic, but if someone is carrying a Pentax 67, chances are they are used to having people stare at their giant setup to begin with 😂
Very very true haha
so the 90mm comes to full frame, it's like 43mm?
What light meter is that in the video?
Mike post i click simple!😂
I love to hear that haha
Mike buy the 90 2.8 leaf shutter I sold to KEH 3 weeks ago, you will love it, it's listed right now
I’m going to have to give it a try!
@@MikeGrayFilm The leaf shutter is so important if you use fill=flash or strobes. The 1/30th second sync is just too slow with any ambient light. With the LS you can sink up to 1/500 sec. For head shots the 165 F4 LS is what I used. Keep shooting Mike
For beginner photographers, how can we find people to take pictures of. And more specifically, people who can rock cool outfits in cool locations?
I used nothing but instagram and close friends in my life when I first started
I wonder what would be considered the holy grail Pentax lens for portraits for Pentax dslr cameras?
Very good question.
I gave a brother a like.
Does wonders 🙏🏾
Homie. When are you gonna upgrade to mirrorless camera scanning?
Building a high-quality setup for that can be quite the technical journey, especially for medium format.
I wish I had the time to scan myself or I would! Haha
@@MikeGrayFilm oh! I thought you scanned your film yourself. I had no Idea. I guess I thought you were flatbed scanning because you have a link for it in the video description. Yeah, getting them done by a facility is usually best anyways.
@@LBCRPhotography I did the flatbed scanning when I first started, but when the world opened back up I just didn’t have the time anymore :/ lol
Had no clue you were from Dallas. Next time you're in town hit me up and lets shoot
Indeed!
very nice！
Thank you very much!
What lens is on the Hasselblad tho?
80mm
Yep i own the 105 i do prefer it😊but as of lately the 75 ml has been
a favorite of mine for environmental shots.😬
I haven’t tried the 75!
@@MikeGrayFilmyou should it’s decent. I appreciated that lens way later tho.
Shocked that you the 90mm isn't the lens... but had to watch the video to know that you favor that one... yes, the 90mm is better. 105mm is great but it's not the 90mm. Also, the Hassy murdered the Pentax on that shoot! (I SAID WHAT I SAID hahahahah)
Lmaooo I wanted you to say it & not me. Trust me. After picking the Hassi up once I didn’t wanna put it down 😂😂😂
90 all day
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I understand the situation of the girl, she had hard time in the traffic, car accident, but if she is not fit for the shoot she should have told it. She was straight an a-hole, Gray tried to ease the tention but she was not cooperative at all. In these cases it is better to say just eff it and don't shoot. I feel for you bro.
😂😂😂
@@MikeGrayFilm I cannot decode your answer, but ok.
@@iammz81 she wasn't an a-hole at all. she was just shy.
@@MikeGrayFilm Ok, let's put that way. :) Hope you'll work together soon and we'll see her true self.
Best lens is a 105 2.5 nikkor p lens .
Gonna have to try it!
How many rails of coke did you do before this shoot?
Lmfaoooooo you’re funny
@@MikeGrayFilm you’ve just got high energy on this one 🤣
Mike has an easy way about him, but the title adopting the Pentax 105mm as the "best lens Pentax ever made" is such pure bullshit that I am compelled to pull back the curtain. (Wizard of Oz ref for the uneducated.) 12 minutes, and he has no objective statement of what makes the lens "the best". The standards of such measure are usually sharpness, contrast, possible depth of field, or for some non-Japanese who don''t know better, "bokah". "I like it", is one of those subjective references used by those who don't have a clue. I'll offer a definition of "best" for this lens: "I paid $900 for a 50+ old used lens which 10 years ago I could have purchased in any number I wished for less than $150 each, so it has to be extra good, right?" So, let's take an objective look at the 105mm. It was one of the original Pentax 67 lenses designed around 1966. It was redesigned around 1970 to lose the thorium doped lens element after such lenses (there were many) were labelled "radioactive". This made no significant change to lens performance. Apart from more modern lens coatings as that technology improved, no other performance change in 55 years. So, not a "high tech" lens. Resolution. On par with other Pentax lenses of its day. Not bad, but not close to later designs using modern optical glass. Contrast. The same. Depth of field. The 2.4 maximum aperture yields very restricted depth of field wide open, but if that's your goal, the 165mm 2.8 is even more so, and optically, a superior lens as well. Great for portraits. As used by Mike here, why not. Used for headshots as many on YT do, forget it. It's about the 35mm focal perspective of a 50mm lens. Too close for close portraits, unless you like your models to exhibit "camel nose". So, why was the 105mm made? Marketing. It was the fastest medium format lens made in its day. And, Pentax advertised that fact unmercifully. It was the "kit lens" of its day. Is it a bad lens? Not at all. Frankly, it's hard to find a 67 lens which is "bad", but some are better than others. Is it the best "normal" focal length lens for the 67? Not by the usual standards. The 90mm 2.8 is significantly better optically, but a bit wider. The 135mm is a bit better and longer, much closer focussing. The late-coming 100mm Macro will optically blow them all off and leave change. So what is the 105mm best at? Really nothing. But, if you only have one lens, and you hang out with YT hipsters, using your Pentax 67 and 105mm as proof of club membership cannot be beat.
I can only imagine how long it took you to type that lmao
This poor woman is struggling, her car is broken, she obviously isn't getting enough to eat and she can't even afford a bra. How is this not exploitation?
Great shots, cringe commentary 😫
😂😂😂😂
Fairly boring home pic standard pics
Thank you lol