Adjusting to Infinity is Easy The Minolta 50mm f1.7 is one of the most affordable lenses out there and one Ive used on my channel for years. Finding one for $10-20 is super easy and …
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Big vintage lens score and XC10 Full Frame experiment
Today on NFS they had an article about using a 35mm adapter on an XC10. I don’t see the point for me personally since I also have a FF D750 but I still had a …
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Lens Turbo “Speedbooster” Unboxing and Test
It is a cheap alternative to the Metabones Speedbooster if you want to give your camera some extra juice. This is an unboxing and first test pared with the Panasonic G7. Intro It costs around …
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Are Vintage Lenses Radioactive?
On my channel you will find a lot of videos with and about vintage lenses. I often get asked if its true that they are sometimes radioactive and therefor dangerous. This is my test to …
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Sony A7ii IBIS Test
This is a real world test and focal length comparison of the Sony IBIS with vintage glass. Everything is handheld with no rig. The three axis IBIS you get with manual glass is imo really …
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Testing a $12 Zeiss Lens for Full Frame
This is a quick test of my $12 Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f2.8. The footage have just been slightly graded and no sharpening has been added. Wanted to keep it low contrast to show its …
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Zenitar 16mm f2.8 Unboxing and Test
In this video I test my new Zenitar 16mm f2.8 lens. I also make a quick shootout against a Kern-Paillard and two $10 C-Mounts. Its a “Fish Eye” but as you can see its not …
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C-Mount Zeiss 25mm f1.4 Test
This is a video I made to test hand holding the Zeiss 25mm f1.4, not using a variable ND and different grades. Therefor the clips don’t exactly match and some look pretty weird. The lens …
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Kern-Paillard Lens Test on the Digital Bolex
Due to rain I had a whole day to just play around and get to know my new cheap C-Mounts. I got them at a good price by purchasing a Bolex 16mm Film Camera that …
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Kern Paillard Lenses – Unboxing and Quick Test
This is an unboxing, a test and a top tip on how to get three lenses in one go for relatively little money. As always the key to cheap lenses is to buy an old …
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