This Tiny 5$ Russian Lens will Blow your Mind - The Cheap Weird Lens

March 30, 2016 in Blog, The Cheap Weird Lens R...

On this new show i will review for you some weird Lenses that can work on your mirrorless cameras for photos and videos. Today we will review a Lomo T43 40mm F/4 Manual Lens. Ask me what kind of lens you want me to review for the next episodes. discover more videos on my chanel !

Gear Mentioned : Flat m42 to Nex Adaptor 17mm to 31mm helicoid M42 to M42 Manfrotto PIXI Mini Tripod

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How to Make a Reverse Globular Lens

February 29, 2016 in Blog, The Weird Lens Challenge

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For this episode we will modify a Mir-1B russian lens, to make a reverse Globular Lens.

For a longer version of the tutorial video on how to make the lens you can watch this video.

So does it takes good photos too ?

Here are some exemples of what the lens mounting is giving for photos.

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Thanks To Venesis for posing.

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Shooting a Video with a 1880 Lens

January 11, 2016 in Blog, The Weird Lens Challenge, Virals Videos

I love Lenses .... i mean i am obsessed with them, but i also like weird stuff, so naturally i mixed the two and wanted to experiment. Why just focusing on the ultra expensive electronic lenses when you can do incredible things with just old glass ...

the glass is the key to image beauty, not the internal motors.

I am happy to announce the launch of a new web-serie about lens test " The Weird Lens Challenge "... but not any kind of lens, we will focus only on the weird ones , the old, the crazy ones that you can mount on a mirrorless camera.

For this episode we will teste a 1880 large format camera lens, one of the first lens with internal iris

After mounting it with some cardboard pieces to keep it tightly blocked in a m42 macro tube, and then screw it on different macro m42 tubes and to a m42 helicoidal ring that was screwed to a M42 to Nex Adaptor ring then to the Sony A7II , the lens was able to focus.

The Lens is incredibly sharp for a 136 years old simple metallic lens, from my test it's even sharper than most of my modern canon lenses, the results are amazing ... but it also gives some strange lens flares and light leaks that are pretty dreamy ( some would say it's horrible )

Check the video for the results.

So does it takes good photos too ?

Here are some exemples of what the lens mounting is giving for photos.

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SOOOOO sharp ...

Pretty clean for a portrait lens

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Shooting a Circular Video with a 180° Fisheye Lens

December 07, 2015 in Blog, The Weird Lens Challenge

Previously on the " The Weird Lens Challenge " we saw how to shoot with a 1950 Plastic camera Lens

For this 4th episode we will shoot a video with a 180° fish eye from the end of 60's on a Sony A7II

For this episode we will test a lens fish eye adapter : the Kenko 180° fisheye

The lens was first screwd to a 55mm to 52mm filter then to the filer of a Canon 50mm 1.4 FD to a Nex Adapter to the Sony A7II

The 50mm focal length is perfect for having a full frame Fisheye circular image ... on a APSC it would not be circular.

The Lens is not sharp as hell, but it's pretty good coupled with a sharp lens like the Canon FD, it's also give a incredible look at your shots, of course the use of a Circular video is pretty rare for a cinematic project, but for time lapses it give an impressive effect.

this Lens is pretty rare, but i was lucky to find it only for 60 euros.

Check the video for the results.

So does it takes good photos too ?

Here are some exemples of what the lens mounting is giving for photos.

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How to get Bokeh Madness on Video

November 16, 2015 in Blog, The Weird Lens Challenge, Virals Videos

Previously on the " The Weird Lens Challenge " we tested a 1910 lens on a Mirrorless camera.

For this second episode we will test the famous Sovietic Jupiter-9 Bokeh Monster 85mm/2 lens mixed with a M42 tilt Ring to Nex adapter on a Sony A7II

And answer to the question : How to get Bokeh Madness on video.

The Jupiter - 9 is famous for being a Bokeh Monster, it has the same swirly effect as the Helios Lenses but even stronger, being very close the the Petzval lens.

Then the lens was screwed to a M42 to Tilt Nex Adaptor ring then to the Sony A7II

Mixing a tilt ring who makes weird bokeh on any lens with a bokeh Monster will get you some amazing results.

Check the video for the results.

So does it takes good photos too ?