Why Use Vintage Lenses Today

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In this video I talk about why I use vintage lenses, simple as that.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:20 - TIP 1
2:26 - TIP 2
4:00 - TIP 3

[MarkHoltze]

These are my reasons and i'm sticking to them. Why do YOU use old dusty lenses?

[ohjajohh]

Whenever I try to explain to someone why I use vintage lenses I take the example of an old classic watch. Sure, I can check the time on my smartphone, but checking the time on a vintage Rolex around your wrist just feels different. Old lenses are a piece of jewelry, fine handcrafted jewelry to last a lifetime :)

[morrisbagnall]

I shoot with them because I can buy them at auction, clean them up, shoot with them, keep the ones I really like and sell the ones I don't for a profit. Then I can reinvest some money in buying some more and put the rest towards the expensive Olympus M4/3 lens I just bought.
I do need to stop keeping so many though :)

[willlund]

Since I started watching your channel, I've bought more than a dozen vintage lenses.
No regrets. Keep doing what you're doing!

[jonr]

Awesome - love to hear anyone who says they don't want to stagnate, life long learning keeps your mind sharp, whatever the practice.
Thank you for another good video on vintage lenses - I have several FDs from the 1970s that are now seeing renewed use with my Sony 7S. Manual focus lenses slow you down and make you think more consciously about what you're capturing and how you want the end results to look. Love that level of thoughtful engagement.
Liked & subscribed :-)

[JefffRushton]

You and Simon's utak are far and away some of my favorite channels to watch on YouTube.

[robertbirnbach]

Why do I use vintage lenses, wI have been shooting professionally for 3o years always trying something new or in this case old keeps me growing as a photographer. It also lets me make something that has a sense of uniqueness I can't get with a modern lens. It slows me down, and they just look cool. My 1938 Leitz lens on the front of my canon r5 is the weirdest best-looking thing you can imagine

[juliantrujillo]

Man, you're the reason why I shoot with vintage lenses and don't spend my money on Sony Lenses even tho they're great. I first look for vintage glass before looking for a Sony Lens haha. I don't care de AF anymore. Greetings from Mexico Mark!

[RandomLifeProductions]

Sometimes I watch videos for bright shiny new cameras but the lenses are so expensive... and a vintage alternative although manual are fantastic if used right... I've got a load and contine to collect..
Love love love htem

[SovietLensReviews]

There's something tactile and rewarding shooting with vintage lenses - dialling in all the settings, controlling the metal and glass (that may have been produced in some far off factory in a country that no longer exists), to produce something beautiful - it's hard to describe!

[domtomazo]

Great build quality, great value, fun to use, rewarding... that comes to mind when thinking of why I use manual lenses. Especially the Takumars :)

[julesfisher]

As an ex-CONTAX user, I had plenty of A1 Zeiss and Tamron SP glass. Now use Fuji X-H1 with Metabones Speed booster. However, would recommend professional service of any 20 year plus glass. As haze builds up on the optics over time as not weather sealed units. Then onced serviced they are A1 for another 20 years.

[CarlosMartinezxFulLxArsenaLx]

Beautiful video! 👌 I usually like to arrive at work an hour before my shift to do a bit of photography around campus, and I think I'm gonna take just a couple of vintage lenses with me tomorrow. I've gotten too complacent with my modern kit and that line about "challenge the body and the body will respond" just gave me some much needed inspiration! Thanks! 😁 I'll be sure to tag you in what you've inspired me to take.

[redsphoto]

Another banger video as always! I started with vintage glass after watching Zenography's video on 135mm lenses. I realized I could buy a Minolta 135mm f/2.8 for like $35 and figured why not. it's been all downhill since then. Totally on point with growing with your lenses (though tbh if I didn't like some of the Jena/Pentax lenses I bought early, I might not have gotten as into it lol). That said I think I went in the exact opposite direction of yourself. Whereas you adapted vintage glass into your digital workflow....I started buying film cameras to use my vintage lenses with and that just goes deeper and deeper too lol.

[slr]

Thanks to all the mirrorless camera systems we have now. Makes adapting old film SLR lenses easy. The film photography resurgence is also responsible for driving demand and prices for these vintage lenses too. If you read old photography forum posts from many years ago, people would literally find these lenses dirt cheap on eBay. I wished I bought some back then!

[SimpleSandalsMedia]

I also love those vintage lenses!!!
Soon I will post some videos of my experience with these wonderful pieces of glass.
Tank you, man.

[keeper___]

I love my vintage lenses, my favorite is an old Makinon 28mm 2.8 and and old Nikon 35-70 which is not so fast but has some charm.

[Neecola]

I am loving what you do, and I just love old lenses, amazing video

[lucacedrini]

Since I follow you I changed my filmaking point of view... Thanks a lot Mark!

[TheClique]

My top three don't match yours, but I'm ok with that- it means our passions are our own.

Great video Mark, hopefully one day we can get on a Zoom meeting and learn from each other.