I have a theory that the Japanese became great camera manufacturers because of the unique cultural sensitivity to the seasons. Have never been to Japan but have been fascinated by their arts and culture and aesthetics all my life. Far as I know, Japan is the only culture that observes 72 seasons. It is natural that such a culture embraced and perfected the camera to celebrate the passing of time. Your passion for these auxiliary tools to our vision really comes through. Thank you for sharing these.
Hi my friend, I think its more due to Japanese perfectionist mindset, that all products must be perfect working. They applied thst philosofy in all the manufactered industries during their economical boom. Plus a low salaries compared with the Western countries at the moment, the Japanese camera brands created super competive products, realible and aforable, overthrowing the German manufacturers (probably slightly better but expensive to produce). I'm living in Japan and that perfectionist many times is bringed to a sickly point, in my opinion.
Lovely video with nice music. I use the Pancolar on my Sony A7. It still gives that lovely old look on digital and it's very sharp too. I used to use my Pentax ME Super with it's 50mm SMC f1.7 lens. I still use that great lens on my digital cameras.
The glass used for a lot of vintage lenses usually had a Thorium element which was very mildly radioactive. Some used Lanthanum elements like the old Voigtlander Apo Lanthar. Thorium glass turns yellow as years pass by.
Steven, such a great video! Thank you for sharing your story ❤ I’ve been deciding on a lens and the more I see the colors of the pancolar, the more in love I am with it!
Steve - glad I discovered your channel. Really enjoyed hearing your story about how you fell into vintage camera gear. This vintage equipment is well before my time, but I too feel some type of attachment to the lenses because of their stories and the fact that despite a great passage of time, they have unique qualities that are still valued in photography and video today. Its a testament to the good craftsmanship and character they possess - makes them timeless.
Sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any help you can give me
@Aiden Troy i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and im trying it out now. Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
I owned a Pentacon Six with some Jena lenses. They are really good value for how cheap they can be! My only experience with Pentax was a later Pentax MX . I think I shot one roll through it before selling it. I was never inspired to pick it up over my other cameras.
Apparently, you cannot manually turn off the light meter. My English is poor. But the channel is so cool that I signed up)) This is my first SLR currently)
"Is the Pancolar 50mm f1.8 radioactive?" - Yes they are ! - If the serial number is LESS THAN 8552600 - After that they used different formula glass (non radioactive). But if the lens in fact did go AMBER tone in its clarity, then to correct it one only needs to apply a strong UV lamp (Sun isn't recommended due to the internal heat it can generate).
"Pancolar 50mm f1.8 is radioactive?" - Yes they are ! - If the serial number is LESS THAN 8552600 - After that they used different formula glass (non radioactive). But if the lens in fact did go AMBER tone in its clarity, then to correct it one only needs to apply a strong UV lamp (Sun isn't recommended due to the heat it can generate).
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Very sharp and Crisp, and The color rendering is unique! thank you my friend for the great review as usual😊
Outstanding video Steven and great style of your delivery of information. Keep them rolling.
Much appreciated!
I have a theory that the Japanese became great camera manufacturers because of the unique cultural sensitivity to the seasons. Have never been to Japan but have been fascinated by their arts and culture and aesthetics all my life. Far as I know, Japan is the only culture that observes 72 seasons. It is natural that such a culture embraced and perfected the camera to celebrate the passing of time. Your passion for these auxiliary tools to our vision really comes through. Thank you for sharing these.
Hi my friend,
I think its more due to Japanese perfectionist mindset, that all products must be perfect working. They applied thst philosofy in all the manufactered industries during their economical boom. Plus a low salaries compared with the Western countries at the moment, the Japanese camera brands created super competive products, realible and aforable, overthrowing the German manufacturers (probably slightly better but expensive to produce).
I'm living in Japan and that perfectionist many times is bringed to a sickly point, in my opinion.
The Takumar lenses are great too, some of the best built Japanese lenses around from the 1960s and 1970s.
thant's right👍
Just found your channel Steve. Love how you presenting music, camera, history in one line. Subscribed!
Thank you :))
Lovely video with nice music. I use the Pancolar on my Sony A7. It still gives that lovely old look on digital and it's very sharp too. I used to use my Pentax ME Super with it's 50mm SMC f1.7 lens. I still use that great lens on my digital cameras.
Yes, hanks :)
The glass used for a lot of vintage lenses usually had a Thorium element which was very mildly radioactive. Some used Lanthanum elements like the old Voigtlander Apo Lanthar. Thorium glass turns yellow as years pass by.
Wonderful video. Thanks for posting. I love the photo examples.
Thank you too：）
Steven, such a great video! Thank you for sharing your story ❤ I’ve been deciding on a lens and the more I see the colors of the pancolar, the more in love I am with it!
Have you find Pancolar‘s color is a little bit yellow？
Steve - glad I discovered your channel. Really enjoyed hearing your story about how you fell into vintage camera gear. This vintage equipment is well before my time, but I too feel some type of attachment to the lenses because of their stories and the fact that despite a great passage of time, they have unique qualities that are still valued in photography and video today. Its a testament to the good craftsmanship and character they possess - makes them timeless.
I totally agree! Thank you very much：）
Sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account??
I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any help you can give me
@Aiden Troy i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and im trying it out now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Aiden Troy it worked and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy!
Thanks so much you saved my account :D
@Edwin Ayaan glad I could help :)
Beautiful video ⭐️
Many thanks
I owned a Pentacon Six with some Jena lenses. They are really good value for how cheap they can be! My only experience with Pentax was a later Pentax MX . I think I shot one roll through it before selling it. I was never inspired to pick it up over my other cameras.
Very nice！thanks:)
Great review
Apparently, you cannot manually turn off the light meter. My English is poor. But the channel is so cool that I signed up))
This is my first SLR currently)
Thank you Vladimir :)
"Is the Pancolar 50mm f1.8 radioactive?" - Yes they are ! - If the serial number is LESS THAN 8552600 - After that they used different formula glass (non radioactive).
But if the lens in fact did go AMBER tone in its clarity, then to correct it one only needs to apply a strong UV lamp (Sun isn't recommended due to the internal heat it can generate).
謝謝你的分享！很棒的影片
Greetings teacher, your channel is very inspiring for me, between this pancolar 1.8 and a canon fd ssc 1.4 which one would you choose? Thank you
I would say for photo Pancolar is lovely but for video shooting Canon lens are better. CZJ lenses contrast too high.
Dear Steven, don’t be afraid of the radioactivity, it is way to weak to be dangerous.
OK!, :) :), thank you Mr. Meyer
@@StevenTanno 你好，这只1.8也舒服辐射那种吗？
8 hr of exposure is equivalent to one-time x ray.
8hr x 365 days = 365 x rays of your body
Very nice. 謝謝
谢谢！
老師，這顆真的好銳利啊!!
喜欢你拍的照片
谢谢：）
SP和SPF我都用過，都是好相機，而且快門聲非常迷人
看來您也是一個懷舊的人啊！ ：））謝謝你。
日本人です
祖父の棚からこのカメラを発掘して使っています。
素晴らしいカメラ
@@hide2s ありがとうございます。
Nice video 😊👌🏻 Thank you very much and greetings from Germany! Denis
Thank you, have a nice weekend :)
@@StevenTanno Same for you!
很喜欢您的视频，您摄影作品也很棒，我父亲年轻时候也是一名摄影师，也是第一代中国摄影家协会会员，暗房、胶卷、相机这些资源也是单位配的，拍了很多卷底片，但后来开始做生意了，摄影放下以后也就没在拍过了。也让他看到了您的视频您的作品还是勾起他以前很多回忆，还有很多有趣的故事，现在开始整理以前的底片了哈。期待您更多视频。ps：可以讲下更多老镜头给我们认识吗？
很高兴你喜欢哈：））胶片最永恒了，不会因为硬盘电脑升级换代而丢失。我会更多地谈论老镜头的，谢谢你！
Hi isn't Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm f1.8 is radioactive?
Not Pancolar, that Pentax 50/18 is radioactive
"Pancolar 50mm f1.8 is radioactive?" - Yes they are ! - If the serial number is LESS THAN 8552600 - After that they used different formula glass (non radioactive).
But if the lens in fact did go AMBER tone in its clarity, then to correct it one only needs to apply a strong UV lamp (Sun isn't recommended due to the heat it can generate).
@@y2ktube ok thanks
前辈 您有ins帐号吗？能否分享哈
我频道主页上面有链接的 :)
@@StevenTanno 收到哈
You were born in China but Tanno is Japanese name?