The "craziest lenses" will always likely be telescopes. For instance, Celestron has an 8" RASA telescope at f/2, which is the equivalent of 400mm. The cost is $2K, which seems low for a camera lens of 400mm, f/2. Of course, they're intended for deep space, and not terrestrial applications.
Brilliant use of stock footage at 1.56 seconds! (this is exactly how I hoped it would be used ) always fun to watch some of my clips in other productions.
There's also a number of Canon EF 1200 mm f/5.6 L that are out. The lens was not only massive 36 pounder, but had a small price tag of $89,999 MSRP. This was debauted back in 1984 during one the LA Olympic. Canon recently made a slower rf lens but for 20k, Canon RF 1200mm f/8 L IS USM.
A bit more specific, f/0.5 is the maximum theoretical aperture of an _aplanatic_ (only corrected for spherical aberration and coma) distortion-free lens on-axis in air, assuming no transmission losses. If you allow for distortion, and spherical and coma aberrations, one can go a bit faster still. (Source: Applied Photographic Optics, Sidney F. Ray, Third Edition, Focal Press, 2002)
The fastest production lens I ever personally held, was on a Canon point-n-shoot in the late 1970s. It was either 0.95 or 0.96. Every image was "soft", and by "soft" I mean out of focus. It made the best photographer look like a rank amateur. I think the store had to almost give it away.
@@CongThanhContent So long ago, I can't be sure. I don't remember that the lens was removable, but it might have been. It looked like this from ebay (google it) "[ Almost MINT ] Canon 50mm f/0.95 Dream Lens on 7 Camera Body From JAPAN #936"
Love the pacing of this video. This is how I know you are a great editor: no need of flashy effects or transitions to find this truly engaging. After filming and editing events and corporate recaps for years with ramps, masking and fx, this feels so refreshing. Awesome.
The Nikon 13mm f/5.6, "The Holy Grail', the widest non distorting professional ultrawide lens ever made. The Zoom-Nikkor 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8P IF-ED the longest zoom ever made for the 35mm full frame format.
You forgot to mention the very big Zeiss 1700mm F4 for Hasselblad 6x6 (256Kgs !) for Qatar state, and also the amazing Nikon Nikkor 300mm f2.0 ED Telephoto Lens (7Kgs) !
In the Barry Lindon movie, candle light scene, everyone had to stay in the razer thin focal plane. The actors were carefully placed. I was fascinated enough to purchase the movie on DVD.
The Rubin observatory is a large format 10300mm f/1.2 monstrosity, without a doubt the most extreme visible light lens ever created. The full frame equivalent is roughly 500mm f/0.06
@@CongThanhContentpetapixel made a great video on it from a photographer's perspective and there's lots of content about it from a more scientific/astronomical perspective. It really is an amazing piece of engineering
Not sure of the full back story but in the late 60's and early 70's, Vivitar (Ponder and Best) made a 135mm f/1.5 lens. It had a T-mount configuration so you could use it with just about any brand of 35mm camera. Weighed in at just under 2170g (4.7lbs) with tripod collar and metal lens hood! Camera-Wiki has a posting about it under "Vivitar Professional 135mm f/1.5."
I have many Helios lenses. My favorite is not the one with swirly bokeh, but the 44-6 (I think?) that has lens coating but still catches a lot of circular flaring when illuminated from corners. I love taking photos in the evenings with this lens, result is beautifully warm images with rainbow-shaped flares. I know pixel peepers will tell me the lens is flawed and not sharp enough and blah blah blah, but the result is all that matters to me. And modern lenses with surgically controlled specs won't give me the result that is so pleasing to look at.
Hundreds of years ago when I ran Freezeframe Studios in Gloucester we borrowed the Nikon lens to shoot some architecture in Gloucester Cathedral - stunning
this is mad impressive, i was procrastinating on homework and saw this video in my recommended, up untill you said something i thought you were some channel with 100-200k+ subs, ur style is super calming and this video was really fun to watch! good luck in the future!!
Talking about fast lenses you forgot about Voigtlaender 29mm f0.8, which is not just a fastest production lens ever, but also its sharp wide open and almost covers APS-C
Two good lenses that have no equivalents in terms of range and quality : for photo use, covers full frame : Canon EF 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 L lens (I have one copy, if you need samples I can give you some) for cinema use, covers S35 sensors (cinema's APS-C) : Angénieux Optimo 12x 24-290mm T2.8
Thank you!! Hopefully going to get one of these out a month hopefully and maybe 1 or 2 smaller pieces! I found some really cool stories that really could of been its own videos entirely! So might dabble in that?!
@@CongThanhContent Yep! It's also known as the mitakon-speedmaster-50mm-f-0-95-iii-canon-ef . There's a very extensive review on it by Christopher Frost on his YT channel.
@@CongThanhContent Indeed! I bought the lens because of his review! :D The title of his video is "The brightest DSLR lens ever : Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 (for Canon EF) lens review"
When you leave basic photography there are lots of gnarly lenses. The ones used on police helicopters, imax projectors, lyre concert lights... I have a sun optics 24-40 macro, very unusual design and wide macro shots look really cool. That's quite uncomon ig
For being so fresh to youtube, your video quality is "up to par", if not better than a lot of people that have been in this for a long time. Subscribed... and let's see what you got.
The 7artisans 4mm fisheye is a pretty wild addition too fr. 225 degrees of vision lets you see behind you but youll get your fingers alot till you get the hang of it
Just a side note, Ed Di Guilio only oversaw the development of the Steadicam, Garret Brown invented the Steadicam. Brown licenses the Steadicam to Cinema Product Corporation, Guilio was head of the company.
Love this video idea. Love this series. Photography UA-cam is too often caught up with gear for pros in mind. But photography is also a hobby and learning about cool photographic stuff that has nothing to do with purchasing decisions is really refreshing.
Would have loved to see the Zeiss (Contax) N-Mirotar 210mm f/0.03 (technically, it's T/0.03) covered. I remember seeing an eBay listing for this way back in the early 2000s and that was crazy. Unfortunately, it's only for B&W photography on film due to how it works (using light amplification technology for night vision devices). This was obviously meant for the Cold War era spy craft though consumers could still order one as they did market it for filming wildlife at night.
You can buy the Voigtländer Super Nokton 29mm f/0.8 today. It's the fastest production lens. And it's less than 1800$. I am currently considering buying a Zeiss Mirotar that costs nearly 6k. But it's 1/205 and supposedly optically perfect and apochromatic. I already own a 150mm f/1.0 lens. Which is massive and kinda expensive. It's not even made out of glass. If you want truly weird lenses: look at telecentric lenses. Which have effectively infinite focal length and gives you an orthographic image with no perspective. There is also a Applied Science video on Hyperventric optics. A lens that lets you look "around" objects. and finally you can make a multi hole pinhole lens. To get a wide angle stich.
Hey man! Awesome comment! Definitely interesting stuff! If I end up pursue those for a future video is there anyway I could get some photos/video of those?!
@@CongThanhContent there is a website called allphotolenses that has a really great dataset of lenses ans variations. they usually like sample photos, reviews and videos. For some of the rare lenses you might get a single sample gallery on Flickr and that's it. Not even a sensationalized UA-cam video (like there is some for the Nikon 6mm). The 150mm f/1 lens is for thermal cameras and seemingly not that rare. And there is even crazier lenses that reach boule limit for the front element. For all kinds of scientific lenses, usually Edmund optics on UA-cam has demos.
Thank you very much for this hilarious but factual video. You've spiced up my Saturday evening by making me laugh at least 5 times with your video and the comments by your other viewers.
Thanks for the info on Stanley Kubrick. I thought he used a fast but available projection lens - I had no idea he had a special lens from Zeiss. I also didn't know about the "3 wick candle" trick! It's fascinating how filmmakers come up with unique solutions to problems.
I have a Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 manual focus lens for my M6 mark II. That is my fastest lens. My setup for longest reach is to put a teleconverter (2x) on a 75-300. I get decent moon pix at 600mm. The craziest lens I have is an old FD mount 135mm f/2.8 with an adapter for FD to EF-M with the lock. I works just fine on my M6 mark II.
I believe I had the pleasure to see the giant Sigma lens as a kid. I remember standing behind a huge green camera lens and use it to spot my parents. Considering I was tiny back then it could aslo be that it was a slightly smaller version. I wish I had a picture of that day
Hee, hee... I had the privilege to get my hands on a Canon EOS-1D (??Mark II?) when it came out in the early 2000's. That was a time when consumer cameras had less than 5 MP. This 1D was equipped with a brand new Canon lens F/0.95. I don't remember the focal length anymore. Was it 50? Was it 85? Too long ago. 🤷♂️ The camera was in the hands of a pro photographer who wanted to shoot something near me. I was sooooo thrilled that I asked him if I might look through it. But I didn't wait for the response. 😂 It took me about 1 second and the camera was not in his hands anymore, the strap not around his neck but around my neck. 🤣 I pointed on my father under very low light conditions and made a portrait that blew me away. The photographer let me copy that file in full resolution. I printed it in 20 by 30 cm (8" by 12 "). The F/0.95 is really the edge of practicality. The camera focussed on the eyes of my father, the ears almost disappear in blur, even the tip of his regular sized nose starts to be blurred - crazy. 😎🤭
@@mikafoxx2717 I think you're right. I did a looooot of research. 🤭 So it was probably not 0.95 but 1.0 or 1.2 and one of these 3: - EF50mm f/1.0L USM (1989) - EF85mm f/1.2L II USM ( March 2006) - EF50mm f/1.2L USM (January 2007) The last 2 are likely regarding the date of release. But as it is now almost 20 years ago I really don't remember if it was 50 or 85 mm. The result was incredible. The portrait I shot with that expensive equipment (it was a spontaneous snapshot) is hanging in a frame in the apartment of my parents. The camera back then was most likely a EOS-1Ds Mark II. Mark III is rather unlikely.
The Canon 5200mm lens was like lowkey designed for the military. Could be mounted on ships, spy planes and coastal observation stations. After all Japan was also affected by the cold war and had the threat of soviet territory next door, despite their "neutral" stance.
Looking through Zeiss's wiki page came across GDR Stasi Camera "needle eye lens" developed by Carl Zeiss...Crazy looking lens for taking spy pictures through key holes
The helios 44 was originally silver, then became black. The silver ones are m39 mount and the 44-2m is in M42 mount. They also had other mounts... BUT! Look up the bigger brother the Helios 40. It is 85mm f1.5, it has crazier swirls and sharper center.
Hey man, great video! I spend the whole video wondering whether your backdrop is Ai generated or not, because it's so majestic, but 11:47 convinced me it's real :DDD Keep up the good work
Really enjoyed this content. For camera, I’d love to see your take on the Zeiss Ikon Contarex Bullseye. It is beautifully but overly engineered and is the product of a tremendous R&D budget and came out in 1959 as the hopeful camera of choice for professional photographers. This was followed by the lighter, cheaper, easier to maintain, solid workhorse of a camera, the Nikon F in 1960 which, in fact, become the go-to for professionals and effectively ended Zeiss Ikon as camera company. The Contarex is a joy to hold and to use but a cautionary tale of over-engineering.
free shipping for a $26k lens 😂😂😂😂
If only I could get one for the upcoming eclipse😂
It's like asking if a 10,000 to 25,000 $/€/£ hotel room is with the breakfast included. 😂
@@CongThanhContentthat would be fair 😂😂
@@u.e.u.e.absolutely, doesn't make any sense 😂😂😂
That's like the free keychain holder they give you when you buy a new car haha
The "craziest lenses" will always likely be telescopes. For instance, Celestron has an 8" RASA telescope at f/2, which is the equivalent of 400mm. The cost is $2K, which seems low for a camera lens of 400mm, f/2. Of course, they're intended for deep space, and not terrestrial applications.
or a RC astrograph scope that’s like 20k+
Fair enough! Looks like I only scratched the surface 😂
What is even crazier for RASA: The camera sits in Front of the telescope
tbf, sigma had a 200-500 f2.8
tbf again, it cost a lot more than this lol
me trying to catch a greatly blurred background for a fly on my window: *OH YEAH BABY, STAY LIKE THAT, WOOOOOOO*
Brilliant use of stock footage at 1.56 seconds! (this is exactly how I hoped it would be used ) always fun to watch some of my clips in other productions.
Awesome man! Thanks for sharing them!!
That's a great video my guy, I didn't even notice how few subs you had before you said it... your production quality is insane
Appreciate it! Some one just brought it up to me and said that I should just mention in the video so I gave it a shot 😂
Definitely has the polish of more established channels
I fully second this comment. Amazing content and narration!!
There's also a number of Canon EF 1200 mm f/5.6 L that are out. The lens was not only massive 36 pounder, but had a small price tag of $89,999 MSRP. This was debauted back in 1984 during one the LA Olympic.
Canon recently made a slower rf lens but for 20k, Canon RF 1200mm f/8 L IS USM.
Pentax likewise had a 1200mm f8 lens. It's a bargain at less than 10K
Nikon made some 1200-1700mm f5.6 - f8 AI lenses. Not hand holdable of course. Nowadays 800mm lenses are sort of hand holdable I think.
i think was 70k in some point of the production.... half price in advance and 6 month to delivery
the 1200/5.6 is absolutely iconic. Back when I was a kid with a 300D and a 70-200/4 I used to lust over that thing in catalogues - a bit sad perhaps!
Me too a bit later when I got my 400D. Even the 400mm f5.6 let alone the 800mm!
A short note: the theoretical maximum achievable f-stop for an optical system refracting in air is f/0.5.
underrated comment
A bit more specific, f/0.5 is the maximum theoretical aperture of an _aplanatic_ (only corrected for spherical aberration and coma) distortion-free lens on-axis in air, assuming no transmission losses. If you allow for distortion, and spherical and coma aberrations, one can go a bit faster still. (Source: Applied Photographic Optics, Sidney F. Ray, Third Edition, Focal Press, 2002)
It's actually f0
@@sorensatala9446 omg nice pfp
@@stmudalige wow, yours is so nice too!
The fastest production lens I ever personally held, was on a Canon point-n-shoot in the late 1970s. It was either 0.95 or 0.96. Every image was "soft", and by "soft" I mean out of focus. It made the best photographer look like a rank amateur. I think the store had to almost give it away.
Do you know what camera was it?!
@@CongThanhContent So long ago, I can't be sure. I don't remember that the lens was removable, but it might have been. It looked like this from ebay (google it) "[ Almost MINT ] Canon 50mm f/0.95 Dream Lens on 7 Camera Body From JAPAN #936"
I was so glad you spoke about the lens used in Barry Lyndon. There was an article in The American Cinematographer about that fantastic lens.
Love the pacing of this video. This is how I know you are a great editor: no need of flashy effects or transitions to find this truly engaging. After filming and editing events and corporate recaps for years with ramps, masking and fx, this feels so refreshing. Awesome.
Just gotta keep it to the basics sometimes! Couldn't even imagine how long this would of taken trying to do it on After effects lol
The Nikon 13mm f/5.6, "The Holy Grail', the widest non distorting professional ultrawide lens ever made. The Zoom-Nikkor 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8P IF-ED the longest zoom ever made for the 35mm full frame format.
12mm f5.6 from laowa?
7artisans made a 9mm f/5.6 that practically has no distorsion and is suitable for full frame
You forgot to mention the very big Zeiss 1700mm F4 for Hasselblad 6x6 (256Kgs !) for Qatar state, and also the amazing Nikon Nikkor 300mm f2.0 ED Telephoto Lens (7Kgs) !
Small correction, the Sigma 200-500 isn't called the Sigmonster, that's the 300 - 800mm. The 200 - 500 is referred to as either Bigma or Sigzilla.
The f0.8 Voightlander 29mm deserved a mention. It may be MFT but it is still widely available.
The distance of the object taken by last lens isn't a big issue. I can photograph Andromeda with my lenses and it is a lot further than 52 miles!😜
The only thing outrageous is how outrageously handsome you are in your studio.
Thanks brother!
In the Barry Lindon movie, candle light scene, everyone had to stay in the razer thin focal plane. The actors were carefully placed.
I was fascinated enough to purchase the movie on DVD.
As a native German, I'm getting chills from your pronunciation of the german words xD
i need to start putting in PSA annoucements for pronouncination in the beggining of my videos
Cong, you have to do a video of all of the crazy MACRO lenses there are!
Now that's an idea I can get behind 🫡
The Rubin observatory is a large format 10300mm f/1.2 monstrosity, without a doubt the most extreme visible light lens ever created. The full frame equivalent is roughly 500mm f/0.06
Woah I'll check that out!
@@CongThanhContentpetapixel made a great video on it from a photographer's perspective and there's lots of content about it from a more scientific/astronomical perspective. It really is an amazing piece of engineering
Not sure of the full back story but in the late 60's and early 70's, Vivitar (Ponder and Best) made a 135mm f/1.5 lens. It had a T-mount configuration so you could use it with just about any brand of 35mm camera. Weighed in at just under 2170g (4.7lbs) with tripod collar and metal lens hood! Camera-Wiki has a posting about it under "Vivitar Professional 135mm f/1.5."
I have many Helios lenses. My favorite is not the one with swirly bokeh, but the 44-6 (I think?) that has lens coating but still catches a lot of circular flaring when illuminated from corners. I love taking photos in the evenings with this lens, result is beautifully warm images with rainbow-shaped flares.
I know pixel peepers will tell me the lens is flawed and not sharp enough and blah blah blah, but the result is all that matters to me. And modern lenses with surgically controlled specs won't give me the result that is so pleasing to look at.
Got this recommended
Looks good and informative
I hope you continue this stuff
Definitely more to come!
Hundreds of years ago when I ran Freezeframe Studios in Gloucester we borrowed the Nikon lens to shoot some architecture in Gloucester Cathedral - stunning
Could of retired by now if you just a couple of them 😂 That's awesome though!
man i love how u make ur videos..going over some relevant historical stuff holy ravioli thats a blessing
this is mad impressive, i was procrastinating on homework and saw this video in my recommended, up untill you said something i thought you were some channel with 100-200k+ subs, ur style is super calming and this video was really fun to watch! good luck in the future!!
Thanks man! I hope so one day!!
Talking about fast lenses you forgot about Voigtlaender 29mm f0.8, which is not just a fastest production lens ever, but also its sharp wide open and almost covers APS-C
Two good lenses that have no equivalents in terms of range and quality :
for photo use, covers full frame : Canon EF 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 L lens (I have one copy, if you need samples I can give you some)
for cinema use, covers S35 sensors (cinema's APS-C) : Angénieux Optimo 12x 24-290mm T2.8
That would be awesome man!!! Let's keep in touch for sure! I didn't even scratch the surface of absurd video lenses 😂
for a new channel - this video is very nice!very well polished!
the canon cannon lens was used for tracking the space shuttle from launch until orbit
That makes alot of sense! Is there any info on that?
I assume you have seen Media Division's video "f0.3 - The Impossible Lens - Building a Large Format DoF movie camera - Epic Episode #18"
Their lens was super cool! Maybe one day Ill take on a project like that hahaha
Great video as always! You’re definitely on the come up my man.
There was a project who produces and 35mm f0.3 with lots of 3d printed parts, looked more like two umbrellas put together.
That's sounds crazy!! Do you know what it's called?
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Sheesh !
What a fantastic video !
Instantly subbed
Nice work man I look forward to anything new you put out
Thank you!! Hopefully going to get one of these out a month hopefully and maybe 1 or 2 smaller pieces! I found some really cool stories that really could of been its own videos entirely! So might dabble in that?!
I own a tele-takumar 1000mm f8 manual focus lens. I even tried attaching a 2x rear adaptor on it.
Great content man! I had no idea you had so few subs. Keep it up!
Awesome video and entertaining content! I bought a ZhongYi Optics 0.95 EF lens for my 5D MK3. Love that lens!
Awesome! That's the 50mm right?!
@@CongThanhContent Yep! It's also known as the mitakon-speedmaster-50mm-f-0-95-iii-canon-ef . There's a very extensive review on it by Christopher Frost on his YT channel.
Oh he's the goat! I check out his stuff all the time!!
@@CongThanhContent Indeed! I bought the lens because of his review! :D The title of his video is "The brightest DSLR lens ever : Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 (for Canon EF) lens review"
Honestly, loving all your work so far! Shocked you don’t have more subs yet!!! 🙌
Thank you so much!!
Here are a few telephotos to look at. The Zeiss 1700 f4, the Leica 1600 f5.6, nikon 300 f2.0, nikon 1200-1700 f5.6-8, nikon 2000 f11.
When you leave basic photography there are lots of gnarly lenses. The ones used on police helicopters, imax projectors, lyre concert lights... I have a sun optics 24-40 macro, very unusual design and wide macro shots look really cool. That's quite uncomon ig
Definitely need to scope into those!
this is legit high quality stuff.... underated
love the video!, mabye for part 2 try to find the cheapest and most expensive lens, would be fun to see the diffrence
Great suggestion! Might be cooking something like that up soon 🤫
For being so fresh to youtube, your video quality is "up to par", if not better than a lot of people that have been in this for a long time. Subscribed... and let's see what you got.
Awesome thanks man! Welcome to the team
The 7artisans 4mm fisheye is a pretty wild addition too fr. 225 degrees of vision lets you see behind you but youll get your fingers alot till you get the hang of it
Just a side note, Ed Di Guilio only oversaw the development of the Steadicam, Garret Brown invented the Steadicam. Brown licenses the Steadicam to Cinema Product Corporation, Guilio was head of the company.
At 9:30 you mention the fast 2.8 lenses. When I was your age nothing 1.8 or slower was "fast!" Kids today! :D
Love this video idea. Love this series. Photography UA-cam is too often caught up with gear for pros in mind. But photography is also a hobby and learning about cool photographic stuff that has nothing to do with purchasing decisions is really refreshing.
Great video man love your editing style and the on screen text when showing the specs for the lenses is a nice touch keep it up!
US inteligence watching end of video... "cute toy".
"Back when we had budget restrictions"
great job! for a new channel youre killing it! Love the editing
You are seriously underrated man! Good work and keep on the grind!
Thanks!! 🫡
Great video, I enjoyed it. So many lenses I did not know exist. That first 270° fov lens was crazy
Absolutely bonkers! Hopefully I can go test it one day!!
love this video so much, had no idea the green giant wasnt meant to face the sun! there go my plans
Would have loved to see the Zeiss (Contax) N-Mirotar 210mm f/0.03 (technically, it's T/0.03) covered. I remember seeing an eBay listing for this way back in the early 2000s and that was crazy. Unfortunately, it's only for B&W photography on film due to how it works (using light amplification technology for night vision devices).
This was obviously meant for the Cold War era spy craft though consumers could still order one as they did market it for filming wildlife at night.
You can buy the Voigtländer Super Nokton 29mm f/0.8 today. It's the fastest production lens. And it's less than 1800$.
I am currently considering buying a Zeiss Mirotar that costs nearly 6k. But it's 1/205 and supposedly optically perfect and apochromatic.
I already own a 150mm f/1.0 lens. Which is massive and kinda expensive. It's not even made out of glass.
If you want truly weird lenses: look at telecentric lenses. Which have effectively infinite focal length and gives you an orthographic image with no perspective.
There is also a Applied Science video on Hyperventric optics. A lens that lets you look "around" objects.
and finally you can make a multi hole pinhole lens. To get a wide angle stich.
Hey man! Awesome comment! Definitely interesting stuff! If I end up pursue those for a future video is there anyway I could get some photos/video of those?!
@@CongThanhContent there is a website called allphotolenses that has a really great dataset of lenses ans variations. they usually like sample photos, reviews and videos.
For some of the rare lenses you might get a single sample gallery on Flickr and that's it. Not even a sensationalized UA-cam video (like there is some for the Nikon 6mm).
The 150mm f/1 lens is for thermal cameras and seemingly not that rare. And there is even crazier lenses that reach boule limit for the front element.
For all kinds of scientific lenses, usually Edmund optics on UA-cam has demos.
youtube randomly put this video in my feed... It worked, good fun and a new subscriber for you, thank you good sir!
Incredible video! your grade and editing are all top notch and the humour was great, too. Subscribed!
There’s a $2 million 1600mm Leica lens that the owner had to custom mount to a vehicle.
Thank you very much for this hilarious but factual video. You've spiced up my Saturday evening by making me laugh at least 5 times with your video and the comments by your other viewers.
I'm glad you loved it! Cheers!
I knew it, Stanley Kubrick was the director who shot the moon landing scene.
A deep dive I would love to watch 🤔
Production quality of a 100k+ sub channel, nice!
Thanks for the info on Stanley Kubrick. I thought he used a fast but available projection lens - I had no idea he had a special lens from Zeiss. I also didn't know about the "3 wick candle" trick! It's fascinating how filmmakers come up with unique solutions to problems.
I have a Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 manual focus lens for my M6 mark II. That is my fastest lens. My setup for longest reach is to put a teleconverter (2x) on a 75-300. I get decent moon pix at 600mm. The craziest lens I have is an old FD mount 135mm f/2.8 with an adapter for FD to EF-M with the lock. I works just fine on my M6 mark II.
This is some insane quality for such a new channel ! Keep it up man ! 😃
Thank you!
@CongThanhContent looking forward to part two,you earned a subscriber !
The story about Kubrik is so interesting!!!
Very enjoyable video to watch as well as informative.
Glad to hear it!
That was great! I just discovered you but thoroughly enjoyed what you put together. Keep up the great work. I’m already a fan.
Welcome aboard! More to come!
hi, just to point out Ed Digiulio didnt invent the steadicam, he founded the company that developed it but it was invented by Garret Brown
wow, your quality is insane for just starting out, good luck on your journey
Hopefully I'm not a one hit wonder 😂
52km 😂
"i can see my house from here!"
This list is incomplete without the homemade lens from diy perks who built a f0.4 equivalent lens using a projector lense
Some of the crazy long and fast lenses were made for war applications, and sports, like for photo-finish type of applications
I believe I had the pleasure to see the giant Sigma lens as a kid. I remember standing behind a huge green camera lens and use it to spot my parents. Considering I was tiny back then it could aslo be that it was a slightly smaller version. I wish I had a picture of that day
Great content! The production is better than most large channels. I hope you continue to make more videos like this!
Thanks! Im planning the next one soon!
crazy production values, nice man
Thanks man!
Hee, hee... I had the privilege to get my hands on a Canon EOS-1D (??Mark II?) when it came out in the early 2000's. That was a time when consumer cameras had less than 5 MP.
This 1D was equipped with a brand new Canon lens F/0.95. I don't remember the focal length anymore. Was it 50? Was it 85? Too long ago. 🤷♂️
The camera was in the hands of a pro photographer who wanted to shoot something near me.
I was sooooo thrilled that I asked him if I might look through it. But I didn't wait for the response. 😂
It took me about 1 second and the camera was not in his hands anymore, the strap not around his neck but around my neck. 🤣
I pointed on my father under very low light conditions and made a portrait that blew me away.
The photographer let me copy that file in full resolution. I printed it in 20 by 30 cm (8" by 12 ").
The F/0.95 is really the edge of practicality. The camera focussed on the eyes of my father, the ears almost disappear in blur, even the tip of his regular sized nose starts to be blurred - crazy. 😎🤭
So awesome! I would love to try one, one of these days!
@@mikafoxx2717 What are you talking about? What does this have to do with my original message? 🤷♂️
@@mikafoxx2717 I think you're right. I did a looooot of research. 🤭
So it was probably not 0.95 but 1.0 or 1.2 and one of these 3:
- EF50mm f/1.0L USM (1989)
- EF85mm f/1.2L II USM ( March 2006)
- EF50mm f/1.2L USM (January 2007)
The last 2 are likely regarding the date of release. But as it is now almost 20 years ago I really don't remember if it was 50 or 85 mm. The result was incredible. The portrait I shot with that expensive equipment (it was a spontaneous snapshot) is hanging in a frame in the apartment of my parents.
The camera back then was most likely a EOS-1Ds Mark II. Mark III is rather unlikely.
i would like to see how the photos with these lenses are
The Canon 5200mm lens was like lowkey designed for the military. Could be mounted on ships, spy planes and coastal observation stations. After all Japan was also affected by the cold war and had the threat of soviet territory next door, despite their "neutral" stance.
Maybe not crazy, but mirror lenses deserve a segment in part 2
How did you edit this? It's so much fun.
Great work! You should have millions of Subs!
one day hopefully!
u new?? looks so professional, lets gooo, u can be big fr fr
Thanks man! Yeah I only started a few month ago! Glad to be around though!
We are all waiting for the Lomo guys to revive the spirit of the Quatsch lens!!!
My man you have been blessed by the algorithm, dope video
They knew it was time 🥹
@@CongThanhContent You really were blessed. 100k views now
My Picasso piece I'll never top this 😂 next video I'm working on is pretty funny though
DIY Perks lens solution is amazing too
I checked it out! Soo coool!!! Maybe I'll try to get my hands on one!!
Could you talk about bridge camera crazy lenses in the next video? Loved this one!
Man your editing and video making is superb. You should teach a class how.
Looking through Zeiss's wiki page came across GDR Stasi Camera "needle eye lens" developed by Carl Zeiss...Crazy looking lens for taking spy pictures through key holes
I wish they would just do a 24-70 f/1.8 with OIS, and a 70-200 f/1.8 with OIS.
Sony 24-70 f2 is a rumor that's going around!
Canon make an RF 28-70mm f/2
This is fantastic dude. You’ve got a gift! Very well done.
Thank you! This means alot to me!!
I literally clicked this video just to see Kubricks Barry Lyndon referenced, I would have been pissed if it wasn't in here
A must have! Real question is, will the sequel will have him again?!
The helios 44 was originally silver, then became black. The silver ones are m39 mount and the 44-2m is in M42 mount. They also had other mounts... BUT! Look up the bigger brother the Helios 40. It is 85mm f1.5, it has crazier swirls and sharper center.
Hey man, great video! I spend the whole video wondering whether your backdrop is Ai generated or not, because it's so majestic, but 11:47 convinced me it's real :DDD Keep up the good work
Kudos for your research bro
Such a good video. I’m liking and subscribing
Really enjoyed this content. For camera, I’d love to see your take on the Zeiss Ikon Contarex Bullseye. It is beautifully but overly engineered and is the product of a tremendous R&D budget and came out in 1959 as the hopeful camera of choice for professional photographers. This was followed by the lighter, cheaper, easier to maintain, solid workhorse of a camera, the Nikon F in 1960 which, in fact, become the go-to for professionals and effectively ended Zeiss Ikon as camera company. The Contarex is a joy to hold and to use but a cautionary tale of over-engineering.
Have had an eye on a Rayxar for a while now, might have to buy it after this haha
Hahaha happy modding!!
Why is your channel not called "King Cong" ????? Also, you just gained another sub! Well done!
thanks! King Cong is my dads name, didn't think it was a good fit
Superb video, though sometimes I found it a tad too fast paced. Looking forward for more!
Thanks for letting me know! I'll tone it done next time. I edit at 2x-3x speed usually so I don't even remember what normal is anymore 😂
There are some very fast c-mount lenses from fuji - like 25mm fujinon f0.55 and 50mm fujinon f0.7.
Awesome Video and nice research. Really fun to watch how crazy some companies were in the days.