The HISTORY of these lenses is in part why I find them so interesting. VINTAGE LENS FILES is a segment i've included in some of the relevant lens reviews i've done, but figured I might as well package them as their own little snippet. It's my version of youtube #shorts only not portrait mode and slightly longer than 60 seconds.

Couldn’t click on this fast enough. Not enough i formation of explanation about the whole Rokkor line up so I’m genuinely enjoying this series. Actually in the process of putting some stuff together with a few lenses but I love how you broke down the history .. very informative!! Keep em coming !!

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Ya I’ve got a few reviews on the channel; this was just a broken out history beat. It’s a bit of a format test than anything. These take forever to produce 😆

Always a joy to catch your videos fella. Keep up the excellentness 👍🏼

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Awesome video, man. Great little history lesson. Keep pumping out the Minolta love, I'll keep watching like a doe-eyed fanboi.

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

I love these segments in your videos

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Figured I would package them out of the bigger reviews as they feel a bit standalone.

Top notch production! Hoping for more minolta lens history!

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

Now that was an interesting little story about the Minolta name, thanks for the video Mark

I really like Minolta stuff. The X500 + Minolta MD 50mm 1.7 is my 35mm photography setup, really charming

@MysterDaftGame

2 жыл бұрын

Same here ! It works really well 😁

Perfect. Waiting for more mini-doc's

Fascinating!!!

Short, but powerful information.

I own an X500 and the 50mm F1.7 that was sold with it. I have to say it's so good, the lens is quite lightwheight and still has great build quality ! Sadly these MD lenses have quite a short flange focal distance and I can't really use it mon my modern A-mount Sony (except for very close-up). That fast aperture came in handy a couple of time, even with 400iso film

YES. GO MARK. GO MARK.

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Three days, three vintage lens files drops lol.

They made some great lenses.

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Sure did!

That would be a nice format for "KZread shorts"! The holy algorythm would be pleased 😂

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not vertical format though. And the algo hates content that’s not selling you stuff 😆 or it just doesn’t like me. I was testing them out as sort of shorts but, not sure the vertical format kills it with these.

@MysterDaftGame

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze oh yes, the vertical format is quite a pain to work with... in video at least !

Rokkor 35-70mm f 3.5! This lens has a compensating diaphragm. In essence it's actually at 35mm f 1.75. Just to maintain a constant f 3.5 aperture, the inner mechanism closes the diaphragm to f 3.5 via a slightly slanted pin. There is an another Rokkor, 24mm f2.8 VFC. A joy to use. Even in the auto focus areas of later models such as xi series, eye auto focus was a first. Hold the xi camera, the meter turns on automatically. This series had auto-zooming functions too with xi lenses. Xi series cameras had special cards (like SD cards) programmed for specific scenes, like portraits, landscape, night, sports etc. A pioneer in many technologies. Minolta supplied focusing screens to Leica and other camera brands.

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for that added info Sundar!

In 1965 I bought a Minolta SR7 with 35mm 58mm and 135mm lenses all in a nice carry case in Yokosuka Japan at the Navy Exchange for $200 which was really lot of money for a sailor and couple months pay! I used the camera for years after and still have a lot of slides taken with it I even shot most of the photos in my ship's 1965 66 cruise book. It was a wonderful camera. Today I shoot with a Fuji XT 20 and love to used vintage Minolta lenses on it to get pretty much the same experience.

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

oh I bet you have some wonderful images mate!

@mgman6000

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze They are ok but i wasnt as good a photographer back then and you had to be picky because of developing cost. People today dont have worry about that I'll go out and take a few hundred pictures because today "film" is cheap

Minolta ❤️

cool lense

You still need to get your hands on a 24-50 f4, I prefer the MD I version from '78. The AF version is fire too! Oh and long live Minolta!

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

It's on my list, thanks!

Is the upload complete? It stopped at 1:15 and seems like it had more to say.

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

It's buried in a review that had more to say, the vintage lens segment is over. It's a "short"

@jpokeefe

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze good to know. Didn’t see a “short” (or perhaps a “long short” :-) in the description so I wasn’t sure. As always: nicely done!

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

@@jpokeefe I put it in my pinned comment, it can't be a "short" because it's not vertical and I didn't want to compromise it going vertical.

@jpokeefe

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze really appreciate that. Thanks

@daniel635biturbo

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Good one, please don't ever go vertical !

Enough. Of this temptation stuff. I’m expecting a delivery of a Carl Zeiss Pancola 50mm bidding for a Cannon fd 1.2 lens and another Helios lens with a camera as it was only ten pounds… Most women go for handbags, I go for lenses what can I say blame you all your fault🤔

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

We loves company mate! ✊

Best one I had was the 200mm rokkor but couldnt get infinity on my canon.. oh dear.. Beautiful lenses though...

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that, DSLR?

@madmechanic7641

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Forgot you were different time zone.. Yes Mark, 5D2 trusty workhorse.. Too many lenses to change systems at minute plus just spent on a Sigma 24/1.4 Art so have to work harder to afford anything else. Keep up the good work : )

@tipona10

2 жыл бұрын

200mm 2.8?

@madmechanic7641

2 жыл бұрын

@@tipona10 Sorry cant remember, I think it was an f4 but colours, Sharpness and contrast fantastic.. For a 30+ year old lens it blew me away.. Keep a lookout for one if you get chance : )