Because I live in the UK I prefer your reviews when you go out & about so I can see some of your locations many thanks for making the video

@davidsaylors

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! I like doing them like that too. I want to make that a part of all the video reviews, just seems to add to the experience or something. 👍

Nice video Mike Ehrmantraut

@davidsaylors

Жыл бұрын

😂🤷🏻‍♂️ Guy has to have a hobby…

That lens came with my first 35mm -- the 500 DTL, Seemed fine to me -- enough so that I kept it when trading in the body for a used meterless Pentax H3v after the Mamiya came back from it's second trip to the shop. (Loved that camera's spot metering mode, but mechanically it just wouldn't take, hard, frequent use.) That said, I also had an ill-considered penchant for developing in Microdol. Then enlarged with the Voss triplet thrown with a Bogen enlarger ... I'm not sure if it would have made any difference if the taking lens had been a Leitz Summicron. Despite all that, I still managed to snag my state's high school newspaper "photographer of the year."

@davidsaylors

Жыл бұрын

Well said. Thank you

Thanks for the heads up brother. ;o)

@davidsaylors

5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, I had high hopes since it has the Mamiya name on it, but it just isnt all that... 👍

Thanks for the review

@davidsaylors

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I was trying to mix it up a little in this video, rather than the dry table top style, I wanted to go out and shoot some B roll and make the video a little more interesting...

@bassangler73

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidsaylors your doing fine

@davidsaylors

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👊😉

@bassangler73

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidsaylors 👍👍

The Mamiya 55mm f/1.8 is the one to get.

@davidsaylors

Жыл бұрын

Is it? I have never seen that one. Thanks!

@Snikkelbek

Жыл бұрын

@@davidsaylors absolutely recommended.

Nice video and review! Keep it up! Thanks for the review!

@davidsaylors

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I really appreciate it! 👍😉📸

I picked up a copy of this lens at my local camera store a couple weeks ago. Didn't know anything about it, but I took it for a spin and was surprised. I shoot with Olympus m43 and wide open it's quite hazy and has significant CA on the edges, but it's an interesting combination of traits that can work to it's advantage depending on composition. Stopped down it's much sharper than I was expecting, especially after seeing the results at f2. I think it's down to the preferences of the person behind the lens, but I totally understand why someone would not recommend it. I actually wouldn't recommend it either, but it's worth it if you can find one for cheap.

@davidsaylors

3 жыл бұрын

Good points, thank you for taking the time to share them with us. 👍📸

Found a copy of this lens today at a flea market for 20BGN ( 10 EUR , 11 USD if you are in the States or 8 GBP , if you're in UK). It came with a Promaster Spectrum 7 UV polarizing filter. The lens didn't have the original front and back caps, instead it was fitted with caps from a Helios lens. I'll give it a spin someday with my Praktica MTL 5B camera.

@davidsaylors

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Glad to see these are still being found and appreciated for their capabilities!!! 👍📸

Subbed...Just scored a Mamiya Sekor 58mm 1.8, a (all of these are non series 1 vmc...which are very good for the $) Vivitar 70-300 4.2-5.8, another Vivitar 75-200 f4.5 with og vivitar doubler and a Sears 80-200 4.5 macro (3rd copy they seem to be in every bundle) or $45... Love the Mamiya omgoodness. Love your content.

@davidsaylors

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That is a wonderful collection of glass! Thank you for sharing it with me!!!👍📸

I have the silver and black version of this lens, but otherwise I'm pretty sure it's the same. I noticed the same sort of play between the focus ring and base that you described, but something else I've noticed is that as pull in the focus it stops the aperture down slightly, or at least slightly when it's fully open, when you already have the aperture set to 16, it drops it down to something closer to 20, which is a big difference. There's a little bit of overturn to the focus ring when it's fully pulled in where this stop down sticks, so it's usable under that condition, but otherwise it's a bit of a cock tease when you're focusing.

@davidsaylors

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting observation, I never noticed it with mine. I really shoot stopped down except to control direct sun so that is probably why. The little lens does produce some cool results though, so it has character. I like that about old glass. 📸

I"ll give it a try...for 30 euros ,it's worth it...thank you,David,great review.

@davidsaylors

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know! I really appreciate it!!! 👍📸

I agree with your take on it, it's not particularly sharp and I don't think it has the most recognisable/unique rendering. I've heard some people say it's an amazing lens, so I'm gonna keep playing with it, but right now it's definitely not a lens id recommend.

@davidsaylors

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, mine is definitely not that great. By contrast, I picked up a Pentax 55mm f1.8 that is quite nice and was either slightly cheaper or about the same cost. It is literally in my bag right now.

I bought the 500 Dtl with the lens for 10.00 :) today 😜

@davidsaylors

4 жыл бұрын

That is AWESOME!!! 😉👍📸 congratulations on the find!!!

@bonnaiii

3 жыл бұрын

I found 2 DTL 1000 for $27 total one has this lens 50mm lens same one takes okay pictures the $7 just needs to be calibrated easy fix

@davidsaylors

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! That is cool! These are great finds! Well done!!! 👍📸

Interesting lens! How was it stopped down?

@davidsaylors

5 жыл бұрын

Ok.... it wasn’t anything to write home about other than the vintage lens “look” that most of these lenses produce. I mean it was good on color and distortion wasnt a problem, but it just never seemed sharp...all the images are soft, I would agree that some are probably my fault, but not all of them. 😉 Like I mentioned in the video though, I could have a trashed copy too. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@grantgauvreau2744

5 жыл бұрын

David Saylors that’s good to know!

is the lens radioactive?

@davidsaylors

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think so. I researched it before making the video somewhat and could not find any reference to it having Thorium, or the like, in it.

@WalkingArchive

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidsaylors thanks!!

@davidsaylors

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!