Mark Holtze

Mark Holtze

Professional video editor and cinematographer who likes to make videos about dusty old lenses and how to use them with modern cameras.


The Final Upgrade

The Final Upgrade

Radioactive Lenses ☢️

Radioactive Lenses ☢️

This Lens is Legendary

This Lens is Legendary

Why Use Vintage Lenses Today

Why Use Vintage Lenses Today

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  • @UB.S
    @UB.S13 сағат бұрын

    My Panasonic does't have the thing to plug the RCA cables but "A/V out" instead, question is: if I buy the same set up as you but get the cable with A/V out in one end and RCA in the other end instead of what you have, should it work for me? I'm pretty desperate lol

  • @arthurk4778
    @arthurk477823 сағат бұрын

    No, so called “russians” isn’t did right. They just stole it “right”. As usual.

  • @zsht
    @zshtКүн бұрын

    My Jupiter-9 is much warmer than my 44-2. I wouldn't be surprised if Iron Glass treat/remove/replace coatings to solve the mismatch.

  • @KarloFio
    @KarloFioКүн бұрын

    You are the only one describing how to use this lens in its Exakta version and I have subscribed to your channel right a way! Now, with the mirrorless cameras it does work this way when you push and turn that release button... But, with a DSLR it doesn't because you can simply not focus if doing that while the lens is stopped down, it's to dark! So, first focus with f2.8 and then press and turn and know what you are doing exposure wise. And, if there is not enough contrast or saturation, you can always create a separate picture control ( Nikon shooter speaking ) for that very lens👍🤩 Keep up the good work

  • @gundarsmiks4889
    @gundarsmiks48892 күн бұрын

    If you dont lick them, its fine!!

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze2 күн бұрын

    Don’t use them as bio Binoculars either 😝

  • @gundarsmiks4889
    @gundarsmiks48892 күн бұрын

    I am right now in Spain. And i just want something cheap to plug onto the camera. Any Pentacon lens, 29, 50 or 135mm now goes for like 30 euros here :D Sometimes with film cameras attached :D I saw a Zenith film camera plus Pentacon 50mm 1.8 for 20 euros ... I mean!! Get out of here... Thats a price of a restaurant meal! Its ridiculous!!! Also thanks for the advice. I might just buy a pentacon set of 29 50 135 for 100 euros :D What the hell...

  • @rwjc6117
    @rwjc61172 күн бұрын

    Fantastic thank you

  • @Ybalrid
    @Ybalrid3 күн бұрын

    I need to check how this one compares to the relatively similar (in specs and construction at least) nFD 75-200 f/4.5 that I got for *so little money I almost feel bad about it* from the same place I bought an AE-1 Program 👀

  • @VictorSaltmeris
    @VictorSaltmeris3 күн бұрын

    Hi just got one of these and it clicks when you set the lens to 1:2 is this normal? Thanks

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze3 күн бұрын

    it should click when you change the aperture.

  • @VictorSaltmeris
    @VictorSaltmeris3 күн бұрын

    @@MarkHoltze Hi thanks for the reply.. this lens clicks when you focus, just before the number 2 (.5 macro/fully extended) I ask because I am wondering that there might be something wrong. It gets stiff just as you get to the very end of the focus travel then clicks inside and then smooth again.. it happens right at the end, perhaps the last 2 or 3mm! Does that sound wrong to you?

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze3 күн бұрын

    @VictorSaltmeris oh I see. Ya might just be a stiff focus ring but not sure why it’s clicking. Can’t say for sure what the issue is unfortunately. :(

  • @VictorSaltmeris
    @VictorSaltmeris3 күн бұрын

    @@MarkHoltze Thank you 👍

  • @charly5891
    @charly58913 күн бұрын

    help! Canon FD 75 - 200, is it similar? Thank you

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze3 күн бұрын

    ya it's similar. :)

  • @charly5891
    @charly58913 күн бұрын

    @@MarkHoltze Thank you 🙂

  • @DanTim-hy8ts
    @DanTim-hy8ts4 күн бұрын

    I love my vintage Minolta A mount lenses.

  • @k_k3148
    @k_k31486 күн бұрын

    can this work with ipad?

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze4 күн бұрын

    It won’t unfortunately. Transfer the files to iPad after yes, but can’t capture to it

  • @TomWilsonLeonard
    @TomWilsonLeonard6 күн бұрын

    I can't find a Firewire 800 to Thunderbolt in the Uk anywhere

  • @sidbrun_
    @sidbrun_6 күн бұрын

    Wow I looked up the price of the FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt adapters, and they're about £150 😬 guess what, I had that adapter for YEARS, and after getting an M1 MacBook Pro I sold it in 2021 for just £24! Who'd have thought they'd become so rare. Luckily I still have all my FW400/FW800 cables, I think it'd be cheaper for me to just buy an old Mac with a FW800 port than to buy the adapters.

  • @robertsimpson2190
    @robertsimpson21907 күн бұрын

    I've just inherited a closet of Kodak slides from my fiance's grandfather who passed recently. Thank you so much for giving me the knowledge to tackle digitizing these memories for her whole family!

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze7 күн бұрын

  • @JK-he5xh
    @JK-he5xh7 күн бұрын

    With FireWire to Thunderbolt 2 cables no longer sold by Apple, would using a direct Firewise->USB-C cable do the trick? Otherwise, the only option is people selling the now discontinuity cables on eBay for $180.

  • @Aphexbizz
    @Aphexbizz9 күн бұрын

    so basically if I shot a video that was two hours long and I wanted to transfer it to my computer, I would have to let it record on my computer for two hours after filming?

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze8 күн бұрын

    Yes

  • @sueblakey1858
    @sueblakey185810 күн бұрын

    Hi Mark, I enjoyed your video. Is the Ion Audio USB device you used still available? If not, can you recommend something that is simple to use as I am not computer savy. We have lots of VHS video that we will like to put on a disk drive for safe keeping. Do you have to put on the computer first or can you save to a disk. I would appreciate any advice, tips and suggestions that will make this a pleasant journey. I love looking at old video.

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze8 күн бұрын

    I don’t think so. Loads of adapters. Clear 2 click is my fav one. It’s not OS dependable so it won’t go unsupported after time.

  • @sueblakey1858
    @sueblakey185810 күн бұрын

    Hi Mark, I enjoyed your video. I am going to try and put our old VHS video onto a disk drive for safe keeping for the future. You mention that you used an Ion Audio Device, not sure if they are still available if not, can you recommend another device which is simple to use. I am not tech savvy and just want something that is easy to use. Do I have to put footage onto computer first or can I go straight to a disk. If so, how can I do that. I would appreciate any help, suggestions, tips etc and that you can give me. It is great looking at old video, I love it. Thank you so much I hope that you will be able to help me. I purchased a Hometech USB, but I think it is going to prove a little more difficult for me to use. No proper manual or instructions . I am in Australia.

  • @Dmitrijsiscool
    @Dmitrijsiscool10 күн бұрын

    I have this camera😅

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze8 күн бұрын

  • @simonc4764
    @simonc476410 күн бұрын

    Are you the Jim Carrey of the camera reviewer world?😄

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze10 күн бұрын

    Allllllrighty then 😝

  • @dutchbeef8920
    @dutchbeef892011 күн бұрын

    Quantaray 17mm with a Nikon AF mount 😜👍🏻

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze7 күн бұрын

  • @marklesliewoods
    @marklesliewoods11 күн бұрын

    Perfect. Thanks, Mark.

  • @simonc4764
    @simonc476411 күн бұрын

    Some of the later 8 element uses a small amount of thorium. The lens you have belongs to the later version of the 8 element.

  • @Ferda1964
    @Ferda196411 күн бұрын

    The good old days , thank you.

  • @beaniedude436
    @beaniedude43612 күн бұрын

    does anyone know where to get a firewire to thunderbolt adapter, i cant find them anywhere

  • @AndrewProTV
    @AndrewProTV12 күн бұрын

    does it have to be the apple thunderbolt adapters? or would it work with any Usbc to firewire?

  • @xSignificant
    @xSignificant13 күн бұрын

    what ND filter did you use with this lens?

  • @giovanni12985
    @giovanni1298513 күн бұрын

    If I use the same method on windows, whit the usb-c? Work?

  • @georgejexter
    @georgejexter15 күн бұрын

    Ur the only youtuber tech expert that actual explained things quickly & perfectly ! THANK YOU!!!!

  • @ciphermkiii
    @ciphermkiii16 күн бұрын

    I just glanced over our old Hi8 recorder and thought about this and then this video was in my recommended videos. I’m suing youtube for thought and eyeball input infringement.

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze16 күн бұрын

    It somehow knows what we’re thinking sometimes doesn’t it. Breaking out the old camera though will bring nothing but good vibes…guarantee 😝

  • @ciphermkiii
    @ciphermkiii15 күн бұрын

    @@MarkHoltze It’s very uncanny to be honest! At least I didn’t have to search for it. 😅 Thank you for producing this helpful tutorial. Hopefully all the products are available here in the nordics! 🙌🏻

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze15 күн бұрын

    @ciphermkiii I think a lot of different options exist now. I like the clear 2 click. It’s a bit more but can’t go obsolete because of OS updates.

  • @NARFALICIOUS
    @NARFALICIOUS16 күн бұрын

    The firewire to thunderbolt is expensive now on ebay because it's discontinued. Great.

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze13 күн бұрын

    Hmmm they might have USB C to fire wire. I need to look into new options

  • @wendysburgers4326
    @wendysburgers432616 күн бұрын

    Avoid this in High Contrast Scenarios 4:15 so BAD

  • @Melpal22
    @Melpal2216 күн бұрын

    I have a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar Sony digital handyman that uses mini DV tapes. Would this method work with my camera? I’ve looked at a lot of other tutorials and they all say I need 3 different cables. Dv to FireWire 800, Apple FireWire to thunderbolt, thunderbolt to usbc. But Apple FireWire to thunderbolt is impossible to find as it is discontinued 🥲 I’ve been looking for a solution for a year now. Please help!

  • @scottmurphy650
    @scottmurphy65017 күн бұрын

    AF on a macro lens is useless as udders on a bull. Even if it does find focus, there is no guarantee it will focus on what you _want_ to be in focus. Although I am a daily Nikon user, I have a Spotmatic F and 7 Takumar lenses from 24mm f/3.5 to 300mm f/4 SMC. All are extremely well built, focus butterly smooth and very sharp with a high resolution film like Kodak T-Max 100

  • @marcusromero3201
    @marcusromero320117 күн бұрын

    I miss your content. Hope you're doing well.

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze17 күн бұрын

    ya it's been a hot minute hasn't it. Doing super well thanks for asking mate. Been focused on other projects that have required a lot of attention and haven't really had much spare time to think/shoot/edit videos for KZread.

  • @DmenDuroRider
    @DmenDuroRider18 күн бұрын

    Car shows or racing would be cool.

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze17 күн бұрын

    totally!

  • @Narsuitus
    @Narsuitus18 күн бұрын

    I own and use the following affordable wide-angle lenses: 28mm f/2.5 Vivitar M42 mount 28mm f/2.8 Takumar M42 mount 35mm f/3.5 Takumar M42 mount

  • @Klaus-macht-Bilder_de
    @Klaus-macht-Bilder_de18 күн бұрын

    Beginning of the 70s when these lenses wer built multicoating (especially the Pentax SMC) was a huge step forward. Therefor in most cases I would prefer the SMC-Takumar-Versions over the Super-Takumar-Versions. Btw: only the SMCs pride open aperture metering on SPF and ES/II.

  • @ReductioAdAbsurdum
    @ReductioAdAbsurdum20 күн бұрын

    Title: "How to Transfer MINI DV to Computer FAST" Video: "Remember, when capturing tape you'll have to do it real time." FFS.

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze17 күн бұрын

    ya, it's like the biggest issue with capturing tape formats. Gives you a chance to screen all the footage so when you start editing you know what's there. That's how I see it.

  • @ivanlee3178
    @ivanlee317821 күн бұрын

    Since my early minolta days in early 2000's Ive heard that this is the best 1.2 lens in SLR world . Better than Canon, better than Zuiko, better than Nikkor and better than Konica

  • @Klaus-macht-Bilder_de
    @Klaus-macht-Bilder_de21 күн бұрын

    Nice review - Thank you I had this lens from 74...02 and liked it on film very much. (btw. production started 71 until Pentax switched to K-Mount in 75). When I switched to K-Mount in 02 I sold ist and bought a M35/2 as a replacement, but was never that happy with it. Meanwhile I got th K35/2 which seems to be mostly identical to the SMC-Takumar.

  • @brucemcintosh7466
    @brucemcintosh746621 күн бұрын

    Great video. So many memories of my childhood

  • @simonc4764
    @simonc476422 күн бұрын

    Is this lebs radiactive?

  • @spicelord4782
    @spicelord478223 күн бұрын

    Is there a windows way?

  • @peruperu-jj8zs
    @peruperu-jj8zs24 күн бұрын

    Thank you for mentioning apple in the beginning. Good bye. 😅

  • @blakeronan
    @blakeronan25 күн бұрын

    Mark can we tip jar the dog some treats?

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze25 күн бұрын

    She gets loads of treats. I’ll be sure to give one to her in your name! She’s 17 next month 🐶

  • @cloe8292
    @cloe829225 күн бұрын

    Hanno sui cellulari dei dispositivi per attivare l'IA

  • @robbanks6652
    @robbanks665226 күн бұрын

    I'm new to the Hi8 family, actually I'm not even 20 years old, I found a fully japanese version of the Hi8 and apparently the screen is broken but it still has the tape inside and I'm not sure if the charger is working, I'll try my best to repair it and put it to work again

  • @Gma7788
    @Gma778827 күн бұрын

    You don't go joking with us, mate. You've got yourself reported to the authorities for misleading the public. You don't talk like you're a manufacturer cause you're NOT them. Plastic, metal, is none of your business. Mixing brands is LUNACY. You don't start off joking with strangers. You don't talk to us like we're the beginners.

  • @MarkHoltze
    @MarkHoltze27 күн бұрын

    Toys in the attic mate. 🤪