Experimenting with vintage lenses

peruexplorer · Jan 25, 2021

Hi everybody!

I am interested in experimenting with vintage lenses. My goal is to make them some changes in order to change the appearance of the photos and to have original effects..
I recently saw some videos about how to made them modifications but most of the videos are focuses in two lenses only Helios 44-2 and Mir 1B.

Do you know if it is possible to do changes to other vintage lenses?
Do you know a tutorial about this topic?

Thanks

markjwyatt · Jan 25, 2021

Changing vintage lenses sounds almost evil to me

After changing them, they are really no longer vintage, but maybe repurposed.

summicron1 · Jan 25, 2021

change them how?

if you want soft focus just stretch some old panty hose over the lens.

Mainecoonmaniac · Jan 25, 2021

peruexplorer said:
Hi everybody!

I am interested in experimenting with vintage lenses. My goal is to make them some changes in order to change the appearance of the photos and to have original effects..
I recently saw some videos about how to made them modifications but most of the videos are focuses in two lenses only Helios 44-2 and Mir 1B.

Do you know if it is possible to do changes to other vintage lenses?
Do you know a tutorial about this topic?

Thanks

Check out Matthieu Stern. He also has a YouTube channel.
https://www.mathieustern.com/new-page-39

Dan Fromm · Jan 26, 2021

OP, you must be very young to think that the lenses you mentioned are "vintage."

markjwyatt · Jan 26, 2021

I think to some people "vintage" means any lens that does not contain a computer chip, electric motors, etc. Though some "vintage" lenses still had contacts for metering, etc.

peruexplorer · Jan 26, 2021

Mainecoonmaniac said:
Check out Matthieu Stern. He also has a YouTube channel.
https://www.mathieustern.com/new-page-39

Thank you very much, it is interesting what this french man does. It gave me many ideas

Dan Pavel · Jan 27, 2021

On http://forum.mflenses.com/ you'll find countless examples of modifications, tests, comparisons, etc regarding vintage lenses of all kind, including projection lenses, enlarger lenses,cine lenses, specialised technical lenses and many more.
It's the best place for informations about vintage lenses one can find.

Dan Pavel · Jan 27, 2021

Dan Pavel said:
On http://forum.mflenses.com/ you'll find countless examples of modifications, tests, comparisons, etc regarding vintage lenses of all kind, including projection lenses, enlarger lenses,cine lenses, specialised technical lenses and many more.
It's the best place for informations about vintage lenses one can find.

I can see you have already posted the same request on the MF Lenses forum before my post here.

peruexplorer · Feb 3, 2021

Dan Pavel said:
I can see you have already posted the same request on the MF Lenses forum before my post here.

Yes I am very interested in the topic because I find it very interesting.
Thank you very much for the answer, I really appreciate it!

Experimenting with vintage lenses

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