If you’ve been interested in adapting vintage lenses to your digital camera, you must also be already looking around for a vintage lens adapter to use. There’s one for every budget, but we’re sure you’re wondering, are the cheap options safe to use on your camera? Paris-based photographer and filmmaker
As vintage lenses continue to be popular for both film photography and digital photography, adding these tools to your arsenal can be expensive. So, whether you’re new to vintage gear or a seasoned collector, weird lens enthusiast Mathieu Stern offers some tips to help you avoid spending a fortune. In
If crazy swirly bokeh is your thing, here’s a unique vintage lens that will catch your attention. Our favorite weird lens enthusiast Mathieu Stern once found a Carl Zeiss Jena Kipronar 105mm f/1.9, a rare 35mm cinema projector lens, for roughly 20 Euros. Now, if you’ve been following the Paris-based
Fungus-infested lenses are a nightmare for every photographer, more so for those who like to experiment with vintage gear. As such, most would rather throw away them away than attempt to clean or restore them. However, if you’re the relentless type who would give it a try anyway, we found
Photographers and vintage gear collectors familiar with Mathieu Stern know that he’s never out of cool ideas for vintage lenses. We’ve seen the the Paris-based photographer experiment with several of these “weird” lenses and end up with interesting results. So, it’s great to see him put these vintage gear to
Vintage lens adapters are certainly one of the most popular accessories among photographers today. It’s especially useful to those who shoot both film and digital and would like to make the most out of their vintage lenses. But if you want to use filters, you’d have to keep swapping them
In the recent years, we’ve been seeing more photography gear designed as a nod to their vintage predecessors. The Nikon Z fc is the latest to join the roster of retro-styled mirrorless cameras. But what about the lens side of things? Ted Forbes of The Art of Photography introduces us
If you’re a collector or big fan of vintage gear, there’s a good chance you’ve already heard the rumors about the Canon FD 35mm f/2. The legend goes that the concave version is the sharpest 35mm f/2 FD lens Canon ever made. But, how true is this? As a connoisseur
Curious about adapting a vintage lens to your digital camera? Thanks to cheap lens adapters, it has become an increasingly popular way for today’s photographers to get extra creative and experimental. Whether it’s creamy bokeh or gorgeous retro looks, there’s a vintage lens that will do it for you. In
Adapting a vintage lens to modern digital cameras is a fun and easy way to give a retro look to your photos. Sure, you can do that with film-inspired presets, but these old lenses bring a certain character that modern lenses and post-processing can’t completely recreate. You may not even
Many fans of vintage gear also have a particular fascination for unique and unusual lenses. A lot of these are also now rare collectible items. If that sounds like you, you’ll definitely have to keep an eye out for the finds of Paris-based photographer and filmmaker Mathieu Stern, who has
