Many of us photographers have a penchant for vintage lenses, but this one might top the lot.
The first vintage lens I bought was the "original bokeh monster" 135mm bayonet lens that I adapted to my Canon 6D. It was soft, possibly harboring some fungi, and awkward to use, but it did some damage to me. I suddenly had this burning curiosity to try different film bodies and vintage lenses and while I've tamed it to a certain extent, I'm still drawn in by rare pieces of photographic history.
In this video, Markus Hofstätter — a rather singular photographer on YouTube, restores a 160-year-old Petzval 500mm f/4.5 lens to a usable standard and then shoots a wet plate portrait with it. It's such a beautiful lens, albeit massive and presumably very heavy. The requisite dedication and effort that goes into taking a shot like this is staggering!
Absolutely love this, thank you.
Thanks a lot!!
Saw this article and thought "this guy would get on well with Mathieu Stern", then went to your YouTube page and saw you already have a video together! I'll be watching that tonight.
yes, we had a blast together, Mathieu is a great guy. If you check my profile here, you'll find two images of him I did :)
Wow. Thank You
Thanks so much!
Can i use that on my sony a7iii? haha
basically yes - you just need some extension rings and it will be pretty sharp too ;)
But you won't get this nice look on it as on a 30x40cm plate. Speaking of 35mm, the plate I shot has a 0,086 crop factor hahaha ;)
Great Work Markus.I Enjoyed this video.
Thank you so much!
Amazing work. Thank you for sharing, and thank you for keeping historic photographic methods alive.
my pleasure - thank you!