Should I Be Embarrassed To Use This Lens? 

Woah, that lens looks huge! Probably it has great charisma and nice sense of humour...

4:33 The swirly edges of the CCTV lens just gave so much more character! Fooled me - turns out the more "pro" lens was more "flawless"... and more boring. NGL even I get tricked with the mattebox + monitor setup, it does make you look more pro LOL

People do judge. I once had someone tell me they were booking someone else cause his camera was bigger than mine. Ha. Literally that’s what they said. But I’m glad I didn’t get that one, as I know they would have been a pain in the …

The last comment in the video is actually true. A 90 dollar matte box will make ANY setup look more professional 😊

I have a set of these CCTV lenses (25mm/35mm/50mm) and they're super fun and give shockingly good results! I'd love to see how people would react if someone showed up with one mounted on a big chunky cinema camera, that'd be a true test lol

I’ve been on No budget film sets, and the DP what is busting out his fancy Arri Alexa. But with the type of shots he was getting in the budget of the project. It just felt like overkill. It also had a lot of problems which wouldn’t have happened on my Sony nex7 haha. That whole shoot will just fancy equipment over filmmaking. They seriously took up half an hour of shoot time to get drone footage that they weren’t planning on using. This is why I’ve been following your channel for so long. You keep it about filmmaking and not gear.

My main lens that I use for real estate work is a Laowa 9mm f2.8 and it's tiny, about the size of a film canister. Unfortunately it wasn't $20 from ebay. It was closer to $800AU from Laowa's own website. Had one client ask about it. Told them it was about $1000 and they didn't mention it again.

I used to watch you daily in December 2015, can't believe it's been so long! I just cannot cope with the fact. It felt so good watching your videos. I remember like it was yesterday. You were amazing!

I begrudgingly love everything about those sennheisers. Excellent ad placement. Cool look out of the CCTV lens, too!

Wow dude! I didn't notice the Ordinary Things clip at first. Amazing!

I've been on jobs where the higher priced kit was rented specifically to inflate the EQ budget to more justify the bid to the clients.

Thank you. reminded me of the wonderful set of Pentax Asahi lenses beeing deep in the corporate stuff... got to dig myself out with a privat project before the transformation into a machine ... thank you very much for this reminder

Thanks for the video, always love subtle humor.

Haha this video felt so warm to my heart Simon. I was wondering about the same thing as this year I started working with my old canon too even though I've been following your philosophy about focusing on the art rather than the gear for years now thanks to you. And I too ended up getting a matte box and surprise surprise clients looked more confident with me lol. Besides that I'm probably 5 ish years younger than you if i remember correctly about your age, anyway I was a teenager when I started watching you 5 years ago, and binged all your older videos too, so that last canon clip put a big smile on my face and i laughed. Ah, i'm just grateful to continue this journey along with you!

lol - "Yeah, Why not..." Great line.

Haha so true about the matte box XD

😂😂😂That closing scene was funny AF

This video got me back into the c-mount lens rabbit hole and I just ordered one of these

Nice work! Can you tell us more about the lens and the system you use to mount it to the camera? Love a video on that!

I agree with them. In my opinion the A shot looks better. Love the video!

I remember using my 24mm pancake lens for a photoshoot and they said do you have bulkier lenses than that? 😅 people do judge

People newer change! All needs a show!

Which/what lens is that I wonder? Seems like some cine/TV lens, but I don't know which.

petition to see the full sequence in both c mount and cine lens!

“Will people judge me for my equipment?” Fnarr, Fnarr!

I was following u since 8 years n ur amazing ❤person.

Ha! "Well, the short version..." 🤣

I watch your videos since we both where kids hahaha And I LOVED this format of video Cheers from Brasil

Oh 🙂‍↔️that's cute lens did you make it manually or bought it ? want that so bad !!

love this!

Which lens is this?

ive seen you from your early days of the channel till now when u decided to grow a beard . and the funny part about the internet is youll never know how many people you reach to.

I’ve been on the hunt for c mount lenses after buying a 16mm Bolex camera. Looking forward to using them!

Thank you for this experiment.

0:55 i feel like the positive first impression which that gear might grant you is far less important in the long term.

Wake up Boys..Simon has uploaded a new video!!

Nice!!!❤❤

Tbh I got this feeling - yes they will. But they're wrong :D Personally I preferred Shot A as well and that this is the tiny lens is mental :D And I've even shot with similar mini Pentax lenses before - great video!

For your next experiment, you should wear an 80s jacket with massive shoulder-pads

Funny you. On the other side, c-mount lenses were used for 16 and super 16mm cinema movies. So why not :D

Are both shots shot with the same f stop? First I thought it's not all that bad for such a tiny (and cheap) lens but then I saw how blurry the print on her top and the jacket are.

Lens hood is an automatic professional😂

00:27 This kid is a legend.

Heyy! You shoot for Ordinary Things? Thas cool

Judgements will be washed away by the results

what lens was that? is that the fujian?

Mini lense gang, matte box gang.

Big fan of you since 2015 or 2014…i dont remember exactly lol. 🎉

Lol lol Im the same as you Simon I love my Canon SL2 24 mp camera. Lol

Amazing it’s all about your skill not the equipment.

I remember the old videos I was in school when I started watching your videos so I think we're about the same age

This may sound a bit cliché, but in the end it's true: in the hands of a true professional, any gear can generate great results.

Low budget productions that expect you to bring your own camera likely aren’t judging, since they’re just happy to get a camera (which you should be charging for the use of, btw). Big budget productions that can afford to rent cinema camera also don’t care what camera you have, or if you even have one at all, since they’ll be renting the camera either way. But there will be low budget productions that expect the DP to have their own camera who will specify they want the latest cheap RED or similar cinema looking camera.

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You could've called the video: does size matter

05:15 I'd love to know what this project was about!😂🤔

it's not the size that matters...

I’ve been judged for my tiny lens before…😔

I think I watched your first video 8 years ago

i like the character of the little lens better! ha. It's very creamy. Not as sharp and clinical

Goes to show that its not about the size of your lens, but how you use it ;))))

Thats not small... its average...😅

Damn 😂

It's not tiny, more like average...😢

Your money is MINE.. take your soul with you i dont need it

I don't care what lens you use as long as it looks good and you don't show up with just an iPhone