The Magic of Shooting Vintage Film Lenses with Fujifilm 

I had no idea when I bought that camera and lens back in the early 80’s that it would ever take the most beautiful photos and videos. But in your talented hands you have created pure art with it. Thanks so much for bringing it back to life and I hope you use it for many years to come ❤

everything about this video is incredible. the storytelling, the cinematography, the shots, the music. it’s making me feel things I haven’t felt in a long time from photography. really wonderful work

one of my favourite vintage lenses is the jupiter 37A. Super sharp and loads of character. The other one is the CZJ Flektogon, the 35mm f 2.4. Then the Helios.

This is therapeutic. 🤝

Focus peaking makes hitting focus quickly with a manual lens an absolute dream. You can even see focus approaching your subject as you turn the dial and you can see DoF.

outstanding vid mate, timeless glass

Love the way you put together work and communicate with the world. Great work!

Another gorgeous video Rich! At Christmas, I had to sell my FujiFilm lenses cos I was short on cash and I ended up buying a £20 adapter to use my Canon FD lenses from my Canon AE-1 on my FujiFilm XT3. As someone who mainly shoots film and often avoids digital, I've got to say it's made the digital shooting experience so much more fulfilling and familiar. The results, in my opinion, are better than the expensive autofocus lenses I was using, and add more of the character I like. I didn't even think to use it on video as I thought there'd be issues focusing on movement, but after seeing this footage in your video I can't wait to have a play. Thanks as always for the inspiration brother xx

Love this, makes every image look timeless

So nice to see this out and used again. Loved the colour grading on the video too 👌

Really feeling these vibes atm, the feeling of the video perfectly matched the photography. 👌

no words... amazing

Very excited to try mine out based on this video --- great shots mate.

The world looks great through that lense, lovely vid!

I really like the Olympus Zuiko line in general but in particular the 50/1.4. I use it as a benchmark for all other lenses.

A lot of people have been picking up the Helios 44 for their Fuji system’s recently and I think I might have to jump on that bandwagon

Really nice, amazing quality photos.

Great video and gorgeous images!

Hey, I like vibes I got from the video. Btw, there are Canon FD vintage lenses. They look so gorgeous as well as Helios

Loved the video and your insight mate! A new big sub!!

TBH - The modern Voigtländer 58 SL II f1.4 adapted onto fuji - is an amazing lens! all of the tactility of focus-by-touch, and not wired, and a very well balanced focus-throw … oh, and the resulting images - ohh my! this lens is exquisite!

Beautiful. I highly recommend the Minolta MD lenses. Totally under the radar and still relatively affordable. The build quality of those is insanely good and the images, specially videos, in combination with modern sensors are unmatched. Also the Pentax K lenses are great. But watch out for oily blades and stuck mechanics on those. I personally would skip Olympus OM glass, in my opinion they don’t have that magic effect. There are radioactive lenses, recognizable by the yellowed glass. The glass contains thorium. You can mitigate the discoloration with UV light, but keep in mind that it can affect the white balance if not treated adequately. I own the Fuji XF´s 18mm, 23mm, 33mm, 56mm and 90mm primes, all f1.4 LM´s but when it comes to video I only use my old lenses.

A great video. I enjoyed hearing your perspective on using vintage lenses. It definitely hit home as I am getting more and more into them as well, and I have built a pretty good collection of lenses for my X-T3 and X-S10 bodies. Right now I have a bunch of Takumar lenses, which are outstanding and something you may want to look into. I have a 35 f2, a 55 1.8, an 85 1.9, and a 135 f3.5. All of these lenses are in pristine condition and produce really nice images. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject.

I'm currently using a Yashica ml 50mm f1.7 and a Pentax m 135mm f3.5 on my XT5. Both great lenses.

Awesome video, very inspiring! I only got a 7artisans 35mm f1.2 lens for my x-pro1 and it's not easy to focus, but manual lenses have something special, character, imperfection. And it slows you down. For good!

Lovely

Brilliant video! I'm a fuji user and love the idea of old glass. I've used a manual (new) 35mm prime in the past and enjoyed the experience. Maybe I should take another look at what's on offer. Look forward to the next video.

Loved the video and the pictures in it. As far as i know M42 has a thread mount? Did you have any difficulties focusing to infinity on your Fuji camera?

My youngest son bought me this lens a year or so ago and I love what it does on my Fuji X-T20. Another favorite of mine is the Konica Hexanon 40mm f1.8. Not great wide open but excellent at F2.0 and anything down to f8.0.

I own one of those Helios. The 44-2 MMZ Belomo. What a lens. I don’t use it much because I find it too narrow at my Fujifilm. It’s almost a 90mm but magnificent rendering and colors. May I suggest a gem for street photography and more wide (I guess one of the widest vintage lenses), the SMC Takumar 24mm f/3.5, more close to 35mm (full frame equivalent) and also a joy to use. Really liked the video. Congratulations

I have a set of Olympus vintage lenses which I really like to use 50mm 35mm and 28mm they make me think when I use them I use the lenses on Fuji cameras APSC and also a Sony full frame they produce beautiful images I have a vintage OM1 Body I use also with them though film is very expensive to use I like to use it still now and again enjoyed the video very much subbed your channel take care Tony.......

Anche io sono stato preso dalla piacevole scoperta di vecchi obiettivi su x-t4 e tra quelli provati, mi è piaciuto in particolare l'Olympus 50mm f1.8, anche più del f1.4.

Awesome video! How did you deal with the crop factor of 1.5 on the x-t3?

Nice stuff.....

Hello, love your work! I inerited a helios 44M-5 and I am interested in investing in an adapter for my canon eosM50...I would appreciate a tutorial on how to work with analog lens on a digital body...

Minolta 45mm F2. ‘Pancake’ lens with a wonderful rendering. Currently my favorite. There are some nice reviews online you can read about this lens.

Maybe try the Super Takumar 8 ELEMENTS ASAHI PENTAX SUPER TAKUMAR 50/1.4 50mm f1.4 LENS M42 / That's the first version with 8 blades in the diaphragm, very particular character. Serial number under 1.550.000 are the good versions. after they put only 7 blades (and a radioactive coating, named SMC).

Great video! Love the color grading 🔥 Had some questions! Was this shot with Flog h265 or h264 10-bit or 8-bit? Or did you use Eterna 8-bit footage straight from camera?

I can recommend to try Industar 61 50/2.8 rangefinder LD, yeah, a little darkey, but has a great vibes

Is Fujifilm xc 35 f2 better than the Sigma 30 and viltrox 33 f1.4?

Из советских могу посоветовать объективы Юпитер. Из японских zuiko, takumar, rokkor.

Cool video, mate! I used to have that lens a year before covid. Was an outstanding lens and force you to slow down in your photography which is an extrabonus. If you can, try it with a portrait session, you would be amazed :) By the way, how many batteries do you use with your XT3 when making this video? haha. I have the same one and I think Im gonna have to buy a bunch of them!

My Helios is my favourite lens I own for a reason

Thank you for sharing. Which dimensions are you "cinematic" vids, please ? This is not 16/9...

Adapted vintage Olympus Zuiko 50mm f1.8 on Fuji x-t1 using Kodachrome 64 film recipe with auto iso capped at 3200 and min SS 1/60. Digital advantages with an analogue vibe.

Did you color correct your video footage or it is straight outta camera?

what adapter did you use?

What adapter did you use?? We got the same camera and im exploring vintage lenses

You might consider a Pentacon Auto28mm 2.8. I like it on Fuji.

Just bought an adapter from Nikon mount to fuji camera. Not sure whether is good idea using film simulation reciepe to pair with vintage lens or just raw file & film simulation from the camera

Hello what simulation did you use on the pictures??

I go for aperture blades.

jupiter 9

I'm struggling finding an actual 50mm equivalent vintage for my fuji... a 35mm f2 let s say, or maybe even more open... any suggestion?

And i live in Germany .......... damn Try Minolta 24-50 f4 or the legendary 85 1,7. I really love the 35-70 f3.5, the look and the feel. Awesome.