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Why PENTACON 50mm f1.8 lens is GREAT for a PRO shooter (PHOTO/VIDEO samples)

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In this video I demonstrate with samples why PENTACON 50mm f1.8 is GREAT for a PRO shooter (PHOTO/VIDEO samples).
This M42 mount Pentacon 50mm f1.8 vintage lens is cheap and widely available these days.
Even though it is manual lens, when adapted on modern cameras, it really is an amazing quality even for professional photography and video work.
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@PavSZ 4 года назад

Do you use vintage or manual lenses? What is your favourite?

@patriciabeaumont4442 4 года назад

Enjoyed your video Pav...I have this lens and have loved it since the first day I put it on my camera...It’s one of my favorites along with the Meyer Optik Gorlitz Oreston and 50mm Trioplan...but slowly I am getting into projector lenses ISCO GOTTINGEN PROJAR 2.8 85mm is a favorite too...🤩

@PavSZ 4 года назад

@@patriciabeaumont4442 Thank you!!! I know so little about vintage lenses in general. I've heard a lot of good things about Meyer Optik - really need check one of them out one day soon. Never had a pleasure to use projector lenses. How do you adapt them to the modern cameras?

@patriciabeaumont4442 4 года назад

@@PavSZ I bought my proctor lenses already adapted to M42 mount but there are videos on RU-vid showing how to do it and it actually looks quite easy...I would love to have all the Meyer Optik vintage lenses as they are so good...I have been using and collecting vintage lenses almost three years now and have over 40...it’s an addictive hobby as each lens produces a different bokeh...and the price is right...you will learn a lot from the vintage lens groups on Facebook...Good luck and enjoy your vintage journey Pav....🤩

@PavSZ 4 года назад

@@patriciabeaumont4442 40!!!! WOW! Going on ebay right now 😉👍🏻

@patriciabeaumont4442 4 года назад

@@PavSZ just wondering if you found any lenses you liked on ebay???🤩

@christophergrundy5307 4 года назад

This was my first vintage lens and it started my down the path of loving not only vintage lenses (especially Olympus OM and Takumar M42 lenses) but manual focus lenses in general. I have used the Pentacon on Fuji, Canon and Sony and have never been disappointed. It is a beautiful lens with great character. I particularly enjoy using this lens for Black & White - both digitally and on film.

@Wolffzahn Год назад

My absolute favourite lens since years and pure art!!!

@PavSZ Год назад

mine too!

@MattSchulze Год назад

I just bought one that came with a Praktica attached. Their construction is so simple, I had to clean the glass a bit but I'm pretty happy with it so far. It's like buying a piece of camera history, given what the East-German camera industry accomplished over it's 40 year existence.

@PavSZ Год назад

Yeah, you get a bit of history as well as a cool lens. You don't get that with any new lens these days

@andreeadobre3190 3 года назад

I love this lens! Got it 13-14 years ago with its original Praktica body for about 10€ and that's what I learned on, then I kept taking it with me on any camera with adaptors. Used it for films and for many types of commercial photography and it's pretty much indestructible. I got many different lenses now, the 29mm and 135mm from the same Pentacon series, old school Helios, Zeiss, Industar, modern ones both digital from Sony and cheap manual ones like Meike, but this 50 is still my main :)

@PavSZ 3 года назад

you just can't beat them! Great quality and those prices are no brainer. I love vintage lenses

@derackertroll453 3 года назад

It's nice that old glass still has its fans and you can see what the cheap lenses are capable of! Thanks for the great examples, wonderful to look at!

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@gitithadani 3 года назад

I have had several copies of this lens in both PB(pratica mount) & m42. Earlier pentacon was caller Meyer Optik & they made some fabulous lenses with really rounded aperture blades. Basically Zeiss, Leica, meyer Optik, Voigtlander were cut from the same optical cloth and they gave us some really excellent lens designs & superb mechanics + great glass. The glass has changed now and the coatings have vastly improved & calibrated to the digital sensors but if one works out the right software profile then some of these lenses can really shine and bring out something extra. I use many of these lenses with the a7r4 - some more than 60 years old & it is always a revelation how good some of these lenses are as well as what amazing sensor modern technology we have

@runningdida Год назад

It was the same for me and it was only at second glance that I learned to appreciate it. Above all, I like the close focus limit of almost 35 cm because I like photographing plants and then the wonderful background would be smoothie

@PavSZ Год назад

surprisingly good lens. I still love it

@briantorsell 3 года назад

Those pigeon shots are insane!

@PavSZ 3 года назад

haha thank you!! they are so dumb that if I put my camera to my face they don't see a human behind it. I can slowly come as close as arms reach to take a photo!

@muhittincankorkut6094 3 года назад

I have just bought it. I have an aps-c sensor camera. If I down aperture to 4, 5.6, to my eye, it is as sharp as my modern kit len. It was mind-blowing. Also bokeh is amazing :). Thank you.

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Good choice! It is sharp than most of expensive lenses at f1.8

@Ryan_Wiseman 29 дней назад

The f/4 on this lens is amazingly useful, because often, you lose a lot of bokeh once you step down. This is probably the next lens I'll get, just because the bokeh is next level cinematic (and is compatible with the F55, my dream camera)

@Ansonandco 4 года назад

This is why I love vintage over cheap Chinese lenses. That aged look and character. For modern lenses it just seems cheap but vintage lens it is so sought after because it was so good at the time.

@PavSZ 4 года назад

no warranty but if it lasted 40 years already it might last another lol

@BIMLounge 4 года назад

Great video! I just found one in my area, picked it up right away. Some people say it's too soft wide open, but it is a lot more usable than say a Rokkor 58mm 1.4 (which I still love) wide open. This is by far the lens with more character and features than my other vintage ones.

@tomastuoma 2 года назад

There is certainly some variation between these, production standards where often not as rigid back then. My copy is also absolutely fine wide open, and 100x better then an old Nikkor 50mm 1.4 I have.

@tobysummers471 9 месяцев назад

Got an almost brand new one for £20! With a Praktica camera. Have had a couple before but have either given or gotten rid of them. Great lens.

@PavSZ 9 месяцев назад

Great find!! They are really cool lenses

@TFCInstitute 2 года назад

We have 3 years using a Prakticar 50mm 1.8 and we think is amazing (sharp - bokeh character). Great video!

@PavSZ 2 года назад

There is something special about vintage lenses like these

@mahakalax108 4 дня назад

Greeting Pav :) I see u have simillar look on lenses like me:) i really offen search something about lens and i see u did material about it :) Great :)

@PavSZ 2 дня назад

thank you!!

@campbells0ups 9 месяцев назад

I own the earlier Meyer-Optik zebra version. this lens stands out even among other vintage 50s!!

@PavSZ 9 месяцев назад

Nice! great little lenses

@camil721 3 года назад

Congratulations, PAV ! Great video, indeed! Brautiful images, too! I also have this Pentacon electric version (for Praktica PLC or VLC). Your version is made in... Romania, my country. I know b/c I had another one back in 1990. It was largely inferior to the Minlota MD 50/1.7 lens, but, now, on sony, it's beautiful. I also like the Minolta rokkor 50/1.7 and Canon 50/1.4 nFD. Minolta is astounding, it has beautiful bokeh and a joy of using the manual focus ring!

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Many thanks! Interesting info!

@classic.cameras Год назад

You're too awesome these days Pav but us vintage lens shooters love these reviews. Do not shy from them. Please.

@PavSZ Год назад

I wish I could get my hands on more vintage lenses to review here on my channel

@classic.cameras Год назад

@@PavSZ alas I live in Calgary Alberta so unfortunately I can't loan you one of my hundred or so. Guess I should just start making videos.

@PavSZ Год назад

@@classic.cameras HAHA yes! do it!!

@MrLakridsbat 3 года назад

I really like the results. I actually bought one this tuesday together with a leather neckstrap in good condition (they were both sitting on a praktika camera) for the price of about $2.85 including the camera. I will test it out this weekend, my m42 adapter sits on my MIR-1 but i can borrow it while i test my new lens

@MrLakridsbat 3 года назад

I really liked the results i was getting today. Three small screws later it is now declicked as well. The first lens i tried it on

@PavSZ 3 года назад

If I did that, the lens will be still clicking and I'll have one spare screw left over 😉

@steveember8972 3 года назад

Delighted to have discovered your videos. Love your enthusiasm and demonstration of this lens's appealing character. I purchased one of these from a European seller a couple of weeks ago, and am looking forward to its arrival, so that I can try it out with both APS-C and FF D-SLR's as well as film. Keep them coming - I just subscribed.

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Welcome aboard!

@HaraldEngels 3 года назад

The video shots are impressive. Truly cinematic.

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Thank you!

@ajthealchemist 3 года назад

Please do more vintage glass reviews, I absolutely loved this one!

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Thank you very much! I will try to get another one done soon

@cnfotografia2387 4 года назад

Beautiful photos, beautiful lens, thankful for the images.

@PavSZ 4 года назад

Many thanks!

@rinusworldzm 4 года назад

Great video man. I have one of these. I can't wait to use it now

@gerekappo 4 года назад

I found one by chance doing research, bought it after i saw another youtuber video, and by the lens, find your channel too, beautiful images, love the video, thanks for sharing! i'm subscribed!

@gerekappo 4 года назад

By the way, i paid R$ 100,00 (Brasilian Reais), maybe 25 pence? hahaha great find

@danienelphoto Год назад

About to start testing mine. Will make a video of it soon!

@PavSZ Год назад

cool

@danienelphoto Год назад

Update... I loooove the lens. You can see the video I made about it. Used it for a music video even!

@GJSsongsmith 2 года назад

Another great video Pav , thanks 🙏 , just picking one of these up ! Should be interesting

@PavSZ 2 года назад

Great little lens

@GJSsongsmith 2 года назад

@@PavSZ will be doing some shots tomorrow with it Pav , I’ll keep you posted … did a cool shoot in Bude this morning with my Carl Zeiss Zebra 50 mm 2.8 and the Carl Zeiss 135mm f3.5 MC !

@PavSZ 2 года назад

@@GJSsongsmith NICE!

@donaldlampert331 3 года назад

I love my Meyer Optik/Pentacon lens! Thank you!

@PavSZ 3 года назад

The best!

@jannuijten 2 месяца назад

I also like to use this lens. What you forgot to mention, is that it focusses down to 35 cm!

@PavSZ 2 месяца назад

yes, it does

@jameswburke 2 года назад

Lovely lens on my old Canon 5D body. I've ordered an Urth adapter so it will go on my Sony A7 and A7iii bodies which have focus peaking and higher ISO settings so am looking forward to trying them out. (also a lot lighter rig than the old 5D beast). Thanks for review ;-)

@PavSZ 2 года назад

Thank you for watching! It is soooo much easier using these vintage lenses on mirrorless cameras than DSLRs

@suspendedanimation2269 3 месяца назад

I have a d6 so an EF like your 5d, what adapter did you get? I can’t seem to figure this out lol

@jameswburke 3 месяца назад

@@suspendedanimation2269 M42 to whatever a D6 mount is. I'm not familiar with a D6.

@Seele2015au Год назад

The lack of click-stops in your example means that it was either deliberately taken off, or the mechanism was lost during a previous service: after all it was effected by a tiny coil spring and a small ball bearing, just by removing the latter would get it "de-clicked".

@PavSZ Год назад

interesting

@nirmalya01 11 месяцев назад

Ur presentation is very good.

@PavSZ 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much 🙂

@tridentroy 2 года назад

Awesome but I have 28mm2.8 version & Asis super Sharp as a wide angle 😁

@PavSZ 2 года назад

Very nice!

@nitten13 2 года назад

I have had one of these since the 1990s. It came attached to a Praktica LTL 35mm SLR which long ago stopped working. However I kept this lens, and I return to it for film work. I use it on a Pentax Spotmatic and for video on my Lumix G9. One good thing about this lens is that it can focus almost down to macro level. Particularly on Micro 4/3 cameras. This is the lens I keep returning to and finding a new love for year after year.

@PavSZ 2 года назад

Nice ONE! I still love mine, it just keeps giving and giving

@JuninhoBrasil Год назад

I LOVE THIS LENS! thanks for the video =)

@PavSZ Год назад

Thank you!!

@k4s3l 10 месяцев назад

You can modify aperture blades to make a triangle aperture. It give You unique bokeh. But modification is irreversible unless You have spare aperture blades. I think it applys only for lenses without "Multi coating" writing

@PavSZ 10 месяцев назад

interesting. you can always cut out a triangle in a piece of card and stick it in front of the lens to get triangle bokeh ... less hassle 😉

@rodneymullen16 4 года назад

Just found this lens at home. Thank you so much for this vid!!

@PavSZ 4 года назад

Glad I could help!

@tomasbadino 3 года назад

Hi buddy! Beautiful shots and great content. Do you know if this ones will work on a super 35 sensor of the bmpcc6k? Thanks and keep up the awesome work!

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Thank you very much! I can't see why not - just the same as using any other full frame lens on super 35mm sensor. It will be something like 75mm instead of 50mm of course

@pxtokarev 2 года назад

I prefer the Leica mount lenses like the 35mm summicron or the Voigtlander 35mm color skopar. Small and sharp on a sony 7 or nex

@PavSZ 2 года назад

I absolutely agree! but .... they are also 4 times (or more) expensive

@firehorseweddingphotograph3995 4 года назад

Funnily enough, my mother back in the UK emailed me less than 20 minutes ago to ask me, "has the lens arrived?" THIS LENS for my XT3!

@PavSZ 4 года назад

I can only imagine how good the photos will be from XT-3!!

@firehorseweddingphotograph3995 4 года назад

Adapter delayed until late May though...!!

@PavSZ 4 года назад

@@firehorseweddingphotograph3995 oh no! Amazon ? You could have one this week 😉Where are you based?

@firehorseweddingphotograph3995 4 года назад

@@PavSZ I ordered the Fotodiox via Amazon but I live in France and we are having problems with Amazon right now...

@jonnevangarderen1093 3 года назад

I have a quick hack for any one with this lens. I did it without a tutorial: (don't mind my English, i'm rusty) If you unscrew the mount (you dont need te be scared, its eazy and you can't break anything, unless you're some mad person using an electric screwdriver). Then you take of the mount and you can remove the apature ring. You'll find groves on the ring and on between one of those groves you'll find a small ball in/on the lens (well its tiny, not small :P). If you remove that ball you de-click it. Put it back together, that the biggest pain. Automatic is now manualon my lens, but i don't care. It's that simple!

@dedclownsRfunny 3 года назад

I did that once by accident lol. The balls are now somewhere underneath my bed…

@jonnevangarderen1093 3 года назад

@@dedclownsRfunny It was an accident for me two, I wanted to place a filter in between the apature blades and the back elements when I discovered it

@augustineapdrai 4 года назад

Thank you.

@e.esiyok 2 года назад

Hii dear friend. Thx for ths good video. This lens amazing ! Is this a macro lens ?

@PavSZ 2 года назад

thanks! it's not a macro lens

@Polish_Pete Год назад

thank you i have one myself:D using it with d7000 ( my lense is praktica mount bu i have an adapter) what a beast !!!

@PavSZ Год назад

Very nice!

@suspendedanimation2269 3 месяца назад

Is that an EF mount? If so what adapter did you buy? I want one of these lenses but don’t know what adapter I need

@Polish_Pete 3 месяца назад

@@suspendedanimation2269 amazon - Fotodiox Pro Lens Mount Adapter, Praktica B-System (also know as PB) Lens to Nikon DSLRs Camera, PB-Nikon Pro

@SuperDeadparrot 15 дней назад

I think I paid Can$76 including the shipping. I attach it to my EOS M camera.

@PavSZ 15 дней назад

Cool!

@mainakdey6878 Год назад

Thanks for this informative video 🙂 Pentaflex Auto 50 1.8 or Pentacon 50 1.8 which is better? Also do they have intermediate f stops? Please share if any of these are radioactive coated. I love the rendition of Mamiya Sekor 55. Your response helps me in purchase decision

@PavSZ Год назад

Thank you for watching! I never used Pentaflex or Mamiya so it is hard for me to advise

@hoodaud Месяц назад

I have this lens, unfortunately the aperture is stuck often.

@PavSZ Месяц назад

yeah, it happens with some of them

@giovannagalli271 3 месяца назад

Buongiorno. Quale adattatore si può utilizzare per Canon 5d III? L'AF resta attivo? Grazie.

@imp6990 3 года назад

Nice video. Please tell me, is there any diference between your version of pentacon and the electric one ? thank you

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Sorry but I am not aware of the electric version of this lens

@myblueandme Год назад

which is better 50 mm 1.8 Pancolar or Pentacon?

@PavSZ Год назад

I have only had a pleasure to use Pentacon 50mm so don't really have an opinion

@lillymoon8088 2 года назад

Hi , great lens sir, end exceellent sample photos with really Nice bokeh👏I am new in photography and I am interested could it be used on Nikon d 3400 AF-P dx with m42 adapter?

@PavSZ Год назад

I don't think you will get infinity focus with any adapted lens on Nikon DSLR cameras. The distance between the mirrors/sensor and the lens is not right as far as I know

@C.Church 2 года назад

Thank you for the video samples. It's what I was looking for.:) Anyone adapt this to a Canon M50 ii? I have the screw-on type of this lens. If you have, which adapter did you use?

@PavSZ 2 года назад

screw on type is m42 mount, just need to find m42 adapter to whatever m50 is

@C.Church 2 года назад

@@PavSZ Yep. I was thinking if those don't exist (anyone find one?), maybe I'll get one that fits the EF and put that onto the Villtrox speedboost I'll be getting soon to fit nicer lenses on. I can't imagine putting a basic ring adapter onto the Villtrox will be problematic. But that may be noob naivete talking. ;)

@oricoh 3 года назад

Thanks for the review - which adapter did you use for the Nikon Z ?

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Thank you for watching. I use K&F M42 to Nikon Z adapter

@oricoh 3 года назад

@@PavSZ Thanks and Its good for the Helios 44 right?

@stevemozzie6497 4 года назад

Bought one off ebay for £20. Just started buying vintage lenses during the lockdown, I need to STOP! My favourite is the Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f2.8.

@stevefrith7283 3 года назад

@@frankie2666 I have this lens as well.

@stevefrith7283 3 года назад

@@frankie2666 I also have this one but 44M-5

@stevefrith7283 3 года назад

@@frankie2666 I haven't seen such a lens.

@stevefrith7283 3 года назад

@@frankie2666 It's a 50mm not a 55mm?

@malchev_g 2 года назад

I have this lens on a praktica but suddenly the aperture ring stopped working (lens stays wide open) do you guys have an idea what might be wrong?

@PavSZ 2 года назад

sounds broken to me

@rachmatfadlin 2 года назад

Hi Pav, enjoying your video very much! Regarding the adapter, I have DC G100 which I want to use with Pentacon, what adapter should I go with? Thanks!

@PavSZ 2 года назад

Thank you! You need m42 to MFT (Micro Four Thirds) adapter

@rachmatfadlin 2 года назад

@@PavSZ Thanks a lot, Pav! Definitely subscribing to get the latest from you. One question though, will the adapter match all the Pentacon?

@andreaszebua6314 3 года назад

what the difference with orange mark lens ? same lens but the mark is orange.

@PavSZ 3 года назад

No idea, sorry - never seen one with the orange mark.

@leonardodelpuertoburk2439 3 года назад

I feel like new cheap kit lenses are terrible compared to all these old ones, maybe because part of the money has to cover all the electronics. Meanwhile old ones were mostly glass.

@PavSZ 3 года назад

true!

3 года назад

...and then you realize they had a 135/2.8 and a 29/2.8 and then you just have to get them and they also deliver

@PavSZ 3 года назад

I'd love to get my hands on 135mm!

@suspendedanimation2269 3 месяца назад

I want to buy one but I’m confused about how to adapt it to a canon eos 6d EF mount. Does anyone know what adapter I need?

@PavSZ 3 месяца назад

m42 to ef - lots of them available

@dynamax1041 2 года назад

Hii Dear friend. Pentacon 50mm is a radioactive lens ?

@PavSZ 2 года назад

I'm not sure

@andreaszebua6314 3 года назад

can we paired this lens to full frame DSLR ?

@PavSZ 3 года назад

only with full frame - all samples in my video were shot with Nikon Z6 and Sony a7III full frame cameras

@quattro30 2 года назад

Is this one part of some of the radioactive lenses?

@PavSZ 2 года назад

I don't think so - too new

@quattro30 2 года назад

@@PavSZ thanks !

@hunterxhunter6957 Год назад

I have this 50mm 1.8,on e mouth

@PavSZ Год назад

nice

@cinelens4945 Год назад

Beter than Helios 44m

@PavSZ Год назад

much better - it's a proper lens, not a mistake

@cinelens4945 Год назад

@@PavSZ Thank u so much. I will buy a pentacon 50mm than 😊🙏

@muhittincankorkut6094 3 года назад

is these images are taken with full frame or crop?

@PavSZ 3 года назад

full frame with Sony a7III and Nikon Z6

@muhittincankorkut6094 3 года назад

@@PavSZ thank you for the video btw :)

@user-ff9ez5mq1u 2 года назад

hey pav could you please suggest some cheaper lenses for L mount 😌 ( Af )

@PavSZ 2 года назад

Apart from Lumix own S f1.8 line there are no other budget friendly AF lenses available for L-mount. However I think that Lumix camera are the best for shooting with vintage and manual lenses with

@izcyk Год назад

If i got an adapter it gonna work eith nikon d3200?

@PavSZ Год назад

kind of. You might not get focus to infinity with Nikon due to the distance from the mount to the sensor

@izcyk Год назад

@@PavSZ i know but I will use it for portraits

@bosnianphysique8207 3 года назад

Can i use for my alpha a68

@PavSZ 3 года назад

is there is an adapter from M42 to Sony a mount then the answer is ... yes

@denisaciobanu7143 3 года назад

It can be used on a Canon 700d?

@PavSZ 3 года назад

Yes - you need m42 to es adaptor. what country are you in?

@conormcgregor8359 4 года назад

Can it fit on nikon d5300??

@PavSZ 4 года назад

as I said in my video - Nikon is one odd. There are M42 to Nikon adapters but lenses will not focus to infinity. So it will work - probably about to portrait distance but you won't be able to focus on anything further away. There are adapters for Nikon (M42 to Nikon) claiming that they can maintain infinity focus but I never had any luck. Those adapters with the glass in them are complete waste of time as they reduce the photo quality

@conormcgregor8359 4 года назад

@@PavSZdo you know any other 135 mm cheap lenses?

@conormcgregor8359 4 года назад

@@PavSZ and would that portrait mode be 1.8 f?