I'm from Görlitz! :D

I love it when relatively cheap lenses can offer up amazing results. Ok, sure wide open it's not super sharp, but I can already think of scenarios where I'd want that stylistic look for certain parts of documentaries I've worked on. You have my head spinning with ideas. It might finally be time for me to get into the vintage game 😮

I'd love to see what a "GOOD" photographer can actually get with this lens! I'm blown away by it! - UPDATE: Cooke LOOK is based on the foundation Cooke Triplet Optical Design this lens uses. I'm not saying you can get COOK CINEMA LENSES LOOK with this lens. It's an interpreted look without a clear definition of what exactly it is. Where it comes from is clear.

Now the price of this lens will go up - I have a love hate relationship with these "reveal" videos, which cause vintage lenses to become more expensive.

You should just learn to disassemble and reassemble these lenses now. You love them so much. This is the natural progression. And take us along for the ride so we can learn with you.

Beautiful!

Another gem mate ! Grandad would be proud ! what a awesome lens and for $20 , you can't beat it very cool ! great ending , made me laugh cheers .

Bravo Mark... another thorough and in-depth review! Hope you and your precious family are well, keep up the magnificent job, absolutely enjoy your channel!!!

The only thing missing here is a comparision with a cooke lens or explanation why you see "the cooke look" with is lens.

Love the bit about testing and experimenting with these lenses. The more you understand these lenses, the more amazing stuff you’ll create!

Great GREAT video, thanks Mark😍

Always great information, Mark. Vintage is life.

Absolutely love your channel. I am excited to look around for some vintage lenses to experiment with.

Lol That ending! Great stuff man. Inspired me to dust off some old “bargain” lenses that I haven’t used in ages. Can’t wait for the next video!

Awesome video with tons of value, I've watched several videos and helped me find some gems for photography and videography. Keep up the amazing work!

Whole Video: An absolutely confident cool guy who knows what he is talking about. 8:55 : His mother calls him her special boy. 😂

Haha, I'm totally picking one of these up. What a unique look! If it's unique, then it's worth owning.

Fantastic video! I will definitely be looking to pick this one up!

This lens, boy, slowly just proves to be a champ. Speed boosted I give it a chefs kiss

dude im in love with your story telling!! Just came across your channel. Love the work amigo!

damn! now i need this lens! Thanks Mark!

Hey there, just popping in to say I really appreciate your videos! Keep making them!!!

So awesome to get out and shoot with a lens with such history, especially being your grandfather's. As usual, this is so well edited. Like a documentary! Great work!

Great as usual ✅

Love the images from this lens. Artistic for sure !!

Fantastic review, picked up 3 of these as a result (I got 3 cameras and sometimes like the uniformity when I use all 3 at once with certain multicam shoots). I've been shooting ALMOST exclusively with vintage lenses. Found them to be amazing to learn and shoot with. AF on any system has not just been my thing. Thank you for your excellent review!

Woah this is a very fun and unique lens! The price is sweet :P i really like your videos

Entertaining and informative as always 👍

Awesome stuff Mark! I've added this lens to my wishlist.

I owned this lens. It's the only lens I ever threw out. It was just too bad to keep. The MOG Oreston 50mm f1.8, also produced as the Pentacon 50mm f1.8, is a far better choice and also quite inexpensive.

That ending was...... FAAAABULUUUUUUUS! Great video!

Amazing content as always.

Awesome edit!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘

Just dropping by to say THANK YOU . Your video helped me buy an Oreston 50 mm 1.8 . Wish you all the best !

Hey I know nothing about cameras, but I would like to say your channel has really high quality production and interesting information

Finally a new video from you. ;)

I really like your videos. Always interesting

I am just glad that your channel is not as big yet as it is going to be soon. For the time being us lucky viewers still can cheaply get these lenses before Mathieu Stern covers them ^^ I am very happy to have found your channel, the cinematics and storytelling are outstanding, keep it up man!

Sometimes I feel like with your ability of storytelling, I could watch your video about literary anything. Great job, keep it up, man!

might be your best one yet

Very well done. Interesting, entertaining and useful.

Oh hell yeah, woke up to see this on my homepage! This lens looks really solid, too. I'll have to try it for infrared photography/video.

Well done!

Always love your video's. I held off from buying this lens because of the bad reviews I've seen before, but now it might pick it up if I ever see it for a good price.

Awesome video, love the bokeh and comparisons/split screen edits. That drone shot helped stitch together a nice scene transition and the funny Jim Carrey like ending was a nice wrap to this video. Inspiring me to do some more lens comparison videos!

I still have an old 35 year soviet lens, the bokeh and lens flayers is insane 😲. Great video 🤙

That's a classic looking lens, and the bokeh is gorgeous and glittery. I find that halation fascinating as I enjoy that glowy highlight look of film. I also just learned the term "soap bubble bokeh!" I never knew there was a name for it.

Another masterpiece from you Mark!! Loved it! The look of this lense is really unique and amazing. Binging your videos has a slight risk at buying all these vintage lenses 😅😆 But for now I will focus on using my fathers FD 50mm F1.4, which he bought in the 80s. Will try to learn as much as possible through this lens regarding photography. For videos I currently have to use an AF lens. Otherwise I can't get an sharp image, because amateur beginner 😆 Greetings from 🇩🇪 😉

Once again a great video 😊👍... Meyer optik lenses are always a pleasure and a fun. I don't have the Domiplan but the Meyer optik görlitz orestor 100mm f2.8 first version with 15 aperture blades. This is also a real pleasure to work with

nice video! I love your editing style too!

It reminds me a lot of the Tessar. Gotta love the bubble bokeh!

I've just discovered this lens, shall look forward to using it when it arrives.

Damn bro the presentation for this is amazing! I feel like I'm watching something on Netflix!!

Killer video per the usual. Added to cart 🛒.

I love this channel! I'm looking forward for more videos regarding vintage lenses (:

Got mine today, £35 in very good condition, no lens caps but I can get them, look forward to having some fun with this one. Mark you're a diamond finding these gems👍

Great video! I have that lens with original Praktica PL Nova 1 from 1967 and I use it with pleasure.

Psst... I have one and it really does look the part, fantastic street lens. That Cooke triplet though! UGH, it's so good! Buy one before Petapixel reposts this; you can find them locally on Praktica cameras often enough...

I found one in the attic attached to an old zenit camera, gave a good clean to it and now it shines again. Not the most impressive vintage but it defintely has its place in any collection. If you like this lens, get the Oreston 1.8!

Gotta set that reminder on for that Mark Holtze content

I got this lens together with 3 other vintage lenses for 35US$ here in Sweden. Happy days

I bought my first in February of this year, only because it was attached to an Exa 500 I liked the look of. Now I have eleven Exa's and Exakta's of different models they are beautiful to behold, the older they get the more I like them, only six of these are fitted with the Meyer Optic Gorliz, all of them specific to EXA and EXAKTA cameras.

Mark that lens looks really good, I have just ordered a 16m projector lens, got knows how i am going to mount it, A mir 1 35mm and a Helios 35mm i think.... Because of you my lens collection is growing. One of the channels I would recommend for vintage lenses is zenography the guy really good knowledge of vintage lenses

You referenced the Takumar for close focus comparison, but overall do you think you like this better? I’m mad in love with my Takumar. Great video, too. Love this stuff!

Love your vintage lens videos! Exactly what I am looking for (and much more). Trying to find the best possible prime lenses for my humble Super 16mm modded Krasnogorsk-3 film camera, which has the M42 mount. Just need to find out how to keep the spring loaded pin inside for the lenses to work. Already got the Zenitar 16, which is a good wide angle for 16mm film, even though it has barrel distortion. I took the spring mechanism out and it works perfectly. Any ideas how to keep the pin inside without ruining the lens?

great inspiring video! I'm catched by the very pictorial and flat results of this lens. I especially enjoyed the part of the video about "why" shooting with vintage lenses... the control of chromatic aberrations can be due to the almost symmetrical design of the lens, where an aberration introduced by the front block is almost completely compensated by the (almost symmetrically specular) rear element. that's the same principle behind the Planar design

WTF?? last time i checked your channel it was something like two years ago... i clicked now, just because of interest and maaaaan, your visuals, storytelling, like overal quality is like TOP. I was like, do i watch VOX video? subscribed, little late, but still... great!!! gonna get this lens somehow!!!

Looks like it could have been used as a prop for early light saber designs haha (yo the production value on this vid is wild man, goooooood stuff)

I didn't know much about this lens but it seems to be a glass that could be great to experiment with (an experimental fashion movie could be the right kind of project, for example). I personally like to watch 'out-of-radar' lenses/gear reviews and I hope to see more content like this in the future (maybe some Yashica-related stuff?). Good work.

Hey. Mark! Awesome video! Btw AWESOME music! Can you share where you source your music from?

Jim Carrey of the vintage lens world. Love your work Mark.

Great video Mark. The Meyer Optik line is pretty expansive. Never knew. You could almost start a channel just on the number of lenses available apart from the 50mm f 2.8. Hope you get to show a few more in the line up. Make some great viewing.

Absolutely great video, even if it will inflate the price of these lenses 😂 glad I stumbled across your channel. Keep it up

The Meyer Optic Görlitz guys were just bad ass. Period.

I did. I really like it. Cooke triplet, needs some suntan lotion. when you have the background separated and with an anamorphic, just has a look to it.

I really really like your videos. And it is easy to explain why: It's this combination of facts, presentation, your ability to really show that you do not only tell stories. And it's always a pleasure to watch. Sound, grading, footage - it just works. Regarding this lens and basically lenses in general: What is the basic rule when you create a video or film: It's the joy you great for the viewer. And yes - modern lenses can be crazy good, sharp with perfect colors. But what happens to the footage: You edit it, try to make it more pleasing - you try to create a piece of art and completely change the esthetics of it. So many times it makes more sense to use old glass, with unique characteristics and great something that is impossible to emulate in post. So you start with painting pictures with light and then add a little something here in there. And the results can be so good. :) I also have this lens. I already have it for a long time.And I like it ... but I nearly forgot about it. So after your video, I simply have to use it again. So ... thanks for sharing your thoughts and this video. Take care!

Great video as usual! I've seen this at auction sites plenty of times but never got hold of one. Have the Industar-50-2 50mm F3.5 though, and I guess it is something in the same ballpark (different optical formula though).

Damn he almost convince me he is sane XD ...but the last 10 seconds though... Now for real, really good video! I admire your photographic and communicational skills!

Excellent review of......not the lens but your inception of your vintage experience. Someone much older left you something special that would have been missed if you were close minded and afraid. But here you are, knee deep in modern digital and connecting the values of the old with the new. My favorite free-be that got me into this was my Mamiya 50 2.0. Yellowing radioactive goodness. I shoot all my professional interviews with this free lens because it’s detail is magical and natural.

Felicitaciones y que bueno tener un gran abuelo.

I picked up a pre-Pentax Takumar earlier this year (Asahi 58mm f/2.4, circa 1955), their first lens optimised for colour, and one of the last designed without use of a computer. I needed it to fill a gap in my focal length range that I was sorely missing since my grandfather's 1965-ish SLR with it's Mamiya-built 58mm f/1.7 crapped out, and since modern 58mm lenses are both rare and very expensive, I opted to go for a probably indestructable and 100% mechanical solution. The Tak is a preset lens with no automation whatsoever, so aperture actuation is controlled with a third ring, meaning there are likely fewer components to experience wear, and no fast actions to cause wear. It's older than my parents, and will probably outlast me if I take care of it. Though it won't win any image quality tests, it's in good shape, and it provides an experience no modern lens can match. The biggest technical benefit compared to modern lenses is that it (and the previously mentioned Mamiya) contains a ridiculously high number of aperture blades for the price. I couldn't get an exact count, but it's something around 12-14, so bokeh at any aperture is perfectly round. It's especially impressive considering just how tiny the lens is, and probably highly inefficient considering only a decade later similar lenses would be produced with only 5-6 blades. It uses a Heliar optical design, a variation on the Cooke triplet, and normally reserved for longer and slower lenses. That your Meyer Optik opts for a simple triplet past the mid-60's surprised me, but I guess it's an efficient design. Still, in every aspect my Tak is totally unique, so it'll have a place in my regular setup for hopefully as long as I live, and as long it lives I'll probably never replace it.

There many mixed reviews on this lens. I have one which is very good as well and can make pictures with lots of 3D pop. If you buy this lens, make sure that it has never been taken apart and that the aperture mechanism works. These are two things to watch for. This lens, when taken apart (usually to repair the aperture mechanism), will often be reassembled with a de centered rear element. It is very critical for this rear element to be perfectly centered. Many reviews of this lens are based on lenses that have a poorly centered rear element.

Very much enjoyed the video. I have three Domiplan versions in my Exakta collection. I don't use them often. Too many other great lenses and I seem to go and grab my Pancolar first and a Tessar second. But the Domiplans are fun. Got me thinking that tomorrow I will pull one out and take some shots.

Woooooow I'll take it

Fun video, and nice shots! I have always liked Meyer Optik lenses, and their Pentacon incarnations. And while they aren’t the finest cameras ever made........ I also have a soft spot for Praktica/Pentacon cameras. My several Pentacon Super TL’s may be average cameras, but they make me happy when I use them! Seems like you enjoy using your simple Domiplan........ I like mine, too

Did I miss the comparison to Cooke lenses? Or any mention during the video of Cooke optics?

This lens is 1977-78,i bouhgt it with my first Practica. I threw it away after a month,but i use it today on my Sony. Great lens for womans in some age. :)

Wow really 20?! Aw snow so beautiful ! Miss it so much in Germany

Random question but where did you get your neon light made ???

The bokeh on that lens is SUPER prominent... but for some reason i like it! very stylized

Did you ever tried the Auto Rikenon 55mm f1.4? If so, would you recommend it? I’m very interested in your thoughts!

My Rolleicord has a coated Cooke lens. The lens is fantastic for portraits. I use a lens hood to control flare.

That lens is sitting right next to me in my bookshelf, mounted on my granddads exakta. Sadly the aperture is stuck. Are there any fast and simple fixes for this Problem or is buying a new one a cheeper option? Awesome video, I never thought that this lens is actually a little gem

Thanks for the stunning videos always but I have a question Is the Automatic version is different from the Meyer Optic ?

So a dumb question, i could buy FOTODIOX M42 - E (Sony) adapter, and the Meyer Optik Görliz 50mm F/2.8 lens to use it for my Sony a6000 ?

I have the exact same lens, but my diaphragm is stuck in open position. Planning to use this on my Sony a6300 (waiting for my ordered Fotodiox adapter).

Great. I'm a big fan for vintage lenses, but I admit I don't have this glass yet. I have to change it !!!! Very interesting lens. Another very interesting glass "NDR" is Biotar 50mm F1.4 from a Pentaflex camera (16mm camera but this glass covers APSC)

Привет, Марк. Однозначно лайк!!!! Давно от тебя ничего не было. Посмотрел твои видео. Всё очень хорошо. Класс. Молодец.

Beautiful. Im cuban. Love bricolage too. And I love your passion for it. I do my best according my limitatoons country, but i can find vintage lenses like russians Pentax and carl zeiss too. I have a flektogon 20mm f4 that have an impressive near focus 0.8m. And the boqueh is nervous too like this meyer. Congrats keep doing this job. And sorry about my english.

Hi Mark , please can u make a review about the pentax k 28mm f3.5 , thank u