"I happened to be purchasing a large volume of old camera lenses that I was repurposing for lightsaber parts." That's one hell of a throwaway introduction. Disney has built entire franchise movies on a weaker elevator pitch than that.

I'm happy that you specifically got these lens, I hope you turn them into magic content that this world needs 🌎💚

A maker and a photographer... now this is exactly what I want to see on KZfaq!

man your cinematography and video editing is absolutely top tier. This kind of quality is usually only found in Netflix level / Hollywood budget films. Not to take away from the magic, but the community would benefit greatly from a behind the scenes shoot one day. Drop some luts, color and vfx tuts. Your work is an inspiration.

I love this. It seems that nowadays it’s so rare to find anything sleeping in a thrift shop, with shared knowledge online and all.

To say you got lucky is a clear understatement, especially in a time where everyone can just look up prices online. I'm very happy for you!

The quality of your content, the visuals, the sound, the script, it's astonishing. A true inspiration!

I found your channel just this morning and I really wanna ask who the hell is this dude who shoots and grades these amazing videos and builds lightsabers, lens housings and 3d prints his own prop helmet along with lights and does vfx? This is so damn cool

Love these videos so much

Can't get over the fact how cinematic the first shot was...and every one after lol. Insane!🔥

Every time I watch your videos i'm just completely transported and immersed into this world you've made.

First, before I even watch further past the 1 minute mark. I have to say, your honesty about not knowing what these were and how you stumbled on their value from an article by the great JCH is something from a beforetime. I appreciate that.

I love that dropping 3K on the junk find is still an incredible deal. The bokeh is indeed delicious, and this whole video production made me smile.

What an amazing find! Don't have much knowledge of cinema lenses at all and never knew the whole "re-housing" process. Very cool stuff. I thought I struck it big when I found an Olympus miju ii for 7 bucks ha.

You're a machinist?! Boy, I'd love to see some videos of you at the lathe in a workshop, but filmed in a cinematic cyberpunk atmosphere!!

The sheer amount of production quality for a youtube channel is astonishing. Hats off to you my friend.

Best thrift store find of my life was a government issue tape player that I paid a buck 25 for and sold it a week later for 150 dollars. I can't imagine finding something worth thousands.

Man what a score!!! Rehousing a set of lenses is on my bucket list.

I have to admit, I don't pay too much attention to what the title of your videos are because I know the cinematography, editing and storytelling will be sublime, so I know to just dive straight in. How you only have sub 70k subscribers is beyond me.

Goosebumps! The shot at 3:48 looks amazing.

It's incredible how you are able to put out content of such high quality so frequently! Keep it up, these videos are awesome

The best thrift store finds for me are finding a fully working Sony Alpha Mirrorless camera with kit lens and battery for $12 and a Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L for under $300 (came with a broken AE-1 which I sold).

As jealous as one can be about someone else making a find like this, at least you absolutely and very much deserve it. Great work.

Your videos are true cinematic experiences every time. They're not just videos that get lost among the countless, samey other content out there. Love it.

Forget the lenses, these videos you make a truly cinematic.

Wow the color rendition of that lens is mind blowing. The bokeh is unlike anything I have ever seen in my life!

you presented and explained it's worth so well that it really helped me understand how awesome this was!

Score! I think everyone is due a score like this once in a while. Looking forward to the results.

The production value on your content is second to none. You should be the DP for the next big Netflix cerebral sci-fi mindfuck!

Wow! What a find! So glad they found you!

I also stumbled upon the find of a lifetime today. Your channel! Man the production on these video's is mindblowing.

Your videos man… so damn wonderful, and this is coming from someone who works in film/TV and sees amazing looking stuff on the regular. Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks for checking the site!

I love the aesthetic of your videos

The grading in this video just is hitting different, need to know!! Amazing work as always.

Your're literally my favorite KZfaqr, the production Quality is above Hollywood, you're insane, keep up this work!!!

Those lenses found their way into the right hands.

Most expensive junk I "found" was in a room at my former work place 8 year ago. If you're not familiar with Sony Trinitron Broadcast monitors you might not understand how hard my heart was pounding when I opened that door and saw what essentially amounted to $50,000 in old CRTs (back then, now the amount is closer to $250,000). Some of them were used but others were in pristine condition and marked as "backup" which probably meant they had never even been turned on before which essentially raises their value by 2 times what they would normally go for. My job, and why I was in that room, was to palatize them to be disposed of by an e-waste company. I did my job but asked my boss if I could get cleared to take them home if they were just going to be disposed of anyways. He said he would talk to his boss about it. Unfortunately, he went on vacation 2 days later and I never heard back. They sat on a wooden pallet, in our shipment receiving area for two weeks. During that time I finally went and talked to the company manager and asked if I could have them. She told me that the e-waste company wasn't coming to pick them up since they didn't dispose of CRTs for free anymore and that I could have them if she could clear it with the company first (they do things by the book). I was so friggin elated! I had wanted one of these things since I learned about them in 2012 but they were always to expensive and out of reach. I had the next two days off, my boss came back from vacation while I was gone, learned that the e-waste company wasn't coming and that the pallet of PVM and BVMs was still there taking up "his" receiving space, and he threw all 14 of them in the industrial trash compactor. I started work again the day this happened and apparently missed the event by about an hour. When I saw that the pallet was missing I thought they had just moved it somewhere else out of the way but when I went to throw some trash out I recognized the shattered glass and metal housings of the extremely expensive CRTs... God I was so depressed. I asked him what happened and after he told me "he" threw them out and why, I was super pissed off for the rest of the day. I didn't say anything to him about it, I just did my job and then left 8 hours later. I'm still angry about it to this day. A piece of history was thrown away to make room for cheap nick knacks.

Wow, that pan with the lens flare at 3:26 was stunning. Perfect way to guide the eyes to the subject.

Came for a quick x100v opinion because I'm desperately to get back into photography. Stayed for the incredibly cinematography and storytelling you've achieved with these videos. Absolutely hooked. Definitely will look into your Patreon soon. Great videos!

I've always wondered how much those Zero Optik rehoused lenses cost. It's not half bad when you consider how much an incredibly beat up S35 cine lenses is going for these days.

Wow, this is a very interesting piece. It proves true that one man's garbage is another's treasure. You knew what to look for and how to capitalize on the find. Congratulations!

" it's GOLD JERRY ... GOLD ! " great video as usual ! 👌

So lovingly made, this video, it oozes attention to detail and a unique taste and craft. I love the visuals. I think that 35mm thrift lens found the right owner in the end.

Most creative and cinematic Channel i've seen.

Brah, the cinematography is out of this world 🙌

Unreal how you only have 65k subs. Your content and storytelling is unparalleled. Keep up the amazing work!

this is the most creative stylized review series.

The Lighthouse is absolutely one of my favorite films of all time as well. Inspiring stuff! I love your content man

This has to be the coolest story and the coolest find!, jusut found youur channel and have already burned through almost all your vids haha. MORE!

SO FUN! Thanks for sharing your journey :)

Ok, so either GX is now rich, or a very happy owner of a set of really rare lenses. :D

What is this channel all about? The editing and sound design are on an amazing level, content seems to be photography related, yet i've never ever heard of it... I even stayed through the insane Patreon plug, feeling like i am watching White Rose from Mr Robot Oo

Who better in this whole world to have found this treasure trove. Congratulations!

The best thrift find I ever found were a pair of Yamaha NS10 in a 9/10 condition with matching serial numbers. Great video man!

Hands down the most artistic photography youtube channel.

Dude the production quality and the sound design makes me feel like I'm in a theater.

Whew, this lens is insane. Congrats to hitting the camera lottery 😎

I watch all yt videos in 1080p but when it comes to your videos i do 4k plus i change my gaming headset to some IEMS just to enjoy you art.

This is the first video I've seen of yours. The moment the voice effects and headset popped up, I immediately sent this to my filmmaking buddy. Unreal man. Been a while since I was inspired by a KZfaq video.

These Cinema reviews are fantastic as always!

This guy is fucking dope making coolest videos ever and casually machining lens housing in a shop, the video ascetic is amazing you deserve 10x the views

I just go to this channel and click "Play All" whenever I work and want to achieve 100% focus. Quite ironic how the audio of this photography-centered content doesn't lose much substance. Thank you.

SUPER HAPPY TO SEE GOOD STUFF IN A GOOD USER'S HAND!!!!! USE THEM FOR YOUR FUTURE PROJECT !!!!!!!!!

Saw one of your videos! And just fell in love with your own style of work. Now um binging. Hats off mate!

Forget the lens, what the hell are you. This video is top notch creativity.

I am truly mesmerized by the production value, truly magical. You deserves wayy more views and subscriber

Ok I knew it was good but holy crap that bokeh 😍😍!! WOW

I can not sate enough how amazing your videos are. I don't know why, but sometimes I even feel emotional watching your videos, truly a master you are. I'm not even that interested in cameras and photography! I sometimes loose myself in your videos and really can suspend my present and get completely engrossed in the mindset that we're living in a cyberpunk future and I'm watching videos on crazy old and cool cameras. I love it. Keep up the great work!

That lens really does have an incredible look. Thats the most cat's eye I've ever seen in a lens, putting helios' to shame. And in a 35mm and not 58mm to boot.

Always makes my day seeing your work, thank you for another killer video!

Great work as always! Can't wait for more of your content

love this score

That Baltar clip is just gorgeous. 😮

This is possibly the greatest yt channel I have ever found on youtube. That lens looked incredible, great find!

I thought I was lucky finding some vintage super 8 effects filters in a thrift!

what a gemof a channel wow, i like this style of videos so much, it looks and sounds here like from a movie

Oh man, can you make a tutorial on how you light those scenes? This is so spectacular!

I would LOVE to see some of the process behind your videos, your creativity is really inspirational.

Hi, something tells me, they are in the right hands now! They simply waited for YOU :-)

i think it's safe to say you won that junkyard find game 😄😄

Alright brb, now going to the thirft store before anyone does. This channel is a *hidden beauty.*

gxace : the boquet is one of the best i've ever seen, the contrast is excellent as well me watching that video with night light on : mmmmmh yes

Why is your video production so f*cking amazing! Blown away! +1 new sub

Those videos are crazy, the style, the quality, wow...

Hey man, just wanted to say that, as a director, before watching your videos I didn't really care that much about lenses... Now I've been looking at lenses non-stop every day for the past two months and found a deeper understanding of my likes, dislikes and style. Thank you.

i think i just stumbled upon one of the coolest KZfaq channels ever

I'm blown away, as usual. You never fail to impress...

recognized Tony Anderson's Retour in the background. such an amazing artist, one of my favorite composers of all time. also, amazing video by you as always!

The totality of this video convinced me to subscribed.

So jelly 😂! That's very awesome! It's so inspiring I love your work!

That bokeh is incredible. Great find Casey. Definitely worth shelling out the money to house them.

Boah. Another epic vid. Your use of music is incredible.

These videos are on a completely other level. I bow before you sire.

What an amazing story!!!!

Might be time to have a look around myself and see what's out there

Dude, you are one of the most talented person i ever saw on KZfaq.

Again dude, your content productions are just off the charts! Looove your work!

Hoooooly crap that lens looks gorgeous!

Goddamnit everything you release is nothing short of epic.