I see Jason lost the bet eh.

Nobody else commented about most of Caleb’s lenses “coming in a crusty old sock.” I must have been a lens when I was a teenager. 😂

i always appreciate your good vibes. would love to see ya'll do more street stuff!

So cool how fast your channel is growing in the last couple of month! And it's really amazing that you are still answering like every comment! Much love and respect!!!

Came for the background noise, stayed for the good vibes review. Also, the Portugal-made Leica 28mm f5.6 is worth the price, and it actually has a great quality without being washed out by bright light. It's quite incredible, especially for black and white, the micro-contrast is beautiful.

These style lenses are so cool looking and I bet they feel great to use! Great video man!

Enjoyed the review and you got some nice street shots. Well done, dude! I didn't have a 28mm. Ended up going for the new Voigtlander 28 f 2.8. Images look pretty good on digital and should see film results soon. Keep up the good work.

Great video as always dude!

Awesome, not tried lomo 800 before, will do though after seeing these awesome results. The lens looks great interesting how it performs and the quirks you found.

I truly enjoy your video presentations 😊

That hair though should have its own channel.😍

Great video Caleb....I'm like that little kid in the black t-shirt...I cannot decide between a Bessa R and an M6.

Awesome! I was considering this for my M, was curious how this performed, though I hear Voigtlander has a 28mm 2.8 on the way (even though I rarely shoot that open on a 28mm). Anyway, was really digging the music choice around the 7:45 mark, any chance I can get a song/artist ID?

wonderful shot of the suitcase vendor ♥

I like the 26mm on my Canon AF-10, not tight but just a hairs breadth over fisheye territory. Fantastic stuff again Caleb.

You should try the newly released Voigtlander 28mm f 2.8. Sounds like that would be a better lens for the way you shoot. They have that one for M mount and LTM too. I just picked up the LTM for my Leica iiig. I'd be interested to see a comparison between the voigt and the TT.

it does have an odd flaring that happens, but for the price, hard to beat. I replaced the lens hood with a better, round one from Amazon and it helps cut down on the flaring and makes changin aperture easier. But I literally put it on f/8 at 3 feet and have a blast.

I listened to your explanation of the black tshrt and Raiders jacket 4 times. I understood what your saying but could there be a simpler reason that the tshirt is cotton and flat black and the jacket is of a satin like material that's going to be reflective anyway. Or am I just plain nuts

Those infinity locks are easy to “deactivate”: Just unscrew the screw at the bottom of the focus button. Nothing to hate here, my friend. :)

The lines look straight in the shots. Is that straight out of the camera, or is there distortion correction? I’ve seen mirrorless lenses that you can practically make a roundabout from the curved lines.

Hi Caleb...great video but who is that singing 8 minutes into your video, shazam cant find it, is it Jason?

I have been eyeing a 28mm for my Nikon F4. I have a 20mm f2.8 but I feel like a 28 or 35mm would be muchhhh better. Love Lomo800 and need to shoot a roll myself for sure. Great video as always dude and lets get a B&C in Kansas City. :)

When it comes to Street photography, and apparently this lens & hood combo, zone focusing will be your best friend. The advice I've always heard is to pick where you're going to be shooting and stick to those conditions: go 8-16, set your focus, set your shutter speed, go ham. If the lighting is consistent you shouldn't have any issues, just frame and shoot. If the lighting changes, like if you go from the sunny side to the shady side of the street, quickly adjust and move on. With Street, you're trying to get the shot as quickly as possible, those moments are like lightning but you have to be quicker; best way to have your camera already set for it and you just have to hit the shutter.

What’s the thing on the flash shoe, viewfinder?

I got one of these lenses March 2022. Shot about 10,000 frames with it between March-December 2022. At the beginning the 5.6 max aperture and the cumbersome+small focus knob made it feel somewhat limiting, then I quickly realized that those were it’s strength and literally point&shooting with it at f8 and focus a hair past 3m mark became quite liberating. I wish they had a focus lock at 3meters. The fact that it is a very small lens made the camera feel better balanced that when using a Ultron, Elmarit or Rokkor 28, even though the lens is very heavy. I shot it on both film and digital M bodies. I can say that on the digital, for my straight photography, it produced surprisingly great quality, with crisp colors and nice contrast. As per film, not too sure what to say, no complains. I shoot B&W on film and color on digital so with B&W you can use anything as a lens. You could literally burn a whole on your lens cap with your lighter and use at as a lens and still get decent grainy B&W crap. Didn’t use the lens hood as it felt if t defeated the purpose of it making the camera fit in your hand just as effortlessly as one of those big iPhones would. That meant no need for a strap, and this was even more liberating. So far it was all nice. Then during a trip in Colombia I noticed that the focus had gotten very stiff. Focus was still fine, it just made it hard to move the knob. You may say, hey there’s your focus lock at any distance. Lol the issue is that I just couldn’t trust it and rely on it, even though it still performed very well during the trip, once back from that trip I went back to my usually favorite Ricoh GR 28mm f2.8 lens.

It's funny, only minutes before watching this video (highlight of my every other Thuzzday btw) I finished scripting a video about how I struggle to enjoy shooting 28mm. I've tried. Soo many times, but I guess I'm just a suckah fo teiiight glass y'alls. Or something. But that sure didn't make this episode a less enjoyable watch. Love your stuff man! See ya in two weeks. Well... I'll see You in two weeks. Not the other way around I guess. Lates mates

Damn man, I´ve spent the last weeks watching all of your and Jasons videos. Now I don´t even know what to do with my time :D You´re so cool I really wish I could have a beer/coffe/whiskey/cigar with you one day😂

I didn’t catch why use a external finder with the m6?

Man you need to try modern Voigtländers lenses. The 28mm Ultron is reall good and has great colors, like really great!

Love this lens. I don't shoot 28mm often so did not want to invest a fortune. Got mine new for $225 from a USA dealer. Much of the time I find myself using it at f8 and as you said, everything is in focus. Great point and shoot lens and can be shot from the hip blind or can critically focused as well. for more structured images.

I’m using the latest 28 Elmarit-M for travel because it’s so damn small. I am lusting after the Summaron, however.

I like the focus lock on my Canon 50mm f1.4 LTM. But I could live without it. You could probably just take out the screw and it shouldn’t lock anymore. Then you could just use it like a focus tab.

The thing is, w/ a max of f/5.6, what if you want to shoot anything abandoned or at night? I went with a Canon 28/2.8 LTM instead. Almost as small. :-)

It’s a banger of a lens for the money. Pairs really well on the M9. Set it to two meters at f8.0 and away you go. There’s a little notch that the two meters marker sits into. Simples.

28mm equivalent lenses are my favourite. I use a 28 mm f2.8 Cosinon lens on a Pentax K mount camera.

What's even more impressive than that lens, is your use of metric conversion. Grams. As a European, I thank you! ❤

While calibrating sucks, I find it's easier to do through a reverse collimation method using a known infinity focusing camera with a long lens.

My literally new 28mm lens as of today is a Vivitar 28mm f1.9 (fmount). Picked up for $33 USD. A royal deal!

Same color nails as Jason's. Cute :3

Try using this lens on your MDa and scale focus it. Use higher ISO film and let depth of field do the rest. The street photographer's way! Have fun! I scale focus often with my Kodak Retina 1b.

Nice! What did you shoot the video with?

Got this lens, very good for Flash at night and I def use it without the hood! Rarely leave F8 anyway and I adjust shutter speed for brightness during the day

Freestyle?!? I"m impressed!

I’m left having to assume the chip on the hood was Jason’s fault - he egged you on to try swallowing the lens with hood… Love the new sponsor; actually watched all the way thru and froze framed to look at prices 😂

nice touch at 13:23!

Heavy is the TTArtisans 50mm F1.1 or Canon 50mm F 1.2 LTM. Damn neck rocks.

Cool!

love

7:54 looks like the place they filmed the beginning of Predator 2

I have this lens. I think it's an okay lens. F5.6 is indeed too slow. So it would be good for street and landscape phorography only. It 's not as sharp as my other Zeiss Biogon. But definitely I wouldn't spend a fortune on the Leica Summaron either. This TTArtisan might actually be more suitable for digital than film due to its slow aperture.

Just push Portra 800 to 3200. There are curves for that in the specs. Didn’t test it that for but it looks great at 1600. Just make sure to meter for the shadows when pushing. You don’t wanna underexpose daylight scenes when pushing. Night is another topic. As per usual. Just shoot wide open at the slowest speed practical.

My fav street photographer 11:27 blue

Canon RF lenses have heft to them. Even my lowly 50 mm/f2.8 (which lives on my Canon L1). Pauper's Leica. Keep the Bad Flashes content coming. And the cameras fed with film, light, and street scenery. I am shooting FujiColor 400 like it's going out of style! Killer Soul music in the background! The Spastic Street Phorographer goes Barnack on Steroids.

Literally waiting at the door for my 28mm😂

No it is not my new lens. It belongs to you. Looks nice though I'm happy for you two ❤

I would have expected you getting the Leica original one; with all that Hollywood VFX money...

Lomo 800

Did you get a new camera for filming videos? Is this old news?

I like fast glass. I have the Sigma 28mm f1.4. True, its heavy as a Sherman tank and costs a king's ransom. But so sharp you can shave with it and bokeh till the cows come home. Not my fault that I can't use slow glass. It's a disease with no cure. Yes, I could carry a big strobe. But now the flyweight lens loses its shine for me. But it would be nice on a sunny day.

If you want a 28mm just get the Ultron II and you’re done.

TTArtisan is always a W

Flaring with the lens hood still on? I can't decide if that's charming or terrible. Many of my favorite lenses are both, though, so...

Honestly, daddy Zeiss is the way to go, but not bad for a cheaper lens…I prefer the 35mm f2.8 on the Contax t3. Wish you can see it someday…..that day will probably be when Aerochome comes back….#Contaxt3videowhen? #BringbackKodakAeroChrome…

So....Jason loaned your his fingernail polish? Was it one of those "seemed like a good idea" at the time type deals....? ;)

I use my Elmarit and Summicron when I shoot film. I use cheap 3rd party Leica lenses on my digital Leica cuz theses cheap lenses has character.

Infinity locks are no fun!

Nice review and good vibes but your style of shooting is not so much in 28mm for now (IMO). We can see that basically you are generally too far from the subject creating some flat images. Need to enjoy the wide angle effect and be closer to your subject to enhance the scene, otherwise everything looks flat, no real subject (like you said pointless ^^). Except some pictures like the mannequin for exemple where you enjoy the sens of this kind of lens. Edit : Typo and modulation

9:38 Charlice the nocti Girl stalking you in the Blue pORSCHE.

28mm is pretty large...right?

The 28mm Summilux don't speak to you? especially on the M6? Look harder!

Ya.... nice lens but slow. Canon makes a nice EF 28mm lens... at f/1.8. Nice.

Real state photos of decayed dwellings, I'm gonna put that on my resume

No beauty tips?

Look Caleb, what comes in a crusty old sock in your life is between you and your gods; we don’t need to know.

NO......

You photos suck, but at least the film stock looks good.