From the Discovery Channel How I make a part-time living from photography: shutterstock! submit.shutters... I have some sports photos on there if you're a buyer. (btw, im a canon shooter)
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@wardoc2210 жыл бұрын
Now I understand why lenses are so dam expensive..
@smackdounnkol12 жыл бұрын
i always think lens cost sucks... but i just realized that those were actually coming cheap ... great technology, great inventions hats off ...
@kombizz0516 жыл бұрын
6 weeks to make one lens! NO WONDER some of the lenses belong to Canon & Nikon are too expensive. It is a very informative video.
@wallabing8 жыл бұрын
I'm addicted to the music in the first portion.
@SHMULIKVI8 жыл бұрын
😁
@ksmgmedia5 жыл бұрын
Need to know what it is, it's great
@terrygoyan Жыл бұрын
Amazing amount of man hours goes into these lenses. This video is 16 years old as I'm watching it. I wonder how much more automated the process is now in 2023? Thanks for posting this vid!
@danem221510 ай бұрын
These are custom lenses not made on a wide scale. You think some Japanese dude at Canon spends 4 months making each lens?
@SAMIMYS12 жыл бұрын
for me the most magical and wonderful part of this tech is the part where the Lens gives the picture to electronic components, that is a bridge between optic physics and Electronics where the entire picture gets converted to electrical signals. the rest i know what happens, only the bridge part is yet beyond my knowledge.
@markhou11 ай бұрын
Did you figure it out?
@ultort9 жыл бұрын
Seems pretty old school. I hope they upgraded their process.
@DividedLine9 жыл бұрын
When manufacturers outsource things to low wage countries, it's often cheaper to simply pay low wage laborers to do things in a very low tech way than it is to invest in automating everything with high tech state of the art robotics and shit. The irony is that outsourcing actually has revived low tech manufacturing in a lot of industries.
@jayjayokocha199 жыл бұрын
Divided Line This isn't a case of outsourcing. The facility in the video is in Rochester, New York.
@CraigToddOfficial Жыл бұрын
I just bought a Sony 24-70 2.8 GM II for £2099... I left the store thinking, that was fairly expensive but now it all makes sense. Fantastic lens by the way.
@BrownDaddy00722 күн бұрын
The Sony 24-79 2.8 GM is made in an automated factory in large quantities, which is why it only costs £2k. The lens we just watched being made probably costs at least £25k. Lenses are expensive, I, too, buy glass for a full frame Sony.
@CraigToddOfficial22 күн бұрын
@@BrownDaddy007 Interesting insight thanks for sharing. A lot goes into it for sure and you can tell by the quality of the images produced.
@DOSfoxx12 жыл бұрын
now have 1000 times more respect for my lenses
@cmmmmmmmw8 жыл бұрын
damn that's a hot beat
@rayreeves46817 жыл бұрын
fr im trying to find it
@ksmgmedia5 жыл бұрын
@@rayreeves4681 did you find it in the end?
@platypus65232 жыл бұрын
If you need a microscope (which contains a lens) to makes lenses, how was the first lens made?
@tiziocaio86572 жыл бұрын
😂🤣
@BOBEFATONE15 жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting together this short video on LENS CONSTRUCTION methods and systems. - Bob Fatone - Still Photographer in Connecticut
@atomicpuppet12 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! This video gives me even more of a great appreciation for my lenses.
@RahulKumar-nh3wc3 жыл бұрын
hey after 9 yrs
@tiziocaio86572 жыл бұрын
@@RahulKumar-nh3wc hey after 10 years
@siddhantvaishnav1894 Жыл бұрын
hey after 11 yrs
@atomicpuppet Жыл бұрын
@@siddhantvaishnav1894 hey! 👋
@sevenbeverly25684 жыл бұрын
Beat in the beginning go hard🔥
@photojoenyc13 жыл бұрын
I'm so curious to know who had the courage, brains and steady hand to devise this invention. Paying the hefty price tag isn't so terrible after all in my humble opinion. Discovery Channel, keep being curious your programs are great! I'd improve this video by discussing some of the jargon that's related to lens components. Example: Why do marketing departments inside lens makers tout just how many elements are used to make the lens. What's it all for.
@MrProbeRider11 жыл бұрын
To everyone who keeps weeping about it taking 6 weeks for a lens. Get it. They are producing LARGE VOLUMES/TIME UNIT! ! ! And besides, it is obvious that some areas are open for improvment, but that they don't show it. Like the the time they put into cleaning the lenses. Making the entire operation in a dust-free zone (like the electronics factories) would save many work-hours, just by that alone! But still, one got to give them respect. after all, lenses got to be crystal clear.
@WillPrice9411 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty certain this is the time taken for raw materials to be processed into a lens. It's not just one lens at a time; they're doing this in giant batches making thousands of lenses at a time.
@njrnaim21617 жыл бұрын
which company produces or assembles this TV camera?? Also, who can be suppliers of this product for this company?? And, who are wholesaler and retailer?
@LookLoveShoot14 жыл бұрын
im glad my lenses have gone through such delicate work:)
@MewsicalMiqo11 жыл бұрын
The fluorite element for the Canon 1200mm telephoto lens takes a whole year to grow.
@LukeKorns13 жыл бұрын
pitch you better not screw up my lens!
@antohart81259 жыл бұрын
6 week 1 lenses?
@cavalier77717 жыл бұрын
btw, this video doesn't include the manufacturing of the autofocus, mount, metering, stabilization, or the crafting of the barrels, so you have to consider that all that costs major money as well, since it's all science-level precision most of the time. I know since I've been using Nikon/Nikkor as well as Canon, Fujinon, Leica, Schneider, Pentax and Zuiko (Olympus' accepted lenses)for a while. I'd have to say I prefer Nikkor, but both Nikkor and Canon are at the top of the pack. =]
@gabedurussel7309 Жыл бұрын
oldest video that has randomly popped up, 16 years is WILD
@FooBar8913 жыл бұрын
@MustNotRead don't make general assumptions, those are not your usual Nikon or Canon lens, when you need 100 to make the cost of an automated production line is likely not justfied
@michaelbauers8800 Жыл бұрын
There's an oversimplification here. Coatings are not just for protection. They serve a purpose in how the light is transmitted through them.
@CopyrightThis72315 жыл бұрын
well i do, im doing a project on lenses for conceptual design at college, this video is helping me pass my A levels.
@tspoon1618 Жыл бұрын
Why does the theme actually go pretty hard
@andrewtongue70848 ай бұрын
Considering all the hours invested in the manufacture of each lens (irrespective of marque), the price one pays for each optic is more than justified; I cannot remember a time when I griped about the cost of any of my lenses, tho' it is understood the process for build has been largely automated - the final checks, I imagine, are all now done by computers. Fascinating insight into optical construction.
@c7893250014 жыл бұрын
Wow .. very nice .... that's a really hard work by checking every glass etc ...... nice
@spajdude15 жыл бұрын
6:24 "Cementing them together means that they'll be less likely to shift around in the lens barrel" What nonsense! They are COMPOUND ELEMENTS, in this case a doublet. Two pieces of glass with different refracting index are cemented together to work as one. (It's also more complicated than that). And she also call the antireflection coating "protective coating". Geez...
@ballsackmgee16 жыл бұрын
This show seems, looks, and feels like it would be boring but you find yourself watching it without even knowing it. At least i do
@deathbybob15 жыл бұрын
i would say canon but it honestly makes little diffrence just what ever your more comfortable with if it is your first time buying i would sugest going to a camera shop and see which one feels better when you hold it
@sexualldragon16 жыл бұрын
the beat is cranking
@k1ll3rtr0n15 жыл бұрын
wooow look at all those shiney lenses
@WoodlandCreation13 жыл бұрын
The lenses are soooo prettttttyyyyyyyy :)
@Harrisabd13 жыл бұрын
i really appreciate lens's and the cost of them now because of this video
@QTBH13 жыл бұрын
how beautiful they are
@alexabadi74582 күн бұрын
Nice video, thank you.
@njrnaim21617 жыл бұрын
Does anybody know,,,,,, which company produces or assembles this TV camera?? Also, who can be suppliers of this product for this company?? Thank you in advance.
@aleramone2314 жыл бұрын
on 5.05 the worker left the lens in an inapropiate position. lenses must be placed with the concave side down, in other ways you can scratch it
@shreyaspandith862610 жыл бұрын
Lot of patience and attention is required for this procedure........
@janekgreen13 жыл бұрын
oh guys, the technical process hasn't changed dramatically since years, and these are TV lenses, if what.
@tin200116 жыл бұрын
Looking at other more subtle things, I'm guessing early 90s. Music, voice over tone, picture quality, etc... All looks (and sounds) late 80s or early 90s. The only thing that makes me wonder a bit is the display on the coating system. A bit too fancy for 80s era computing (especially in industrial applications).
@sillyproductions17 жыл бұрын
WOW! Those people are doing a superb job.
@YoungBlaze13 жыл бұрын
i like the part when they was doing the stuff with the things
@FlippKlipp16 жыл бұрын
i had no idea it was this much work!
@toastydeath15 жыл бұрын
There's no way to make something absolutely dust free. There's only levels of cleanliness - how big are the particles, and how many of each size. So the question is, how much dirt is acceptable, because even in the highest levels of cleanroom, there are still particulates. And this is common practice. Deterministic grinders and diamond turning lathes are incredibly expensive to purchase and maintain, and operate substantially slower than the method you see here.
@shellikozzie16 жыл бұрын
makes me realise now why they are so expensive to buy
@Gundrs13 жыл бұрын
the reason why there is no autofocus demo in this video is beacause they are rangefinder lenses which are manual focus onley
@TheMrReynawa12 жыл бұрын
That's why i love my camera so much :*
@lazydazyxoxo16 жыл бұрын
DAMN!!! 6 weeks!!! thats alot !! no wonder why its so expensive!!! but its so worth all that money !! thats brilliant!!
@blechtic16 жыл бұрын
Dust checking and optical centering, but no actual quality control on lenses until after assembly?
@pandabearmonster15 жыл бұрын
oh darn! It is TOTALLY complicated than i think!
@SuleimanALAQEL17 жыл бұрын
wow... just wow...
@shurhongukire43063 жыл бұрын
Wanna see how the modern lens are made
@tonymckeage10282 жыл бұрын
Great Lens making Video, thanks for sharing
@NethrissirhteN12 жыл бұрын
and this is a tv fixed foucal length lens, i wounded how adjustible foucal lenses are made!
@getkat15 жыл бұрын
Although the market share in SLR/DSLR is the largest for Canon, I personally like Nikon (Yes ! I am biased :) ). Well, just FYI, Nikon is an industrial optics leader. The retail stuff is a very small part of its business. Even the lenses on canon are made by machines employing Nikon lenses !!! Now that's something interesting. Enjoy...
@emforty216 жыл бұрын
Only robots can do most of this efficiently at lower cost thats why 80~90 % of lenses are made in Japan as they are the number 1 maker of industrial robots
@squishy94914 жыл бұрын
optical cement? i wonder how they stop dust particles sticking to that
@pilotsr17 жыл бұрын
Very informative video, thx for posting :)
@yoseb9213 жыл бұрын
who is this jml optical, cos a 27mm 1.4 lens would be awesome. id like to know what changes the f-stop number on a lens
@JereHakala15 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I wonder how long they use to make some cheap lens like Canon 50mm F/1.8 II D: They probably just snap some parts together and throw it to the market.
@polarbear6015 жыл бұрын
I suspect if the particles were large enough they would affect the image?
@jaseth133715 жыл бұрын
You continue the success.
@Fogducker1916 жыл бұрын
Thx for uploading :) Now I know why they can cost so much
@Ethernet314 жыл бұрын
@gwhoosh there is. but they dont sell a big enough number of lenses to make it practical
@mousepotato6416 жыл бұрын
That's funny I have a friend that has been a professional photographer for about 30 years, trained in the RAF. Has always used Canons, and I mean $10,000 Canon's, not any freakin REBELs. And the last time I spoke to him he said was switching over to Nikons. I about fell over, but he has 9 photogs working for him now, and he cannot believe the clarity of Nikon. But I am sure that you know what you are talking about.
@OKMRDX17 жыл бұрын
i like the song!
@jimmysgameclips15 жыл бұрын
No wonder my Tamron was so pricy, worth it though
@Bwab16 жыл бұрын
A job like that would be too difficult for me, lol XD If I try to help making a lens, it would be totally crap XD But this, it's almost totally hand-made! Omg, soo cool! 5/5 stars! Thanks for placing this video :D
@spajdude15 жыл бұрын
Lens makers use gloves and clean rooms when they need to. A few tiny dust particles don't degrade a camera lens, but a buyer would of course prefer a 100% dust free. With age comes experience in a profession like this. A great deal of the best camera technicians and watch makers are older. My favorite camera repair man was well over 80 until he had to stop because of health reasons.
@Jianju6914 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!
@Snowcr4sh15 жыл бұрын
So interesting...I like the song they used in the first half. Anyone know what it is?
@Commando303X13 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for posting this.
@janmauricepogi12 жыл бұрын
very complex work
@emforty214 жыл бұрын
Japan had perfected semi-automated lensmaking thats why Carl Zeiss lenses[of today] are made in Japan despite Japans high labor cost
@MisterWealth4 жыл бұрын
What causes different colored flares?
@Real_Obi-Wan_Kenobi Жыл бұрын
6:55 anyone know what this machine is called? I’ve never seen anything like that before!
@CraigToddOfficial Жыл бұрын
It is an engraving machine
@k1ll3rtr0n15 жыл бұрын
i suddenly want a new camera
@notme19985 жыл бұрын
first it says it's a television lens, then it says it's for photographers... lmao 7:15 is that the same thing?
@KhoaNguyen-rk9dz5 жыл бұрын
nope
@ny1fanta13 жыл бұрын
what about those focus? how does lens autofocus on a subject
@KRASFA13 жыл бұрын
that is insane!
@gordan9917 жыл бұрын
Virtually all optical glass is made by Hoya. You can't really compare these "brands" as they're all Hoya!
@Formuling16 жыл бұрын
SONG= Adagio (Theme from Platoon)
@KevinStephenson7615 жыл бұрын
I had no idea!
@srg1317 жыл бұрын
I was using the word glass to refer to lenses, not the actual optical glass.
@liamleahy16 жыл бұрын
nice beats! I love optical glass...mmmmmmm
@MichaelVettasVettas17 жыл бұрын
janhendrikburger if you look at say canons lens making videos its all done via robotics, manufacturers like the above video dont have the capital like canon to have robots doing everything, sometimes hand made is better, maybe not for lenses, but things like cars then you know why some are so highly priced
@w3tua14 жыл бұрын
Probably by assembling the pieces in a 'clean room'.
@katingaman13 жыл бұрын
thats why its my favourite channel :D
@cavalier77717 жыл бұрын
some high-end lenses take up to 6 months! now THAT's long, especially if you're waiting for it on backorder, haha
@Kaarel31416 жыл бұрын
Who thought of all that making process. And 6 weeks? Doesent that mean that they are made slower than sold?
@Friendsshare15 жыл бұрын
What's the first song? It sounds good.
@BarneySaysHi16 жыл бұрын
I never knew it could take 6 weeks to make a lens like that. No wonder why they are so expensive, given the material and the manhours.
@Markok76516 жыл бұрын
Wasn't this on "How its made" on the Discovery channel?
@Marsnet17 жыл бұрын
After watching this it doesn't seem lenses are that expensive at all. 6 weeks. I'll be damned.