5 Weird Vintage Lens Adapters for Crazy Effects

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[@MathieuStern]

What would be the dream adapter ? All the links to the adapter are in the description I will share some cool stuff on Instagram so join me there : instagram.com/mathieustern/

[@Shrek_Has_Covid19]

m42 extension tube made of 24k gold

[@daniel635biturbo]

My dream adapter has built in electronics, combined with its own setting ring. I can connect the adapter to my computer, and program what lens its mounted on. And through the setting ring, I can manually transfer exif data to my pictures. Come on, you know you like it ! 😊

[@MicaelWidell]

Speedbooster to use a Kodak Aero Ektar lens on a full frame camera for that sweet sweet bokeh :)

[@TomeRodrigo]

Micro four thirds on Canon adapter with all contacts working so I could use my Panasonic Leica 100-400 on my Canon EOS 5D mk2.

[@DTRBrianMallard]

An adapter that allows me to put old lenses with names I've never heard of on my camera. I got a few at an antique store estate sale and I have zero idea what adapter might even work.

[@leorojas7582]

Polarized lens blew me out, such an interesting artifact

[@daviddelahoya151]

Believe it or not, I actually use polarized sunglasses to go fishing, helps a lot!

[@hondaxl250k0]

@@daviddelahoya151 me too!! It was a game changer.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

It's actually not that magical. Basically, reflected lights are usually polarized but refracted lights aren't, so if you set the filter to block that specific polarization you remove the reflection.

[@paddington2063]

I mean you can add a polarizing filter to any lens for the same effect

[@sparty498]

Its not really an artifact...I don't know a single photographer who doesnt have a polarized filter in their kit. ND filters are just 2 polarized panes of glass. Same thing.

[@piotr433]

1:00 Originally, it's meant to be a tilt/shift adapter for perspective correction and focus control. You have discovered its undocumented feature :)

[@chadangeles3856]

Ahhh yes tiltshift one of my favourite

[@FTWShinigamy]

ahhh yes, the 2 genders, tilt and shift

[@cpmaverick]

Yes I came here to say this. I have this exact adaptor. It's for tilt and shift. The video showed us neither of these cool effects! At least not until the tilt adaptor. But it did show me something new to use it for, so thanks

[@John-gi3es]

Ahh yes remember back in the 83 when we would use photoshop to add color to our photographs

[@AxeDatcm]

I was confuse at first It says vintage so I assume this thing exist before digital camera, how they can use Photoshop in those era

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodBallsack]

Ah yes, merging in photoshop, such a vintage idea! Love the rubber adapter effect, get's some psychedelic vibes!

[@fromwhatiknow9677]

I remember the first polarizing lens adaptor I got. It was from a pawn shop and cost me around $10. It was just an amazing thing that I used with my oldschool Sony DSC-S50. Don't even know where either of them are at this point.

[@suchitgangurde3514]

Lovely video Mathieu! You always show something great in these videos.

[@macronencer]

These are all fascinating. I'd heard of tilt shift before because I'm into time lapse technology, but my favourite was the rubber bellow. Such a unique tool!

[@meatbyproducts]

I have the ND fusion with built in 1-8 stop VND for my L mount cameras. I love it. I have been thinking about the tilt and the polarizer ones for some fun shots

[@chriscouncilplays6885]

Absolutely awesome man! Your timing in your uploads lately to my current point in photography helps alot man keep it up!🙏🏾love you're videos!

[@MathieuStern]

Happy to help!

[@Metal_Vistas]

Inspiring as always. Thanks!

[@Tuuralihn]

These are all just clever adapters! Love it!

[@CommentRodent]

What a great video with some cool adapters. You're making me want to get more lenses and adapters now, I've spent so much on camera gear already. XD

[@MathieuStern]

Glad it was helpful!

[@insederec]

Gorgeous shots. A lot of these look very goofy but what you've pulled off is an excellent demonstration of each use.

[@songseakleng]

Thank you. Really enjoy this!!!

[@iRasmus4]

Very interesting adapters and what a joy it is to sit back and have them all demonstrated in such a pleasing video. Thank you for your efforts and the superb job you did creating the best possible footage for the demonstrations, as well as the video editing, choice in music etcetera. Just brilliant and thanks for sharing!!

[@fotocollab]

This has to be on of the coolest lens videos I have seen in a while

[@violetviverson8340]

The panorama one and the full frame one at the end are incredible!

[@Alexrocks1253]

I didn’t even know there was a shift adapter! That looks awesome!

[@youarenotaghost3702]

Excellent vid!

[@rfeistauer]

Awesome video! The panoramic and large format are really interesting!

[@lonelysnoopy1424]

As always, great video again👍

[@HAVgiraffe]

the relfection remover one was so cool! and the flexible one and the one that focuses with tilt! so cool....

[@evilmega8449]

brooo, the one that takes off the reflections is awesome!

[@demoniodelamemoria]

I need to try that RhinoCam Vertex adapter! Looks awesome. Specially for portraits. Cheers from Mexico Mathieu!

[@KNURKonesur]

Genius thumbnail! But the adapter can actually make for some great and unique shots!

[@MathieuStern]

Haha, I hope the thumbnail doesn't get censured :))

[@3ombe286]

Smarter everyday and Mathew stern are some of my favorite channels. Love it than you know each other s

[@alfsaav]

I have a cool adapter that lets me use my binoculars as lenses for a D800 body. Quality is not great but it's fun for experimentation. Thanks for showing me so many new options to me.

[@victorbarrios6090]

Great... More equipment to resist to buy immediately 😭 Love the panoramic, polarized & medium format ones!

[@sheriif]

Oh wow. Never been so early to one of your videos. This is a good opportunity to let you know that I love and appreciate the content you put out. You're amazing.

[@MathieuStern]

You're the best Sherif !

[@joelsmith3473]

Ah, good to see Destin is a fan!

[@MathieuStern]

A mini flex from my side :)

[@stevess7777]

@@MathieuStern Well deserved! Your content stands out.

[@athmaid]

@@MathieuStern which video was this from?

[@manugeee]

The rubber adapter is so crazy. Looks ridiculous, but makes such cool Effects. I wonder how hard it is to use. 🤨

[@samsen3965]

You call that flappy, HARD?!🤪

[@soupfork2105]

We used to make these out of the rubber seals that go around the wheel steering joints in cars. 1 gasket/seal, 1 old body cap drilled out, one lens rear cap drilled out, couple of hose clips and some hot glue. Looked messy on the outside but it worked and for under $15

[@givebackdocumentaryproduct5981]

Love that panoramic adapter will for sure be getting one. thanks for the video.

[@MathieuStern]

Thanks for watching!

[@cinemaesthetic126]

I like the panoramic lenses. Love you're videos, thanks for sharing!

[@MathieuStern]

Thanks for watching!

[@NEWTechCreative]

Love these adapters! Thanks for sharing!

[@MathieuStern]

Thanks for watching!

[@KanwarDaniyal]

Love your content

[@amaddinthenow]

cool vibe that vid has

[@mattleaf583]

This was a really cool video! I loved the panoramic adapter, such beautiful images.

[@MathieuStern]

Thanks a lot!

[@siddurax7592]

Wow. Love it.

[@RandomLifeProductions]

Those are so awesome… I didn’t know these were a thing

[@TimberTrainer]

The Vizelex Polar Throttle is really neat!

[@cleanlens]

wow thats really cool

[@RaniiJean]

oh wow that medium format adapter is super interesting in use, especially for portraiture~ thanks for showing these off~ these are super cool!

[@MathieuStern]

My pleasure!

[@beaugotdrums7821]

@Mathieu Stern is there anyway to het that rubber billow/tilt shift thing effect on a system camera? I love your videos but I shoot with a Sony a7 III and I was wondering how you got those dreamy circular bokeh portraits in the forrest

[@fatihyilmaz-Gtr]

Wow that was awesome! thanks.

[@MathieuStern]

Glad you liked it!

[@asmrcuriositycabinet3143]

Amazing options !

[@michaelvogels9905]

Great video. Good content here

[@kotathecreative]

Love your videos dude! Consider adding time code sections into the description of your video so your playback gets divided by each individual product you review, allowing the viewers to jump ahead to the ones they want to see without the guess work. Cheers!

[@SinaFarhat]

Nice! :) Have a good week!

[@SteveWB]

Love Fotodiox and the lenses

[@uocvlog3344]

Amazing!

[@agoodjoe4455]

Didn't know photography was this much interesting. Subscribed.

[@MathieuStern]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@pasapucha]

vous êtes formidable !

[@juanmauricioperez2036]

Thank you. A great video Photodiox pro panoramic i go for it

[@mhaustria]

Nice findings!!

[@jimmyq2videos]

Thank you! Nice effects I knew of but didn't know there were adapters to make them easier to do! Will that TS adapter give the miniature look to landscapes too?

[@christo7059]

Incroyable

[@CCHH2807]

Excelent video! I love tha song at the end of the video.

[@MathieuStern]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@GILLS133]

omg, you always surprise me!

[@Daniel_Daigle]

I'm really glad you worked with destin from smarter everyday Two of my favorite channels 😀 I hope to see more 🙏

[@MathieuStern]

More to come!

[@ozzitu1234]

weird? fantastic!!

[@melodyraemusic]

The rubber bellow extension was so beautiful! Gotta get my hands on one

[@MathieuStern]

I love it!

[@judgegoodevening6231]

So good for filmmaking

[@collinmclaren6608]

That Stretch macro focus adapter looks insanely useful. I really want to use my vintage lenses for my toy photography work, but its always such a pain fiddling with extension tubes trying to find the right length. Looking at Fotodiox's selection though, I'm not seeing any models that match my mounts :/

[@AlexanderRay92]

It's weird to me there aren't more adjustable macro tubes like that

[@seansiquig]

have u invested in a macro lens yet after 6 months of posting this comment? 😂

[@oldiehugger]

@@AlexanderRay92 OM had a variable ext-tube 40 years ago.

[@FronbondiSkegs]

Wow, that was interesting, thanks

[@MathieuStern]

Glad you think so!

[@ivan9066]

The last one kinda blew my mind, never thought that merging pictures was actually possible-now I gotta start using Photoshop 😂

[@hugozacarias3259]

2:08 The same dude appears in the photo twice... Matrix confirmed ahaha Nice video! I had no idea some of those adapters existed!

[@scpgypsyman]

Wow, I was not that much into photography, but I was so curious till the end. This is really interesting.

[@MathieuStern]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@wenepzoli]

Super! Thanks for sharing! Great video creation! Super informative lens tutorial! Good day! 👍🍀🇭🇺🌞☝️

[@p1cci]

Man you can really get some sick cinematic looking shots with the panoramic adapter 😦

[@infographie]

Excellent

[@GrulbGL]

i'm really amused by the panoramic lenses, it gives such a amazing feel

[@nickcarter4006]

That vintage panorama lens is stunning

[@oneillam1990]

these photos really make me want to get back into photography.

[@MarcusHammerschmitt]

Had a Vizelex Polar Throttle on my A7C, and the results were not too shabby. Unfortunately it tended to become loose during normal operation, there seems to have been a problem with the locking mechanism between adapter and camera. That may have been a fault of the individual copy I bought, but I ultimately decided to return it.

[@Moontorc_]

The rubber bellow was my favourite. It's just so nutty! I want one 🤣

[@a2roland]

Cool!

[@darielrodriguez6984]

Man! How come you don’t have like 3 million followers your content it’s top! I’ve discovered your channel today and my motivation went overboard. I have a small shop for vintage analog cameras in Dubai I definitely should start to do some videos about the hidden gems I find time to time. Thanks man!

[@MathieuStern]

If you find some cool stuff you can send them my way and we work on some cool videos

[@darielrodriguez6984]

@@MathieuStern beautiful !

[@DaveTexas]

This makes me miss shooting with a 4x5 view camera. I used to do commercial product and portrait shoots with one. Being able to easily do things like perspective correction, macro photography, selective focus, etc., was really easy when you could move the front plane of the camera (with the lens) independently of the rear plane (with the film). I had a few adapters like the ones here for my Hasselblad as well. Of course, now you just shoot the basic photo and then you digitally manipulate it to create these effects, so you have even more options available to you. I miss shooting on film, but I like being able to manipulate the image in different ways without spending money on film and processing.

[@jean-christophearlandis2343]

amazing !

[@MathieuStern]

Thank you!

[@BrunoKabahizi]

I'm getting that m42 tilt shift immediately, thanks Matthieu!

[@MathieuStern]

Good choice!

[@szilardpop5439]

Amazing video. Thank you for sharing this superb adaptor collection. (after re-reading my comment, I realize how robotic that came off, however... sincere) :)

[@Poppaneedsanap]

Ahh nice... Smarter Every Day Dustin! It's like when you find out regular dad and weekend dad are pals and hang out and play squash.

[@MuhammadYousaf-yg6tw]

Good experiment with old lens.

[@danielridzon]

the results from the panorama and the rubber one looked pretty good

[@DJDiarrhea]

The built in polarizer is really cool. I love my cpl filter, but having it hang in front of the lens is just annoying. Especially if your front element rotates while focussing.

[@steveclackuk]

Refreshing to see "please consider subscribing" rather than other videos that demand it, so I have! :)

[@MathieuStern]

Welcome aboard!

[@wenepzoli]

Thank you so much for sharing! Great video creation congratulations! Fantastic creative solutions! Super good music background! I wish you and everyone another successful day in strength, health and peace! 👍🍀🇭🇺🌞☝️

[@tannarbuck7908]

Really cool I wish we tried to hold on to some technologies like these also types of film and film development I learned a little bit when I was in high school in 2002 but now it seems like all of that knowledge is going to be lost eventually

[@guillaumedumet126]

What an incredible video ! Thank you for the discover ! Infortunately, not available for EOS Camera Mount

[@MicaelWidell]

My dream adapter would be a speedbooster to use a Kodak Aero Ektar lens on a full frame camera for that sweet sweet bokeh :)

[@RiyadhElalami]

That polarizing lens is just magic.

[@BlackJohnFromHell]

Даже не знал, что такие есть. Очень крутой ролик.

[@ftlbaby]

That ROKR adapter is super versatile... one use for a future video is to shoot straight into a mirror but hide the camera off to the side ; )

[@AM-rb4ps]

Mathieu can you show a long exposure of that waterfall with and without the polarizing filter?

[@BakersTuts]

3:38 it totally looks like someone is throttling the flowrate of the creek and then opening it back up again. The polarizer is trippy!

[@TheMadSqu]

Those where all pretty interesting effects, but the filter with the water was nothing else than magic!

[@standarduser7105]

The RhinoCam Vertex I’ll probably get this year when I don’t want to travel the states with my Pentax 645N, but my Pentax is so close to my heart I may not even get it. The convenience of a larger image via Canon and not a medium film camera is stupendously helpful though.

[@AbhishekKumar-dh5sd]

polarizer was amazing, i was shocked for sec, it looks it was doing magic

[@njdotson]

Those polarizing filters are used in photogrammetry (taking multiple pictures og an object to convert into a 3d model) to get clean data with no variation with reflections

[@therussianteen]

I see you were in kenosha, Wisconsin seeing the lighthouses at the end!

[@rogerb5615]

Polar Throttle will be very useful on older lenses where the entire front assembly rotates with focus. Pola filter on such a lens must be readjusted constantly. Polar Throttle solves it!