These 4 TINY Vintage Lenses Are Incredible!

[@ZeeHatley]

Man, I’m finding this a month later and you really killed these on eBay.

[@Lexington101]

My 50mm just arrived in the mail and mounted it on my BMPCC4K, it's freakin' awesome - can't wait to get the 24mm!

[@Bob_C]

I had purchased one of those Pentax 110 cameras overseas when I was in the Navy around 1980-81. I still have the camera and three of the smaller lenses. In fact the lenses are sitting right here on my table while I'm watching your video. I dug them out of my closet a few minutes ago after I started watching this video. I'll be getting those adapters and filters to mount them on my Canon EOS M50. Thanks. Now I will be able to use the lenses again. It will be really awesome to see how they perform. I knew there was a reason I kept those old lenses! Great video! 🤗

[@williamevans9426]

I had one of these systems at age 17. (Come to think of it, It's still in the cupboard.) At that time, the images were fine and the size of the body and lenses meant I could keep it in my pocket (a rarity in those days).

[@smithnjefferson]

I have a line on a 110 with 7 “like new” lenses, one of them being a 1.7 teleconverter. I’m so excited! I have offered $40 site unseen for the lot but I may have to shell out a bit more if the seller has done some research. Looking forward to designing some images with all the quirky interesting character they seem to have.

[@alanbesedin]

You’ve beat me this time round! 😄 I’ve been planing to review my set for a a few years, but you’d done an amazing job reviewing them!

[@victorbart]

I just bought the Auto110 with all the items the 18 24 50 70 and 20-40 for 110 euro here locally :D

[@CarsSimplified]

Wow, those are comically small, but it looks like they work quite well! Did any other cameras use that style? Seems impressive that there is still support for something that got discontinued in 1985.

[@amermeleitor]

I thought you were talking about enlarger lenses when I saw the miniature

[@MicroFourNerds]

I totally paused this video half way through and bought the 18,24,50mm on ebay (with the camera) for £36 🙌 thanks Caleb, I love a bargain!!!! And I bet the prices will rocket after this video. You're so so great at finding cool things

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Haha nice!!! Thats the way to do it man!

[@TimFromWales]

Doing just that right now 👊🏼

[@WafikNH]

just done it :D i got my set of three lenses + camera for 60 bucks!!!! perfect conditions WTF man

[@yannispapanastasopoulos]

I did the same but all of you guys were faster so I found only the camera with two lenses for 70$ hehe

[@victorbart]

Hey MFN! I just bought the Auto110 with all the items the 18 24 50 70 and 20-40 for 110 euro here locally :D

[@q4short]

the 24mm is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you so much!!!

[@filmmakers_academy]

I LOVE the intro and the bite-size lenses haha!

[@maxmac1545]

How crazy, my grandpa just gave me the pentax 110 suitcase with even more lenses, a flash and with the camera. Great too see the potential of these! Thanks!!🙏🏼

[@locadeva]

this is the perfect vid for me cuz I just bought an Olympus EM5 and waiting for the set of Pentax 110 camera + lenses to arrive (probably tomorrow). Now all I need is to hunt down an adaptor for the project. Thanks for the vid!

[@kiwipics]

I had the full kit (body, winder, / grip, flash and lenses) and had great fun with it. The quality was fantastic, and I only sold it because I used it less than its bigger brother the MX. My favourite lens was the 70mm.

[@cameronhirsch]

I have several of these 110 cameras and accessories on my display shelf. They are incredibly well made.

[@QippysChannel]

Always love your stuff, always informative and straight to the meat!

[@petepictures]

The camera is more than a desk ornament, some of us are still shooting with them :-)

[@ginoy8885]

I see a great potential that these lenses can use anamorphic adapter made for iPhone (moment, moondog labs) with 37mm thread mount. please do a review if you can. THX

[@astroturd]

I'm trying to do something similar, actually inspired by your comment. I have the 24mm f2.8 lens, and a Ulanzi 1.33x anamorphic adapter designed for phones. I'm trying to put them in front of my EOS M50 to try to get some anamorphic photos and video. Only issue atm is that Pentax 110 to EF-M adapters seem to be under a rock. I'm currently waiting on my fourth(!) order to make it to me. All three previous orders didn't make it or were cancelled for various reasons. Anyway, the anamorphic adapter can't really be mounted directly to the lens if you want to refocus during shooting, because the front element of the lens rotates while focusing. What I will do instead is get a 52mm filter adapter for the anamorphic lens and mount the filter adapter somewhere externally so that the anamorphic adapter just "floats" in the air in front of the Pentax lens. But I can't really start designing that until I have the lens adapter for the Pentax lens. I'm confident that the basic idea will work, since I can put the anamorphic adapter right in front of the 24mm lens so that they touch, similarly to how it works with phones, and the pentax front element isn't that much bigger than a phone camera lens. 24mm fov with an APS-C sensor is around 38mm full-frame equivalent, which is tighter than typical phone cameras which are 24-28mm equivalent, so hopefully there won't be any vignetting. There's also always the option of shaving material off from the back of the anamorphic adapter if it needs to be closer or have a larger opening in the back.

[@renanramoz]

Great lenses for the price. Amazing footage. Which picture profile did you use on that footage? What were your settings? Youve got great skin tones. Love your channel, man, I always learn a lot! Thanks.

[@pipclaffey1873]

Super helpful and informative just picked one up on eBay with the 18, 20-40 and the 50m! Never used 110 before. Great video 👍

[@TechLineHD]

Incredible tiny lens! Great video!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thanks TechLine!

[@DaveCraige]

Cool video Caleb. Props on the work that went into this.

[@Jawmsie]

Man, those are absolutely wild. I'm definitely gonna have to pick some of those up for my smaller cameras. Absolutely incredible.

[@dvdaltizer]

Yes!!! Need to pick these up. Great find Caleb!

[@MakeSomething]

Whoa, that's cool! That would have been my camera in 1978!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Boom!

[@alex_montoya]

Anyone has found where to buy the step-up rings? The 0,5 ones are tough to find.!

[@danielhawryluk2411]

The throwback was so cool! Loved it :D

[@ScottJWaldron]

Neat video. The Pentax Q is a great little system. It's too bad they basically stopped developing for it.

[@whatsupdate]

There is a sweet 75mm lens on eBay right now in the canon tv-16 line. The seller is selling essentially new old stock. I just got one and am super impressed the thing is absolutely like brand new. I don’t know how many of them he has but the auction is still up. If you are in the market for a vintage lens in this focal length check it out. The seller is in south bend Indiana if that helps find it. I got mine for $80 with shipping. It’s a c-mount so it is relatively small too. No vignette on apps-c.

[@baxtermarrison5361]

Wow, I didn't realise that these can be adapted for Fujifilm. I have the full Pentax Auto 110 kit, including the small filters!

[@DanielAx]

How is it even possible that these things cover APS-C. The 24mm is as big as your thumb. 😂

[@CommanderMouse72]

I'd expect them to only work with micro four thirds cause 110 film negatives are similar size

[@andrewhowe4266]

My first SLR as a lad. I picked up a set out of nostalgia a couple of years back but not tried to adapt the lenses. I had no idea they could stretch to APS-C.

[@superconfirm]

Great video. Just got a kit with camera and 3 lenses - UK £130.00! Just checking on the filter sizes. For the 24mm is 25.5mm filter correct - it's smaller than the 18mm lens. Cheers B

[@JaxsonNZ]

Man I wish Pentax did video better. They’re well underrated as a real solid, user focussed camera system manufacturer.

[@mrGood-84]

Amazing video! :) Really enjoyed it!

[@tomstaunton1804]

I usually don't buy vintage lenses online at all, when sold online people can very easily Google how much they're worth whereas in charity shops or car boot sales you can get far better deals. I got a pentax pk 50mm f1.4, a carl zeiss jena 50mm f2.8, an smc takumar 150mm f4 and a pentax k1000 for €40.

[@smashtime1904]

You perked my interest in these again! I think I had dismissed them for some reason(I remember I was looking for a wide angle lens and started looking at c-mount lenses when I came across these) and now they're on my short list! I actually have the Pentax Cosmicar 4.8mm f1.8 2/3" monofocal lens(like the pan focus where everything is in focus all the time) that I love and use regularly because its so wide and easy to use. Great vlogging lens being a roughly 18mm equivalent - you just put it on and aim and you dont have to mess with anything because once you stop it down a bit and fix exposure everything is sharp and in focus(for someone that has 30+ lenses and only 2 have autofocus I shoot in manual most of the time and this is a a feature that brings my attention away from the camera to what I'm actually shooting).

[@buyingonabudget1916]

Thanks for the entertaining and informative video. Please do more videos like this!

[@MomentumProductions1992]

These tiny lenses are awesome. I find it funny that we are now wanting the vintage look. We are going back in time! Thank you for the review :)

[@brianesquinas]

I finally got one! The pentax auto 110 with the 24mm only For $10

[@Write_Film_Edit]

I have Sony 35mm and 50mm primes with 49mm filter threads. When I opened this video I had no idea that I was going to find the 70mm I've been looking for that also has a 49mm thread. I'm going to have to do some research on that 70mm and maybe buy one!

[@victorbart]

Hahaha when I was watching yesterday i also pauzed the video looked at the local ebay (marktplaats) So i found a Auto110 body with all the items. And the 18 24 50 70 and the 20-40 zoom. Included manuals (the tiny 13 gram 24mm has 6 elements!) filters caps and the lens housings :D Picked it up today locally for 110 euro in perfect shape. It came from a collector who liked the system.

[@crazygeorgelincoln]

I like your recommendation, added to basket!

[@ccoquet]

You nailed Caleb. My grandma gave me a Pentax Auto 110 with the 50mm and the 24mm and since the camera doesn't work anymore (and i don't know where to fix it) iv'e been struggling to know how to use it on modern days cameras or buy an adaptor for iPhone. P.S. If you use the 50mm just in front of your phone camera lens, you got a bad ass Macro :P

[@alexadrianov8357]

Been staring at these for ages on ebay and wondering if I need them at all. Now I think I do need at least a couple :) Thanks for the review, Caleb!

[@alexadrianov8357]

Bought 18mm for starters. Should be just about fine for Micro 4/3

[@JamesDuguid]

Wow never heard of these! Thanks, cool video

[@beaupfeifferrecordings]

little gems mate nice review

[@eklectrikmusic]

I have a ton of vintage lenses I have been hanging onto for decades. A friend gave me the whole bag (that was given to him from an old photographers estate) But man - Trying to decode the adapter situation is daunting. I found a Nikon 1 J1 in my storage and want to be able to use these awesome lenses.

[@kenf00]

Are there any adapters for these on a Canon ef or ef-s?

[@NirnBootMod]

Yes but now they are $60 or more instead of $15

[@fredericp.9593]

@@NirnBootMod Hi, flange focal distance of pentax 110 is 27mm, right ? Canon EF/EF-S is 44, right ? So in my opinion the lens would hit Mirror.

[@nl.mattiegames4972]

is it a bit like the fujian 35mm? and wich one do you like more?

[@covverify]

That’s great! What adapter should I get for my camera? It’s Sony a6400

[@jameslu9435]

I am new to these lenses on Fujifilm. Just tried the 24mm on my XE4. I was wondering what lens focal length I should set it on the XE4? I tried setting it as 18mm. Although I did not get the super-wide picture, it did help to improve the vignetting.

[@disco4178]

Please tell us you've seen Blunty's and Mattias Burling's reviews on the Pentax Q -they're fantastic! I'll be buying your G85 guide soon. Thanks for what you do!

[@Moriarty2007]

Wery nice, I like it! Thx for awesome video!

[@PixelSheep]

Is there any way mounting these to the new Canon EF-S mounts? :) Thank you so much!

[@GarlicToothpaste]

Great video - I love these lenses.

[@eastbayhawk]

Awesome video, really like the unique content

[@GregerBurman]

Does anyone know of an adapter to put Pentax 110 lens on C-mount? Quick search on ebay et.al. gave nothing.

[@Veptis]

I saw a full set of them Ina store today. They were really cheap as well... But I wasn't looking for any tiny lenses at that time

[@truonghoangnhan110]

love the intro! Soooo refreshing to watch

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thanks man! Glad you and other are liking it!

[@thatjordandrake]

Really wish I'd spotted this video before we started shooting our own 110 lens episode... Great info though, thanks Caleb!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Hey man! Is the video up? Can't find it but would love to check it out!

[@thatjordandrake]

@@dslrvideoshooter Working on it now, it'll be up this weekend.

[@briandipierro8865]

Do they have an adapter for the Samsung NX mount? I would LOVE to use these so much.

[@ATTACKofthe6STRINGS]

Are you giving 35mm equivalent focal lengths?

[@williamnorton1569]

Simply double the size. 18mm = 36mm. 24mm = 48mm.

[@depotmsa2362]

this video was dope !

[@erkn99]

there are even adapters out there with iris control but they cost aroun 80 bucks

[@FotodioxInc]

Great video!

[@TheCrowleyCrew]

Dude those lenses are awesome. Can you say 4k on the M50? Thanks for the video Caleb. And I will have to pick those up sometime.

[@whatsupdate]

The Crowley Crew that Digital Bolex review got me too 😆I’ve been spending way too much on c-mount lenses for the m50. I know some CCYV lenses aren’t rated for 4K do you know if these things can deliver in 4K?

[@jonathanmasters2178]

Were the close up shots of you holding the lenses up to the lens of your camera shot with the Laowa 24mm macro you reviewed?

[@kotodamamidnight412]

Sux, I could find the used cameras/lenses easily, but I find it nearly impossible to find an adapter for these to a Canon EF-M

[@pop0ful]

What's wrong with the 20-40mm2.8 again? I couldn't get what you meant.

[@carlraetzsch]

Caleb, I love these videos! You got me onto cheap vintage glass last year with the Olympus Zuiko 50 1.8. These are awesome! But no EF-S? Alas... 😥

[@BlasterDavo]

I got on this pretty late but I've got mine on the way!!

[@good8023]

Iam using a pentax K70 and I was wondering if I can use old modle lenss like for example 50 mmf/1.4super-takumar and if not what old model lenss I can use on my cam the second question is what type of flash is better and compatible with my cam

[@timothydutoit7066]

Is there a way to mount the 24mm on a Nikon f mount?

[@chrisr7463]

On an APS-C sensor is the 18mm Pentax 110 lens actually 18MM - or is it more like a 27MM? thanks

[@franklinmichael671]

I got a kit online thinking I would get an unused camera with the 18, 24 and 50mm in the original box and for 105$. Turns out I got all of that and a second box with a second unused camera and a 24mm lens!

[@ItsBeenTooLong]

Dammnit again nothing short of an amazing video

[@literally_not_kevin]

Would there be any way to get these to mount to a EF body?

[@LetsPlaydasmal]

Is the Kipon Adapter for ef-m mount the only option?it is the only one that specificly mentions the auto 110 but there are way cheaper ef-m to PK-K Adapters (wikipedia says thats the mount all pentax cameras used since 1975 - Auto 110 = 1978) However i cant find any proper dokumentation of some sort that the auto 110 actually has a pk-k mount / or is compatible with it

[@rw3452]

Do you think there would be a way to mount this via a metabones to a GH5?

[@skyelermcguire6201]

Do they also have adapters for the canon EF-S mount?

[@alanrouge9423]

Hey, which adapter would i need for my Canon rebel T6?

[@mrlurchAU]

Did you ever do that Pentax Q video?

[@snowm8n]

Just picked up Canon M50 to do music videos and vlogs. I currently only have the kit lens and was researching lens options. Is this a good place to start building my lens options with music vids and vlog in mind?

[@franklinmichael671]

How can you mount nd filter on them?

[@pettysmithlll8528]

Great video man

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thank you Petty.

[@georgeaura]

Can you link to the best kit you have seen on Ebay cuz the ones I have come across says there is some haze or fungus on the lenses

[@phloem4]

What is the focal length on a MFT camera?

[@Superbull213]

question. Im currnetly using a panasonic g7, will that effect the focal length of the lenses if i use an adapter?

[@MrMovieMan941]

Action cameras?

[@ChaoticMatters]

i can see whipping this out when trying to get a model to laugh naturally xD

[@الاخبارفي60ثانية]

thank you sir , I need to know which the best zoom lens in low budget to shoot interview ??? one for the medium shot and the second for close up shot because I use two camera .

[@AndrewPRoberts]

I like these more than the CCTV lenses

[@kodewilliams2892]

What would these look like with a7r4?

[@titaniumwaffle4304]

I need that 18mm I have been using old Pentax k glass on my canon 7d and I love them just hope I can get a sony a7riii here in Canada

[@RyoHazuki224]

Haha I totally saw a 500-1000mm lens for this! I wonder if that was one of the original lenses Pentax made or is it a third party lens? LOL

[@Goodkid489]

Could you use this on the bmpcc?

[@yannispapanastasopoulos]

That's insane. I want to buy them all! Amazing man. Link to the adapter for Sony E doesn't work btw!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thanks man! What country are you in? I'll try to fix the link...

[@yannispapanastasopoulos]

DSLR Video Shooter just seen this! In Greece! Just got the camera and the lens! Insaaaaane little camera. Love it.

[@FoodTechLife]

Help me understand. Other than fun - the reason you would buy these lenses is to cover a focal length you don’t have, right?

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Could be. Or just fun lenses to shoot on. They also have their own look so shooting "serious" video/photos would work too.

[@RezaMolavi]

Thank you for posting. Did you try them on a FF sony (in crop mode?)? If so, how did you like the results?

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Yep! They work fine in S35 crop.

[@RezaMolavi]

great; thank you.