I’m with Moose. I think YouTube is mostly garbage. When someone asks a question
in a FB group and the answer is a YouTube link, my usual reaction is to wonder
if the person posting the link is illiterate.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 4 Sep 2025, at 18:56, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 9/3/2025 3:56 AM, wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7AhnbS_10U
>
> Already an error before 2.5 minutes in. He assumes his 35/2.8 is multi-coated
> from a black front ring, "one of the later Olympus black nosed lenses". BUT,
> the ID ring is G.Zuiko and the serial number is 208187, an early, single
> coated lens.
>
> Either ID ring or outer ring is wrong, probably a repair result. Any of us
> old hands could tell from internal reflections what it actually is. At a
> guess from the reflections in the video, I guess old, SC. So perhaps a bent
> filter ring replacement?
>
> I skipped over to his "My Five BEST Vintage Lenses - UPDATED!"
>
> His second is:
>
> "It's a fairly humble looking and feeling little thing. It's the Konica 40 mm
> f1.8. And
> this is such a beautiful lens that again I'm going to have difficulty
> explaining
> just how nice it is. It's absolutely gorgeous. I used this lens for street
> work primarily, but it's also great for general work as well. There's just
> something about a 40 mm lens that on full-frame cameras, on a 35 mil film
> camera or a full-frame digital camera, 40 mm just works. It's special.
> It does something magical. There's just something about the relationship of
> this focal length to this full frame 24x 36
> mil I think it is that just works beautifully. "
>
> This lens is also a member of my vintage film lens menagerie. I've not shot
> it much, as the initial images just didn't much interest me. I do notice that
> the bokeh in his examples doesn't do much for me, but did I miss something?
> Ah well, perhaps when I get home I'll look at it again. But - top five lenses
> - Nah.
>
> Warning, more reactions may follow . . .
>
> Disagreeable Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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