creating vintage look with modern lenses

[patrickcolpron]

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I have a cheap alternative proposition, if you want vintage grainy look with soft corners nothing beats using a Leica body cap and putting the lens of a Kodak Disposable camera in it.

The results are surprinsgingly good with an M10-R and even better with an M10-Monochrom.

The lens is a tad wider than a 50mm, comes in at about a 30mm focal length. It's silly but it works. 

[BernardC]

21 hours ago, 250swb said:

I think you need to classify in your own mind what the ‘vintage look’ you want is before asking a load of people for their interpretation. There’s the lens, the grain, the exposure, the developer, the printing, and everything in-between.

Indeed, the range of "vintage" looks is almost endless. Do you want faded Kodacolor, or a classic Hollywood portrait? The former would benefit from de-saturation, probably an exaggerated magenta shift, grain effect, and some blur. The later is mostly done in lighting, although a red filter could help to smooth-out skin tones if your are finishing in black and white. You might want to shine a light directly toward the lens to add a bit of haze.

On 3/10/2024 at 8:17 AM, spydrxx said:

when doing portraits, the trick is to take a lit cigarette and burn a small hole in the stocking and center the hole over the lens

Just showing someone smoking will provide a vintage look, provided they don't have too many tattoos!

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[Al Brown]

And there is always a $17 Holga lens: