Mathieu Stern

So happy to finally meet ‪@smartereveryday‬ IRL !

1 month ago | [YT] | 260

Mathieu Stern

After more than 10 years of testing weird, vintage projector lenses…
I’ve gathered everything I know into one complete guide.

📘 The Projector Lens Handbook is officially online!
130 pages packed with tips, lens profiles, DIY adaptation tricks, and the best advice I’ve ever shared about getting incredible swirly bokeh and cinematic images using cheap projector lenses.

I’m really proud of this one. It’s been months in the making—and it’s the book I wish I had when I started this journey.

Grab your copy here 👉 tinyurl.com/8hkmkjfs
(Channel members get 30% off 👀)

Thanks so much for supporting my work. Can’t wait to hear what you think!

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3 months ago | [YT] | 360

Mathieu Stern

This is so bad
I just received a sponsorship proposal from a Youtube review of a “4K streaming camera”. 
Their official website features a beautiful woman to showcase the image quality of their camera… but the woman isn’t real — the image was generated with AI.🤥
Just look at the fonts on the products. How dumb do they think consumers are?
Naturally, I won’t be accepting any money from these people — but it does raise an important question: how can we know who to trust for gear reviews these days?

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3 months ago | [YT] | 172

Mathieu Stern

I had the chance to test the Blazar Beetle 45mm lens 1.33X anamorphic lens full frame
This lens surprised me! My full review, images, and sample footage are now up—check them out here: https://youtu.be/mSy_6UxoLQc

4 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 66

Mathieu Stern

Posted a ranking of all the fisheye lenses I ever tested.
https://youtu.be/EakUbR8xS0c
Let me know if you have more to add

5 months ago | [YT] | 88

Mathieu Stern

SCAM Alert: I don’t like drama, but I feel it's important to warn you. This eBay seller is using my work without permission and is also using a photo of a completely different lens to sell his Helios 44-2 lenses.

Not only is he using the results from a projector lens to falsely advertise the Helios 44-2 swirly bokeh, but he also stole my work without giving credit.

If you buy his lenses, you will not get the results shown. He is scamming buyers with overpriced junk.

Seller name: powerlens

5 months ago | [YT] | 306

Mathieu Stern

Been testing a new process for shooting infrared videos with my modified A7II and Irchrome filter, the look was not really pleasing and ultra red, but by using Dehancer to give the footage a more film like look the final result seems more organic.
I need to test the process on human skin but it should look super retro , 1960 like.

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