Lenses

Cinematics Cine Lenses

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:05:02 +0000

50mm 1.4 Cine, $1060

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Customized-pro-full-frame-film-lens-50-1-4-5D2-5D3-camera-photography-video-film-/270994490145

50mm F1.7 Pentax Mount Cine, $499

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Customized-pro-full-frame-film-lens-PHN50-1-7-PK-bayonet-mount-camera-video-film-/280923596100

50-200mm F2.8-3.5 Zuiko 4/3 zoom, non SWD

theteddy — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:09:49 +0000

Guys, thinking about buying this lens to go with my GH2. Just wondering if anyone has experience, or indeed just opinions about this lens for video use ? Weighing up the pros and cons of this vis a vis the Panasonic 35-100 f2.8. No IS on the Oly, but greater reach and under half the price, but also heavier. Cheers

Interesting stuff: Famous 200mm and 135mm Series 1 lenses

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:41:07 +0000

If you want to own old manual lens, you need this.
They are build like tanks, have great optics.
And turning their focus ring is like having constant orgasm.

Vivitar Series 1 135mm F2.3

Mount: Canon FD, that is best, as it has no play.
Price: $200 or best offer

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vivitar-Series-1-135mm-2-3-Auto-Telephoto-Canon-Mt-Lens-/320731790285?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item4aad1abbcd

Vivitar Series 1 200mm F3.0

Mount: Canon FD, that is best, as it has no play.
Price: $199 and $160 respectively

http://cgi.ebay.com/CANON-VIVITAR-SERIES-1-CLOSE-FOCUS-200mm-f3-0-/120752479828?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item1c1d689e54

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vivitar-Series-1-200mm-f3-0-case-EXCELLENT-/120748862114?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item1c1d316aa2

Second option that ends in about 3h is very good, as $160 for such condition lens with case is good.

Standard ''vintage'' zoom for gh2

kurt10 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:20:31 +0000

Hello i have the lumix 14-42 but...digital look-sharp..no good for me. Leica D Vario Elmar 14/50mm. f2,8-3,5 Olympus 14-54mm 1:2.8-3.5 II ecc.. What do you Recommend...not too heavy and large...??

Excuse my bad English!

30mm F1.4 Sigma old

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:44:54 +0000

My own opinion about this lens is not very good.

Recently available Samyang 35mm F1.4 is better is every regard (build quality, sharpness, focus, etc). Except size and weight :-)

Century anamorphic lens, how to get better image quality.

gh2hacked — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:32:26 +0000

Alot of peoples are using the Century anamorphic lens also refer to as Century 16:9 ratio converter. So, I thought I share a little discovery that can help you get better image quality out of this lens. The Century anamorphic lens in my opion has better center sharpness than the La7200. It is lighter, smaller, and has better build quality. What is so interesting about this lens is that it is one of the very few anamorphic lens that allows you to use with wide angle lens of 30mm or less. It has a stretch factor of 1.33x. Making it very ideal for cameras that has 16:9 censors. It one major draw back is the blurry edge. The blurry edge kind of kills everything so great about this lens. Although, not much of a problem if you film indoor and work your scenes. Sometime the blurry edge can enhance the shallow depth of field. So, how do we overcome this flaw? To overcome this problem, I have discover that if you attach a +1 diopter in front of the Century, the blurry edge are gone. Now, you can focus the image as close as 1.5 feet. Infinity focus is not being affect at all! I guess the original design is for a small censor size camera and the +1 diopter seem to fix all the problems. Now the Century is back in the game for me and hopefully it will for you too! I hope everyone found this article helpful and please share your though and comments.

Cooke Kinetal's on GH2?

sicovdplas — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:22:28 +0000

He fellow personal viewers,

I was browsing the net, for some glass, and came across some super 16 Cooke glass, i know the panchro's, and love their hazy look. Now i stumbeld upon a ebay seller claiming the arriflex (PL) lenses fit and work on a GH2 M4/3 Sensor, without problems.

Does anybody know the display diameters of the Kinetal, and has someone tried em on the GH2?

Examples: http://www.ebay.de/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181009292902&clk_rvr_id=451708640700 http://mkoptics.net/m/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=3139

{edit} also considering if the Panchro's work? {/edit} http://mkoptics.net/m/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=6489

Cheers!

Looking for zoom lens recommendation with requirements

super_spyder — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:43:28 +0000

Hey there I'm looking for a recommendation for a zoom lens with the following things, but am having a hard time finding it. This is going to be used with a Preston FI+Z or C-Motion unit on an FS700, possibly with a speedbooster if it is a FF lens.

-Hard stops on zoom and focus, most likely a manual lens. I'd be afraid of breaking an AF lens even if it has hard stops.

-Zoom and focus rings can't change position while zooming or focusing

-Must be in the "normal" to wide range on the wide end, so anything with a 17 or 24 or 28 or 35 on the wide end. I don't care much about the long end.

-Constant aperture, is a major plus.

I do not need constant volume on the lens, or anything very fast.

Any help would be appreciated.

Recommend a lens for my GH3

jennifer2010 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:26:07 +0000

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone recommend a lens I could use with my GH3? I plan on using it for sports and would like it to be:

f/2.8 constant Have a reach between 75mm - 175mm (MFT equiv)

The Lumix 35mm - 100mm is great but the 100mm just isn't enough.

Thank you!

Lens questions - fastest pancake?

Riker — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:47:47 +0000

What's the fastest pancake on the market? By "pancake" I'm referring to something similar to Lumix 20mm dimensions...

Century Optics "Night-Hawk" Lenses: 25mm f/0.95, 50mm f/1.4, 75mm f/1.4

IvanUskokovic — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:41:49 +0000

Does anybody have any information regarding old 16mm "Night-Hawk" lenses potentially manufactured by Century Optics?

25mm f/0.95, 50mm f/1.4, 75mm f/1.4

Your help in creating a reference to these lenses is much appreciated.

Thanks!

Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 double

joe1946 — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:00:49 +0000

Voigtländer has announced the Nokton 42.5 mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds mount. The lens features 11 elements in 8 groups and 10 aperture blades for smooth bokeh. At 42.5mm, the lens will offer an equivalent field of view of 85mm on a Micro Four Thirds camera thanks to the 2x crop factor – making it a potentially great portrait lens for cameras like the Olympus OM-D E-M5.

The lens should be available in Summer 2013 with no price yet announced. Based on the price points of the Nokton 25mm f/0.95 and the 17.5mm f/0.95 for Micro Four Thirds, I would guess that a $1200-$1300 street price would be expected for the 42.5mm f/0.95 when it finally ships. http://www.photographybay.com/2013/02/10/voigtlander-nokton-42-5mm-f0-95-announced-for-micro-four-thirds-cameras/

34mm f/1.8 Jackar lens

Diffusion33 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:58:21 +0000

New MFT lens from Jackar optical, looks interesting! Stepless aperture ring, and cheap too!

http://snapshooter.jackarlens.com/eng/pageOverview.php

Anyone heard of a Fujinon N12x9 Broadcast lens before?

bigepidemic — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:20:36 +0000

I just bought a lens and I'm waiting for it to arrive in the mail. The model (as listed on the front right) is N12x9. I can't find the N listed anywhere to indicate the mount type. I'll attach some images if that helps anyone identify it. My hope is to adapt it to mount on my GH2.

Thanks in advance.

14mm Samyang

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:21:46 +0000

It looks like we don't have dedicated topic about this lens. Just many separate posts in wide lenses topics.

Quite good subjective review in Russian (use google translate if you need to) :
http://dmitry-novak.livejournal.com/72897.html

Fastest lens for GH2 - to work well in low light (Wide and Medium length)

Donnie88 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:03:43 +0000

Hi guys, I'm looking to hire out 2 fast lenses to use for a shoot in a dimly lit restaurant. Looking for a wide angle and a medium length lens.

For the wide - Panasonic Pancake 20mm f/1.7 springs to mind.

For the medium I have a Nikon AI-S 50MM f/1.2 - though the focus ring is broken. So another option would be great.

Any other suggestions? Cheers

Leica 25mm vs Olympus 45mm

emynach — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:16:58 +0000

Hi, I'm looking to buy a bright lens for the gh2. i will use it mainly for film shooting (directed scenes). i saw the 25mm f1.4 lens which looks great. i also saw the oly 45mm f1.8. but if moving closer to the object is not a problem for me, because i mainly shoot directed scenes. do i really need it, or the 25mm is enough? i've seen reviews of the lenses, and read reviews about them here in personal view. but i did not see any comparison between these two lenses. i know they are different types of lenses but still, i've seen some portraits taken with the 25mm that looks great with amazing bokeh. so does the extra payment worth it?

thanks Emy

Looking for a GH2 standard focal lens with f-stop around 1.7

simonhestermann — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:51:02 +0000

So I finally want to get rid of the 14 - 140mm kit lens (you know, bad aperture and moving to manual lenses...) I bought with my GH2 and already own a SLR Magic HyperPrime 12mm/f1.6 and an old Canon 50mm (with adaptor about 70mm)/f1.4 lens. Both never let me down. What I'm currently looking for is a lens for most kind of shots that would be between 20mm and 30mm (so finally more or less 50mm equivalent). I've already read about the 20mm/f1.7 Pancake from Panasonic (40mm equivalent and not thaaat a big difference to 12mm) and the Sigma 30mm (adaptor needed, so it would actually be about 80mm then)/f1.4 but still have absolutely no idea which one to choose... I've heard about the Voigtländer 25mm/f0.95, but that's far too expensive.. What is important to me: - fast lense - nice bokeh (that might match the 12mm HyperPrime a bit) - more or less 50mm equivalent, even with adaptor - max. price ~ 500 € (!)

Thank you in advance Simon

Lens for Film shooting.

emynach — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:06:04 +0000

thanks Emy

Aperture Blade Oil & how to clean it

fosterchen — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:35:24 +0000

So I've been looking at some old lenses on Ebay, and many state that the lens may have some oily aperture blades. Anybody know of how to clean aperture blades the proper way? I've search on PV, and I've only found to use an ultrasonic cleaner which I don't know what that is.
Is this something worth doing to bring back the glory of old vintage lenses? It's true they don't make them like they used to. And how bad is having oily aperture blades? Where does it come from and what does it look like?

Wide-angle Rectilinear Lenses

kronstadt — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:43:31 +0000

Hi all,

I wanted to ask if Panasonic Lumix G 14mm lens is rectilinear? and if Panasonic 7-14mm lens is rectilinear throughout?

And which other rectilinear wide-angle and ultra-wide lenses would you recommend for GH13? Please also mention the rough price for each lens.

I'm especially interested in legacy lenses that could be had for cheap.

Many thanks!

Lenses to achieve Cinematic/Filmic look on m43

kronstadt — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:19:47 +0000

This topic was inspired from another discussion here, where @feha suggested that achieving that "Holy Grail" filmic look depends a lot also on the choice of lenses. @endotoxic went on list his favourite Takumar lenses achieve that much desired filmic look on GH1.

So I invite you all to list your favorite lenses that have helped you to achieve that filmic look on GH1, GH2 and GH3.

Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 on GH2 or Gh1

kronstadt — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:35:15 +0000

I'm considering getting a Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 lens for my Gh1 because is said to be a rectilinear (non-fisheye) lens. It is made for crop sensor APS-C cameras, but I'm not sure if it will work on m43 mount. Also, not sure if focus will work manually on GH2 or GH1? Any advice?

Has anyone tried this on a GH2 or GH1?

First Footage with Prototype SLR Magic 35mm T1.4

beeldlab — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:57:37 +0000

Andrew, the owner of SLR Magic, the small lens company based in Hong Kong, sended me a Pre Production model of his 35mm T1.4 lens. I tested it. Not a scientific test though.

You can read more about it here: http://www.beeldlab.nl/marsh-ii-slr-magic-35mm-t1-4-preproduction-lens-test/

Anamophic lens vs Cinemorph filter

feha — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:38:33 +0000

I never tried an anamorphic lens, but have seen very exciting videos.
I wonder what would be the low budget solution ?
Would Cinemorph filter make it work ?
Or what would be the cheapest setup ?
Also any tips where to find optex anamorphic lens ?
Have seen nice footage made with this and 20mm 1.7 pancake ...
think it is: OpTex 58mm anamorphic attachment, does this work same as anamorphic lens ?
"The OpTex 58mm anamorphic attachment has been designed to optically squeeze the recorded image so that, when played back on a widescreen television set, the image will fill the 16:9 screen without any black bars at the top and bottom. Suits Sony PD150 and VX2000."

Real stops (T-stops) tested for a few lenses

nomad — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:09:21 +0000

I had the opportunity to put a cine Distagon, the Arri/Zeiss 40mm 2.1 T, on my GH2 today and thought I'd check a few of my stills lenses against it for exposure.

The results are interesting: while I thought that all marked F-stops would be slower than the marked T-stops, this is wrong!

All lenses were slower in T-stops when wide open, but starting from the first stop closed down, the values were constantly identical to the F-stops (within an error margin well below one third stop).

One example: the Minolta Rokkor 58mm f1.2 (aka Bokeh-Monster) has a T-stop of 1.4 (true speed) wide open. At f2.0 the value is identical to the lens with the marks in T-stops. This was the same on all the lenses I tested, a few Minoltas, Zeiss Contax and one Voigtländer. OK, not a scientific test, but good enough for me. For most practical purposes I can consider my lenses closed down as marked like T-stops, only the WO values are exaggerated.

Voigtländer 25mm @ f0.95 is a T 1.1.5 Minolta Zoom @ f3.5 is a T 3.8 Both Rokkor PG and Contax Zeiss @ f1.4 are T 1.6 Even the Rokkor 28mm @2.0 is a T 2.1

Thought some might find this useful…

25mm vs 20mm Panasonic lenses

emynach — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:00:46 +0000

Hi, i would like to buy a lens for my gh2. Which one do you recommend better? The panasonic 20mm f1.7 Or The panasonic leica 25mm? I want it for indoor shooting, and shallow dof is an important factor... Does the price difference worth it?

Is a cheap 28mm lens suitable for filming with GH2

FilmCat — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:57:52 +0000

Hi,

I have recently invested in a GH2, it's hacked and ready to go, I didn't think It would get me into photography as much as it has! But I bought it especially for my film projects.

I'm 17 and shoot small scale short films when I can. I previously used a sony A1E HDV camcorder and so focusing was nothing of an issue.

I have the 14-42mm lens and focusing well is an issue, the auto-focus from what I have seen using the camera simply isn't suitable for film projects (this is what had expected). So as this lens is not a an option for pulling focus as there is no direct-drive focus I have bought a nikon adapter to use a 50mm 1.4 (lovely) lens I have and shoots great and I am able to pull focus but it is simply cropped far too much so I assume a 28mm will fix the cropping issue. I also already have a canon EOS adaptor for the GH2.

My question is: Should I buy a cheap but sharp 28mm lens from ebay with a smooth direct drive focus ring and use this to pull focus (as I believe 28mm will produce the best results as anything shorter would distort the image?) when shooting or is there a better option?

I've done some searching for answers but nothing conclusive, my budget is at most £100 for a lens.

Thank you very much for any help, Max Herman.

old macro lens on a m43 camera

targoszstock — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:34:44 +0000

How does mounting an old macro lens on a m43 camera affect its parameters? Canon FD 50mm macro 3.5 1:2 on a m43 camera is effectively 100mm right? What about the 1:2 magnification? Is it somehow affected by the FD to m43 adapter as well?

I am a beginner to macro

Choosing set of lenses for micro 4/3

rajamalik — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:53:26 +0000

i am planning to buy some low light lens for my Panasonic gh2.

i looking for a wide angle 4mm 6mm 8mm 9mm 10mm 12mm 14mm / mid range 20mm 25mm 30mm 35mm 45mm 50mm 55mm / long range 70mm 80mm 85mm 90mm 105mm any of these with Apature f 2.8 f 2.5 f2.0 f1.8 f1.4 f1.2 f1.0 f0.95 f0.8 f0.5...

looking for superb sharpness and bokeh with low light.

i have some of these lenses in mind...

3 of them from ebay.

do they really work well with low light video anyone tested???

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-77mm-f-1-lens-Micro-4-3-G3-GF3-EP3-EP2-/220882784644?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item336da3d184#ht_500wt_1180

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Panasonic-GF2-G2-EP2-EPL2-55mm-F-1-0-Portrait-lens-/320733439303?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item4aad33e547#ht_4263wt_1163

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Voigtlander-NOKTON-25mm-F0-95-micro-Four-Thirds-GH-/180799576934?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item2a187e9b66#ht_500wt_1180

lets discuss,...a complete coverage from 4mm to 105mm less than Apature f2.8 to f0.8?????????