Lenses

Which Angenieux lens is this on the pictures? and which mount?

kronstadt — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:45:35 +0000

Hi all, I need your help... I'm trying to determine which Angenieux lens is this and what are it's specs? Most importantly, which mount type is this??? and how can I mount this on a GH13 m4/3 mount? All that I know is that this lens was once attached to a vintage 16mm Arriflex.

And how much do you think I should pay for this lens?

Any advice and suggestions much appreciated!

New Rokinon 35mm T1.5 Cine Lens

redbaron — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:48:07 +0000

Just saw this on Facebook Rokinon group: Introducing new Rokinon 35mm T1.5 Cine Lens

Looks to have gears for focus and iris!

After seeing this I think that the Tokina 11-16 + Panix GH2 is the killer couple

Manu4Vendetta — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:30:04 +0000

The look of this job seems like a Arri Alexa. So, some of the better look jobs with the GH2 generally come with this glass (Musgo for example).

I think Tokina wold come to the M4/3 bandwagon and manufacture this optical to work fully with our cameras.

PS: Sorry for inaccuracies with the english.

Dust and specks inside new lens???

Tobsen — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:50:04 +0000

I received a supposingly brand new lens today and noticed there is quite some dust inside it. Besides that, I believe there are tiny specks as well on the second glass element from the back. I know dust gets into the lens after some time, but I wasn't expecting this with a brand new lens, that cost my company quite some money.

I haven't seen any problems on the footage so far, but it just doesn't feel right.

Should I return it?

Searching for "artistic" lenses

krotal — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:35:27 +0000

I know everyone is looking for super sharp lenses but I often shoot experimental projects that's why I'd like to find some old lenses with lot of "personality", (dreamy corners, swirling bokeh, flare, etc). I'm not going to shoot everyday with this kind of glass but it may worth a try.

I already read about Helios lenses, Here is a good example of the kind of bokeh I'm looking for :

Rokkor This one's pretty extreme

Totally love the film like softness but i think this effect comes from the DIY adapater used by the author.

I hope some people are willing to share their knowledge on these crazy lenses ;) Thanks

85mm F1.5 Helios Cyclop Version

digger — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:14:58 +0000

I won this lens on ebay thinking it was the 40-2 85mm f/1.5 model. What I got was the lens in the Cyclops configuration which has its aperture fixed at f/1.5. I know I got ripped off (by a US seller who didn't explicitly say it was the 40-2 but didn't exactly make it clear that it was the Cyclops configuration), but the lens is in great shape. Before I return it, I wanted to see what others would do in a similar circumstance. I've been searching far and wide for this lens, and though it's not exactly what I was looking for, should I think for a second about keeping it?

Which Lens?

thougts2uk — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:11:44 +0000

Hi guys,

I have the Voigtlander 25mm and SLR Magic 12mm. I want to get either an 85mm or 100mm equivalent to complete my basic lens set.

Can anyone recommend a lens that will complement my existing set with a cinematic look?

Thanks

More 2.0 lenses please

stoney — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:05:37 +0000

I like 2.0 lenses. Fast enough. Good center sharpness. Good enough Bokeh. 1.4 or faster exotic lenses are great but expensive. Also I prefer the perfect round Bokeh shape at max aperture. i.e. I like lenses that perform well at max aperture. Also good 2.0 lens should have good corner sharpness at 4.0 or 5.6 or 8.

But I'm guessing that manufacturers usually wanna expand to 1.4 or faster when they can build excellent 2.0 lenses... and charge more... then expect us stop down... most of the time. Or am I thinking too narrowly?

Canon FD or Nikon Nikorr AIS or ?

feha — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:27:57 +0000

I want to invest in collection of lenses. I wonder what would you suggest ? Canon FD or Nikon Nikorr AIS ? The price point is not important but the quality. Why would you choose particular type or is there any other make that can be made a good collection of ? I intend to use with GH2 ...

0.6x wide angle converter

stoney — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:30:44 +0000

I found a set of 14, 20, 30, 50mm lenses is good. See http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/63058#Comment_63058

I have 14mm 2.5, 20mm 1.7, and Ai-s 50mm 1.4. Definitely not interested in Sigma 30mm 2.8.

@shian used 0.7x converter on his Ai-s 50mm 1.4 http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/61642#Comment_61642 Smart idea. Less # of lenses. Easier color grading.

I'm looking for 0.6x converter to turn Ai-s 50mm 1.4 into 30mm 1.7 if one third stop light loss.

Calvision has 3 different flavors for 0.6x converter. No idea which one will work if it works. http://www.cavision.com/optics/industrial/adapters.htm

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Sigma 30mm 2.8 m4/3 mount. Anyone have one?

Petee28 — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:23:48 +0000

I ran across this lens when I was looking for the Sigma 30mm f1.4. Does anyone have one or know anything about the quality? Thanks

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=jAl&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=camera+lens&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=572&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=8880211898433948392&sa=X&ei=8rO9T9aTCsKO6gGJu_Ba&ved=0CG8Q9AIwAA&os=reviews

50mm F1.8 Pentax lens

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:06:31 +0000

Looks pretty good.

Availability: Late June/early July
Price: $249.95.

Panasonic upcoming fast zooms topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:16:42 +0000

There will be a 12-35mm and a 35-100mm fast X zooms!!!! Panasonic said they will come in 2012 and have a “large” aperture.

Via: http://www.43rumors.com/

Lens defects by brand

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:02:22 +0000

Made small chart from data that I found:

Data source: http://www.lensplay.com/lenses/lens_defect_results.php

Help identifying this mount?

DaleCampbell — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:03:36 +0000

If anyone could help me identify this mount on a Tokina 80-200 f4 I would really appreciate it! Got the lens ages ago and couldn't find out at the time what it was... Suspected Minolta? Looking for an adapter to put it on a canon and my gh2.... Thanks in advance!

http://flic.kr/p/bDfsxu

http://flic.kr/p/bSaaMr

http://flic.kr/p/bDfrS3

http://flic.kr/p/bSaaCR

Extend physical (not focal) length of lens?

shane — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:30:57 +0000

I buckled down and bought the Voigtlander 25mm f.095 and I love it. But now it's time to put a follow focus on it. As anyone who owns this lens will know, the focus ring has old-school ridges that make it tricky to put a focus gear on, but right underneath it is a "smooth" area that I am convinced could be made to turn with my iDC System Zero follow focus (if not by itself, then with a standard office ziptie or something similar).

The problem is, the shape of this device puts the rubber about a millimeter shy of where it needs to be. It's so close, but it doesn't quite touch:

If I could find a way to add even 1/8 of an inch to the lens, I think that it could make contact and possibly work. But my problem is that all adapters tend to do something. I want one that does not do anything. Since it's a manual lens to begin with, I won't be losing any functionality.

Does anyone know of anything like this, or another workaround?

Recommendations for a good zoom please

Jon2323 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:54:18 +0000

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a good zoom for video work with the GH2:

-Any mount/brand which allows adjustment of iris is fine.

-Not bothered about auto focus, not bothered about zooming during a shot, unless there is a lenses which holds focus pretty well while zooming.

-Ideally 11-60mm ish but anything down to about 14-50mm would be ok.

-Max about f4, faster the better though.

-Minimal breathing while focusing

-Usable manual focus ring (Canon 24-70mm design would be fine)

-Good picture quality

Price isn't too much of an issue if all of the above are ticked (as long as it's not silly money) Olympus 14-35mm is too heavy by the sounds of it.

Thanks for any advice

Good lenses for documentary filmmaking and run & gun shooting

sohus — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:33:29 +0000

I am currently looking for a good lens for documentary filmmaking with the GH2. I love my primes but when you are shooting documentary, it is very inflexible. One way of solving this is adding one or two bodies so you can just change them around but a zoom lens is the best option IMO.

Lenses that qualify are:

FourThirds:

OLYMPUS : ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD http://www.four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/standard.html#i_012-060mm_f028-040_olympus

Panasonic : LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm F2.8-3.5 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. http://www.four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/standard.html#i_014-050mm_f028-035_panasonic

OLYMPUS : ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-54mm F2.8-3.5 II http://www.four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/standard.html#i_014-054mm_f028-035ii_olympus

MicroFourThirds:

OLYMPUS : M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50mm F3.5-6.3 EZ http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/standard.html#i_012-050mm_f035-063_olympus

Panasonic : LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm F4.0-5.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/standard.html#i_014-140mm_f040-058_panasonic

I focused on the Olympus/Panasonic lenses for now. I think that the Panasonic : LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm F2.8-3.5 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. and OLYMPUS : ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD are good candidates. Especially the Olympus has a very long range (24-120mm in 35mm terms) while still offering a F2.8 wide-angle (and constant F/4.0 over entire range). Documentary shooting is about making trade-off and I will always have my primes for really dark situations (Voigt 50mm/.95, SLRMagic 12mm/1.6 and Olympus 45mm/1.8).

Does anyone here own one of the above lenses? Please share your opinions with me. I probably wait until the Panasonic X 12-35mm and 35-100 are announced as they could be good candidates too, although 12-35mm is a more limiting range.

300mm Tokina mirror lens

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:14:49 +0000

Won't be cheap, but hope that it'll be quite compact.

CCTV/C-Mount lenses for G series (smaller sensor)

AlbertZ — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:39:30 +0000

I have seen lots of topics dealing with cheapy (and fast) cctv lens, c-mount lenses on Panasonic GH1/2. Vignetting is a serious issue on these lenses, in particular for wide angles; many videomakers on GHx use ETC; However, most of the problems of vignetting seems to be caused by the non-standard size (16/9 crop etc) of GHx-sensor, which is a little wider than standar M4/3; GF2/3 cameras, on the contrary, have standard M4/3 sensor, so these cameras shoud have less vignetting issue... What's your experience with GF1/2 and C-mount?

for example, here you can read an article about wide and fast c-mount lenses..they work better on GF series!

55mm f/1.7 Chinon M42

TommiH — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:51:11 +0000

I paid 46 euros (including postage) for a Chinon 55mm f/1.7 M42. For the price, I think it's quite nice. :) A quick test I made:

25mm F/0.95 Voigtlander - Shooting in the dark

Alexauwa — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:08:24 +0000

Hi everyone,

I am shooting on the Voigtlander 25 mm f0.95. I've tried several shots, insight and outsight. I've noticed that in some parts the dark areas were absolutely clear, no noise at all, but in some where were. I've keep ISO between 320 - 640, f0.95.

How do I get, even if there is less light, the most best possible result - here a clean picture? Do I have to raise ISO in order ta achieve better results? (Sensor need more light sensitvity to bring out details, can you shoot on too low ISO?) I always thought: lower IS0 value= better picture quality.

How do you handle night shoots, any tricks? Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks, Alex

Breathing tests of various lenses

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:00:30 +0000

Copy-pasted from post by @joeevento in other topic

Tip: KOWA 2x Anamorphic for Bell & Howell

TommiH — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:22:41 +0000

I can't afford it, but maybe someone here needs one and can afford it: http://www.huuto.net/kohteet/objektiivi-kowa-2x-anamorphic--for-bellhowellerikoinen/216578348

New Anamorphic Lens From Canon?

GOODEMPIRE — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:45:35 +0000

http://photorumors.com/2012/04/01/new-anamorphic-lens-for-canon-dslr-cameras/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoRumors+%28PhotoRumors.com%29&utm_content=FaceBook

Looks just.... unbelievable.... I wonder what would be the price?

500mm f5.6 Pentacon

mk47 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:50:59 +0000

I just got this lens today. I just had to try it right away when it got dark: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UNMurgpryM

GH2, using tele conversion Will post more when i resolve the support/tripod issue and when the sky clears up.

Best Bokeh and Flare

dennnnnnnis — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:41:42 +0000

I know the the "classic" helios and recently I fell in love with a cheap old Olympus Zuiko 50mm 1.8 do you guys have any recommendations for lens with great bokeh and flare?

Wide aperture m43 mechanical focus ring lens

mk47 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:17:58 +0000

Hello.

Im a happy new owner of the GH2. Thus far i got the following lenses 14-140mm, 20mm, 7-14mm and two oldies: pentacon 29-2.8 and helios 58-2.0. I am looking for a lens with wide open aperture and a mechanical focus ring (for follow focus). I absolutely love the pancake 20mm, but its so small i doubt the focus ring would even fit, let alone the problems these lenses have when you want to focus manually. The pentacon 29-2.8 isnt bad, but i would like a bit wider aperture and wider angle of view.

The new 17.5mm voigtlander looks lovely, but a bit costly for now. Perhaps ill get lucky and find a killer deal on the 20mm :P

What else could you recommend?

20mm F1.7 AF in video

flyguy — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:56:16 +0000

Hello, i just got my 20mm today. I noticed that continuous focus is fast and accurate before i start recording. Once i hit the record button, the AF tends to be slow and could not focus a certain area. but once the recording is stopped, the OOF area quickly gets focused. Is this a setting problem or what not? Or its a known problem on the 20mm. Or is this a faulty lens ( i got it as a used item. ) Thanks in advance! (:

Third party lenses for MFT

zigizigi — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:51:59 +0000

What is the reason that there are so few? There was the Sigma line for classic 4/3 but there's virtually nothing for micro. Is it some Pana/Oly licensing quirks, lack of interest from third party manufacturers in such a niche market, or some conspiracy involved?