Tagged with m43 - Personal View Talks

WTB (UK) Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 (Nikon) + Nikon to BMPCC Speedbooster (BMCC or M43 considered)

_gl — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:20:51 +0000

Looking for: (UK based, open to elsewhere):

Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 (Nikon D5300 firmware fix a plus, USB Dock too).
2 x Nikon -> BMPCC Metabones Speedbooster (BMCC or M43 version considered)
Tokina 11-16mm Nikon (DX II version preferred, but either)

All need to be optically flawless.

Deals: m43 lenses deals

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:35:04 +0000

Click on the star on top right to follow this topic and not miss the deals

All actual deals reside in the end of the topic

Send me message if something is not actual.

Ask developers of the Panasonic Lumix GH4, plus, answers about the m43 format

driftwood — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:35:57 +0000

Still toying with the idea of your next camera purchase - the GH4, GH3, GM1 - or other? Are you worried about the future of micro four thirds? Want to know why Panasonic have chosen the GH4 as their next model in the GHx Lumix series? Why the YAGH? Have a concern? Have a recommendation? Want to know more about the future path of the GH series? Then this is your chance.

We're giving all our personal-view members the opportunity to put their questions regarding m43, the new Lumix GH4 plus more to a certain Mr Koyama - the man in charge of the whole GH4 project and product concept, product planning and support.

We will then collate all your questions and the best of them will be put to Koyama this week in which he has promised to answer as best he can. Deadline for your questions is this Friday, 4th April.

Write them below. Please stick to questions only - no comments off-hand or discussions. Don't be shy. Ask away!

Questions only - no stupid stuff - it will simply be ignored.

12mm f/1.6 Noktor

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:11:01 +0000

http://www.thephoblographer.com/2011/10/05/hands-on-review-slr-magic-12mm-f1-6-noktor-lens-for-micro-four-thirds/

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/10/04/1st-look-world-premiere-the-slr-magicnoktor-12mm-f1-6-premium-lens-for-micro-43/

Not long ago I had been invited to test this lens.

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**You can get lens at:**

* http://www.adorama.com/SLR1216MFT.html
* http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=12mm+Noktor&_sacat=0&_odkw=Samson+Airline&_osacat=0

Newbie looking for lenses recommandations

monks19 — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:50:41 +0000

Hi. I do some events filming with Lumix cameras (G6 & GH2) using Sigma (Nikon mounts) zoom lenses with RJ adapters. All lenses are at f2.8 max for speed and luminosity. I know that the lowest can go down to f1.4, but I havent been able, so far, to find zoom lenses like this, whatever the brand, especially at a good price (lower than 500 $, used or new).

Does any of you have any recommandations/suggestions on which zoom lenses (whatever the brand, as long as an m43 adapter is avalaible) I should get with my cams (and which adapters, if needed and unavalaible with the RJ m43 ones) ?

Thanks to answer.

Need help for a battery pack, please

monks19 — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 18:01:24 +0000

Hi. Does anybody use this battery pack:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Portable-12V-9V-5V-Li-ion-Rechargeable-Battery-Pack-CCTV-Free-Shipping-FACTORY-DIRECT/543182633.html

Is it good at all and how long does it take to the battery to be recharged completely ?

Thanks to answer

Kodak PixPro S1 m43 camera

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:40:14 +0000

Seems to use Sony sensor (ala GH3) and will have Wi-Fi.

Check http://huati.weibo.com/k/%E6%9F%AF%E8%BE%BE%E6%95%B0%E7%A0%81+%E8%89%B2%E5%BD%A9%E5%8D%87%E7%BA%A7?from=510&order=time

For Sale: BMPCC - MFT mount. Boxed & Mint.

trailer — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 06:54:48 +0000

BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera with the m43 lens mount. Bought last December from Jigsaw24 in the UK so still under warranty. Boxed with all the bits-and-pieces in mint condition. I've only used it a few times in fact. Also included is a couple of third party batteries and charger.

Looking for £550 plus postage of your choice. (located in Scotland)

Nikon F to m43 adapters

WarrantyVoided — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:57:31 +0000

The go-to shop for good adapters, ciecio7, unfortunately does not list a Nikon F to MFT adapter. I did send some questions, but unfortunately I did not receive any answer. Apparently they do exist, Grue has one, but I can't sit and wait for years to come. I did consider getting some Canon to MFT, but this leaves the issue of a solid Nikon to Canon adapter, preferably one which allows to change aperture by means of a ring or so. (There do exist adapters with a confirm chip, but with the Canon to MFT this won't work anyway.)

Does somebody know another seller which offers the cheaper adapters, but has a solid check to deliver consistent adapters? I'd love to get an adapter with aperture control (manual of course) and a tripod mount.

Panasonic Anamorphic adapter

tokyo187 — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:29:18 +0000

Hello again! I am wondering about the right decision in choosing an anamorphic option. There are so many, that have become rareties in some respect. There is the Panasonic AG-LA7200 16:9 Anamorphic Lens Adapter, which is average price is 1000 dollars. Than we have a Century Precision adapter, which is harder to find, but a cheaper pick-up, that seems to provide intense flares. Now we also have the endless array of anamorphic projector lenses, adapted with lens clamps and such, that some say is better, and some say not so much. These include Kowa(which do look pretty nice sporting a 2x Anamorphic, ranging from 100 bucks to over 700, Isco-Optic focusing ana proj lens, and the Sankyoscope anamorphot 1.5x including a +0.5 diopter, focus through, which I haven't found for less than 1000 dollars, and I'm not sure how much the diopter will assist me, but anyhow there are many more, which I'm sure most are aware of. I am just hoping to get a little more insight into what the best and most effective options are.

Thank you Kindly, -Trev

Olympus 12mm, 45mm and Panasonic 25mm

monowav — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:31:55 +0000

12mm and caps - $650 25mm, ND filter, bag, box, and caps - $450 45mm, ND filter, box and caps - $300

3% paypal and $10 shipping for shipping.

I have a mint Olympus 12mm f2, Panasonic 25mm f1.4, and Olympus 45mm f1.8. All lenses include caps. The 12mm has a ND filter, that can fit the 25mm too. The 45mm has a ND filter and a lens hood.

I am willing to meet locally in LA, too.

Shipping method USPS

Shipping charge No more than $10 per item.

Handling time 1-2 Day Turnaround

References ebay: jaksnak91

Please message me for more info.

Thanks!

OCT-18 to M43 adapter for sale here in MD, DC, or VA

matt_gh2 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:22:42 +0000

I'm selling an OCT-18 to M43 adapter. This is the one made and sold by Ciecio7 on ebay. I bought it from a nice guy on this website, but when I brought it home, I couldn't get it to work. The adapter connects perfectly to the camera, the lenses slide in smoothly, but the focus ring won't turn. Most likely I'm just having a brain fart and need to adjust one of the small screws on the adapter, so maybe this will be easy for you to do. So if you need one and are interested, I would suggest we meet locally so you can try it on your camera and lenses to make sure it works for you. I'm selling it for $120. This is the one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lomo-OCT-18-OCT18-OST-18-OST18-to-Micro-Four-Thirds-MFT-M43-Adapter-Ciecio7-/200977727817?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item2ecb34c149

12mm f/2.0 Olympus m43 Lens - $550

kingmixer — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:55:37 +0000

This lens is in perfect and working condition – no problems at all. It's great glass, it's fast, and this one comes with a UV Filter, Step up Ring, and follow focus gear on the lens (I can easily remove, of you'd like, and it doesn't harm lens). Of course, it also comes with front and back caps too. See pictures, and if you have any questions just ask. I'm asking for 550 plus shipping. Thank You

EOS to MFT No Name Lens Turbo Analog

CRFilms — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 07:25:29 +0000

Looks like these just came out within the last few days. Dumb Canon EF speed booster $99 and $139:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Focal-Reducer-Speed-Booster-adapter-Canon-EF-mount-Lens-to-Micro-4-3-M4-3-Camera-/201016438691?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item2ecd836fa3

Try your luck gents.

EDIT: I swear I did a search and didn't find the RJ topic. Here's the link to that: http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/9086/rj-lens-turbo-m43-adapters/p1

Fisheye for GH2 : Rokinon 7.5mm f3.5 OR Rokinon 8mm f2.8 with adapter ?

TruHype — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 04:41:27 +0000

Hello everyone,

I just recently wanted to buy a fisheye lens to filming skateboard videos, but I came across 2 different fisheyes :

The Rokinon 7.5mm f3.5 for Micro 4/3

The Rokinon 8mm f2.8 for Sony E-mount (NEX-7, NEX-5, NEX-3...) + Adapter

The thing is I know the Rokinon for M4/3 is going to fit directly on my camera (tried it in a shop), but the Rokinon for Sony is much faster, but maybe a little less wide...

Can you please help me choose ?

Thank you.

Need your help: Need OCT-18 to M43 adapter for shoot in 7 days

matt_gh2 — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:19:28 +0000

I've got a shoot in 7 days and really need an OCT-18 to M43 adapter for my Lomo lenses. If anyone has one that they'd like to sell, or even rent for a few days, please let me know. Thanks. (Normally I would order from Ciecio7 on ebay but the shipping time is too long.) Hopefully someone has one and can ship to me via 3-day shipping and save the day. Much appreciated.

B4 to m43 adapter

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:34:07 +0000

Advanced adapter made in China. Copy of ciecio7 design.

Available at our deals - http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1029/catchit-deals-fotga-and-b4-adapter-day-#Item_3

25mm m4/3 fast lenses comparison topic

goanna — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:22:50 +0000

At present, the fastest lenses to watch are the existing Voigtlander Nokton 25 f/0.95 and the proposed SLR Magic f/0.95

Full list of contenders: (will be amended according to contributions)

Leica Panasonic DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4
Olympus 25mm f/1.8
SLR Magic f/0.95
Voigtlander Nokton 25 f/0.95

(This original post revised, thanks Vitaliy)

Cine-NIkkor 25mm f1.2 C-mount Lens

greeches — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:52:38 +0000

**Ultra-rare*** 16mm lens from 1950's Nikon.

Focal length: 25mm
f-stop: 1.2
mount: c-mount

2000$ OBO

Near mint condition! Produces great images. Very sharp and warm image! Works perfectly on the GH2, see videos below.

Currently accepting offers. Open to trades as well.

RedRock LiveLens MFT adapter for Canon lenses

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:05:51 +0000

The Redrock Micro LiveLens mft™ is the first active lens adapter that enables Canon EF lenses to be used with any micro four-thirds (mft) camera, such as the Panasonic AG-AF100, Panasonic GH1/2, and Olympus Pen cameras.

Canon EF lenses require power and electronic controls in order to adjust the lens’ aperture. Without power and control electronics, The aperture of the EF lenses are stuck wide open, severely limiting the usefulness of the lens. The Redrock LiveLens mft active lens adapter solves this problem by providing power to the EF lens and a control pad to adjust the lens aperture. With LiveLens mft you can set the EF lens' aperture to any stop in increments as small as 1/3 stop. It works with just about every lens available today, including variable aperture zoom lenses, prime lenses, consumer-level lenses, and professional L-series lenses. It also works with most third party EF-compatible lenses. There are some limitations to please make sure to read Technical Details.

Price: $442

http://store.redrockmicro.com/livelensmft

Cheap 43 to m43 adapters with contacts

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:53:26 +0000

Shipped price is: $58

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/auto-focus-olympus-micro-4-3-lens-to-4-3-camera-lens-adapter-black-107898

Feature Film shot on a hacked GH2

pcsige — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:10:03 +0000

I finished production on a feature film shot entirely on the GH2. We're in post now and should be done around September or October of 2013 but here are some clips from the film.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-jvR5L4qMbXdIod18v1BqQJf3_fkF74N

C-mount to m43 adapters

doctord02 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:18:33 +0000

Hi everybody. I'm a new GH-2 owner just starting to get my feet wet. Which means I'll probably say or write something stupid pretty frequently. Looking to take advantage of some bits of glass I have laying about; I'm itching to play with my trusty Switar 1.6 10mm on the GH-2. Are there any warnings / suggestions you can offer regarding my choice of adapter? I've already sent one back (cheap e-bay junk) that was poorly machined and would not fully rotate so it would lock, so the camera complained... Thanks in advance! Dave

Cheap macro extention tubes for m43

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:24:42 +0000

Price: $48 shipped

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meike-Automatic-Extension-Tube-for-Micro-Four-Thirds-M4-3-Panasonic-Olympus-/330901232945

Question about FOV and DOF in relation to M43 and metabones speedbooster

andrevanberlo — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:11:12 +0000

I've seen a questions in the speedbooster topic and saw a similar question in a DPreview thread.

"Has anyone heard if there will be a Speed Booster for m43 LENSES on m43 bodies"

people say it can't be done because the m43 lens is built to cover a m43 sensor and this does seem logical. However (and i'm probably thinking way off here) the m43 has a cropfactor. FF does not. I always thought the FF lenses were so expensive because the entire lens has to be perfect as the entire image falls on the sensor. Where a lens designed for a cropfactor camera needs to be sharp mostly in center and not on the outside as that will not hit the sensor anyway.

So my thought was, if a GH3 has a cropfactor of about 2X, doesn't that mean that part of the total image is cropped? If so then i don't think that question for a m43-m43 speedbooster is such a strange question. As only part of the image actually hits the sensor.

So a speedbooster (i know, probably impossible) would then widen the FOV and increase DOF on m43 lenses and decrease the F-stop.

Off course there will be a lot of vignetting but still when i buy a 50mm lens for m43 that 50mm is what it would be on a full frame camera, we get a cropped version on the m43 camera but the full 50mm image has to be there for us to crop our image from.

In this video they do it the other way around: cropsensor-lens on FF camera

Could someone please explain where i'm wrong in my thinking?

Cine m43 lens set topic

tjnavyblue — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:06:20 +0000

Hoping to start a useful thread on building a MFT lens set from scratch.

I thought this could be it's own topic, as I think there are more and more people in a similar scenario, whether as photographers moving over into video, DP's that want a run n' gun MFT setup for travel, or budget film makers. I (like many of you) have grandfathered a fairly random set of different mount primes into my MFT setup, but I thought it would be an interesting "what-if" to think about starting from scratch.

There are a lot of new lens options in the last year from some new guys - SLR Magic, Nokton and as well as some zooms from Pana - I'm really interested to see which of these are must-haves for you guys.

Parameters:

-Please keep suggestions to lenses that are available new, or used from a reputable seller (ie. I like/own vintage primes, but let's assume you need to be able to buy and expense this equipment through a corporate finance dept.)

-For budget, let's say you have $2500 - $3000. And you don't want to blow it all on one Leica.

-Let's assume you're using MFT because you're traveling and need a light, yet flexible kit - everything from two camera interviews mixed with lots of run and gun art-docu type shots (let's say you have something standard, like a couple of tripods, a small slider and a Steadicam arm/vest).

Given that - what are the three/four/five lenses you would buy for your set?

PS. In the spirit of keeping things short and readable, please do not list a bunch of lenses that you don't recommend and all your reasons for not recommending them.

Best flash for the m43

azza_act — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:27:04 +0000

Hi guys, I shot stills for a real-estate company. We don't shoot HDR and we are only allow to use camera mounted flashes. I shoot using the panny 7-14mm and the flash im using is the Olympus FL-600r. Now the Olympus is a ok flash for small rooms but it does have a lot of throw and burns out quickly. I have a budget of around $600. Btw, I'm mainly a video guy but the company I work for wants me to shoot stills. Thanks

Fotga Nikon G to m4/3 adapter

inqb8tr — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:17:47 +0000

I have bought this one on Dx for 20$ something, shipped from Hong Kong.

If you need any more details read on.

When I attached Tokina 11-16 to it, first thing I noticed is very tight fit, no wobble at all, between lens and adapter, and between adapter and GH2 as well. That is the only good thing about it.

Lens does not focus to infinity, actually it does not focus at all, somewhere in the middle the focus scale it does, but it is useless. Than I measured it and it is 0.8mm smaller than the Voigtlander Nikon F - m43/ that I have.

Then I tried to hack/fix the adapter. I have made some kind of nano washers, drilled tiny holes in pieces of metal around 0.5mm thick and inserted them on small screws in between lens mount ring and adapter body. That way I've increased flange distance to the point where lens could focus to infinity (and beyond :)).

But the small screw in the adapter that pushes the aperture lever of the lens now got 0.5mm above the lever, so I had to push something on that too to make it working.

After that I proudly attached the lens and gotten outside only to find out that I have enormous light leaks inside the adapter. The pin that holds Nikon lens has a HOLE to clear it's lever when pushing it. When the pin gets in the lens, hole gapes open. Great thing for lens whacking light leaks experiments.

Then I wrapped some velcro cable ties around, to prevent light from entering the adapter.

Aperture control ring on the adapter is off by few degrees, so it does not reach it's lock position at 'open' side. So i had to unscrew the lens from the adapter for few degrees to allow that ring to open the aperture all the way. So the lens does not click to the adapter, but that tight fit and cable ties hold it quite well.

Now it works.

What a waste of money and time.

More Micro Four Thirds members

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:05:00 +0000

Five new companies joined the Micro Four Thirds system:

Blackmagic Design Ltd - pro raw cameras manufacturer
JK Imaging Ltd - owner of Kodak brand
Photron Ltd - high speed camera maker
SVS-VISTEK GmbH - industrial camera maker
View Plus Inc - http://www.viewplus.co.jp/english.html

Mostly it means that we'll see BMC with active m43 very soon.

14mm m43 alternative lenses

miza — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:25:31 +0000

I'm looking for a lens which is better quality and is around 14mm for GH2 camera.