…heir nFD counterparts. Your choice of lenses may be driven by look or instead by cost or accessibility. Are SSC Asphericals and nFD “L” lenses the same? The 24mm and 85mm lenses share optical designs and elements are directly interchangeable, though coatings and mechanics differ between the two. There is no 55mm L lens – the 55mm lens design was abandoned and replaced with a 50mm. The 24-35mm Aspherical zoom has an “L” counterpart, but a 20-35mm l… Continue Reading
…ght it a few months ago. My lens has a Minolta MD mount, which requires an adapter with additional lens for it to work properly with Canon EOS DSLRs, so I didn’t bother with it initially (I think it comes in different mounts too, which are more easily adaptable to Canon DSLRs). So in the end I decided to try out the lens with my Sony NEX 5N, which keeps impressing me every time I’m using it; such a powerful, fully featured camera in such a small b… Continue Reading
…nd needs something that could at least cover it until it’s possible to upgrade to better glass. As I said before, the video mode is quite forgiving, but when you look at the crops from stills taken with theses lenses you start to see a clear difference between these 2 lenses. I personally think that the f/2.8 lens has better contrast, colours and sharpness at every f-stop. The f/4 lens can’t even catch up at f/8. Also, the f/4 lens has a bit of th… Continue Reading
…e images are a little dreamy and lack critical sharpness (similar to Canon EF 50mm F1.4), therefore I used to use this lens at around F2-2.8 for best results, but as video above hopefully proves, Lens Turbo II really improves the sharpness at F1.4 to the point where I’m perfectly happy using it wide open if I need to. Lens Turbo ll also reduces already minimal chromatic aberration. This review is not about the Lens Turbo adapter, but if you are us… Continue Reading
…way to use such lens without any negative effects produced by common FD to EF adapters (video below shows how easy it is to convert this lens to EF). Generally I would say $75 for a mount that can only be used on one lens is pretty expensive, but since this lens itself is quite cheap for an F1.2 prime, even with $75 mount it would still be one of the cheapest EF mount F1.2 lenses out there! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79S6zPNNtg0 Specs: Focus… Continue Reading
…re important even at f/4 it matches the sharpness of Pentax. At f/4 Tokina actually achieves more pleasant image than much more expensive Pentax. At f/8 both lenses look pretty much identical, but since these are suppose to be fast lenses, that is a bit irrelevant. Pentax is probably more usable at f/2.8, but from f/4 I choose Tokina as the winner. F/4 is fine for me, I don’t need the lens to be completely wide open, so I’m glad I kept the Tokina… Continue Reading
…owing like me! 80mm diameter Cine rings by SIMMOD Lens and 77mm filter threads 80mm is the outside diameter of the rings, and that number is so specific because it’s a standard size for clip-on matteboxes. Since the filter threads across the set are wildly different (from 55 to 72mm), standardizing the filter threads to 77mm allows you to own one single set of filters which can quickly switch lenses without the need for tons of step rings. So all… Continue Reading
…20 what have you got to loose? In the worst-case scenario you can sell it back on eBay. Helios 44m 58mm f/2 Lens on eBay I try my best to make this website a great resource people interested in vintage lenses for video use, so I hope you’ve enjoyed this post and it will help you save some money on your future lens investments. I’ve joined the ebay partnership program to help me run this website and fund my monthly lens giveaways, so if you fou… Continue Reading
…using lens mounts, but it also has poor compatibility with Canon EF (FD to EF adapters with the correctional optical element are not worth bothering with). The only proper way to use this lens on EF camera is to convert it using EDMIKA mounts, but this has to be done with every lens in the kit, so conversion costs can add up. This compatibility issue is what kept Canon FD lenses more affordable, but with the rise of mirrorless, these lenses are ag… Continue Reading
…ing ring is very smooth with 140° of rotation and of course hard stops at each end (Canon EF users will understand). There are plenty of distance marks on the barrel as well as a depth of field scale to help out with focusing (not that I ever use it). The focusing ring does not extend when focusing which is great for a follow focus use. The front though does extend a little bit, but that should not present any issues even for matte box users. More… Continue Reading
