…bodies continually change and improve but a lens can be used forever. The Canon 5Dmkii I used to shoot these images just turned 5 years old and is considered by some to be a dinosaur. It still serves me well and will be in my arsenal for years to come. A new cinema lens can cost $40,000…but does that mean it delivers the look you were going after? Only you can answer that question. For each project you will need the right tools. The four lenses a… Continue Reading
…k if you want to buy anything else on eBay.com and this link if you shop on eBay.co.uk. You will not be spending a penny more using these links, but will be helping anyway, because EPN (eBay Partner Network) will pay out a small percentage from any purchase you make, which in turn will support new content on www.vintagelensesforvideo.com. Thank you for your support! … Continue Reading
…sing the 4 rear elements and various waterhouse stops on the 38mm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIommG_mxI4 Thanks to Bennett and Phil for sharing his first hand experience! For a more in-depth analysis of this lenses, make sure to check out Bennett’s blog. My conclusion: At £4k/$6k for a set of 3 lenses, it is not a small investment, especially considering that the lens these lenses optically are based on can be bought for as little as £10/$15… Continue Reading
…plenty of other versions for MFT (M4/3) and E-mount cameras, which include Canon EF, Nikon F, Olympus OM, Minolta MD, Contax C/Y, Pentax K and a few other mounts. If you search of one of these adapters on ebay, you’ll notice that some of these adapters also have the SHIFT functionality, turning any lens into a proper tilt/shift lens, but these adapters are expensive, slightly defeating the purpose of this post, as it’s all about adding an addition… Continue Reading
…e absolutely nothing against any modern lenses. In fact I have quite a few Canon EF lenses which I still love and plan to keep for years to come, partially because they are amazing for photography and they simply produce amazing images with great sharpness, colors and lovely bokeh. I’m not saying that vintage lenses are better than modern. They’re not. If anything, they are different and often have a unique look. They also offer amazing value for… Continue Reading
…ssed was a way of getting them to said action. All I ever had so far was a Canon backpack and that is not a safe way to transport this grade of gear everywhere. I needed a proper case! I reached out to David at Hardcases.ca and got both a Nanuk 918 with padded dividers and a Nanuk 904 with foam to fit these babies. On the 918 I keep the main six lenses of the set plus variable NDs and other filters. The two “specialty” lenses – the 15/3.5 super wi… Continue Reading
…t if you use a follow focus and focusing marks. Again, some modern lenses, Canon EF in particular don’t have any hard stops. I keep telling people that the reason why modern lenses are so much more expensive that the old glass is not only because they have great optics, but also because they have great, fast auto focusing motors, which obviously makes a massive impact on the price. After all, these are photography lenses made for modern sophistica… Continue Reading
…kon wide open (click to enlarge) It is quite easy to get adapters to go on Canon EF-mount cameras or Nikon. One word of caution. When you buy a 50/4 Flektagon, make sure it looks like this. Sometimes air has entered this huge lens and causes the glue to decompose. All the black gets hundreds of little white dots, that look like a starfield when that happens. Don´t buy them, you get nasty reflections. So, where to buy and how much are they? I recom… Continue Reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x96YgeG8s4 Here is a quick little test video and a review of Miranda 28mm lens by Michelangelo Girardi. This is what Michelangelo had to say about the lens: Since before I switched to my t3i I was the happy owner of a Pentax DSLR (loved it) I kept some of my old lenses in order to use them on my new Canon camera thanks to a cheap adapter I got from ebay. This morning a new lens came through the post from ebay. It’… Continue Reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5q2Gur7aw Everyone loves 35mm lenses. Especially with so many crop censor cameras 35mm became the new 50mm. I absolutely love the Samyang 35mm f/1.4 lens and while it’s cheap for a modern lens, it’s quite a bit more expensive than vintage lenses. There are a lot of vintage 35mm lenses, but the faster one are not crazy cheap either. The Asahi Super-Takumar 35mm f/2.0 lens is one of the faster vintage lenses, but re… Continue Reading
