…ny different mounts including M42 Screw Mount, Minolta MD/SR, Pentax P/PK, Canon FD, Nikon F, Konica AR, so you should not have any problems finding one that will work with your camera via your adapter of choice. Here is one more example of what the look and performance this lens has, beautifully captured by Justice Goble! Specs: Aperture range: F2.8-16 in 10 click-stops Optical construction: 5 elements in 4 groups Filter size: 62 mm Lens coating:… Continue Reading
…most common modern mount including Nikon F, Sony E, M4/3 and in this case Canon EF. In terms of speed and price it sits right in the middle! click to find this lens on ebay Carl Zeiss Super Speed MKI 35mm T1.4 (F1.3) is a legendary vintage cine lens, still respected and used by serious DOPs. Even though it was designed specifically for video/filmmaking, being the first in Super Speed series, it lacked the super long focus throw and follow focus g… Continue Reading
…beloved Olympus? In one of my previous tests when testing Olympus against Canon EF 50mm F1.4 & Nikon 50mm F1.4 I found that Olympus was actually best performer wide open, but looking at 100% crops in this test, I actually prefer Chinon, because it has less ghosting around highlights. So if Olympus was better than Nikon & Canon previously then Chinon must be better than all 3 wide open, which is certainly impressive, especially for the lens of its… Continue Reading
…s took the 135 with me and some of my favorite photos come from that time. Canon 5D3 + Contax Zeiss 135mm f/2.8 Slowly I fell in love with them. Whenever I started thinking the Soviet lenses were sharp, I’d pop one of the Contax on the camera and stare in awe. Momentum picked up and I saw myself getting ready to DP a webseries pilot. The Soviets were good enough for my own projects, but I needed something more reliable on this one. So far I had be… Continue Reading
…d modern lenses. If you do a lot of photography then buying more expensive Canon/Nikon alternatives featuring sophisticated auto-focusing systems might still make a lot of sense, but if you need a lens purely for video use, then there is not much point overpaying for something you’ll probably never use. Being a fully manual lens it’s easily adaptable to various cameras. There is no electronic aperture control to battle with when trying to use it o… Continue Reading
…Dragon or a $500 DSLR. Take a look at the striking results possible with a Canon 5Dmkii, these four lenses and the sun… Pentax, Nikon, Mir and Helios lenses. PENTAX Super-Takumar 28mm f3.5 The 2nd version of this Japanese lens was made from 1966 to 1971. There are three variations of this lens and this was the last one to not have multi coated optics. The Super-Takumar has an orange tint to the glass and creates crazy orange pentagonal flares and… Continue Reading
…enses always have hard stops at each end of the focusing range, unlike the Canon EF lenses which keep spinning even after you reach the end of the focusing range, messing up any follow focus marks that you might set. Mechanical Aperture adjustment on the actual lens. Unlike most modern lenses which are controlled electronically via the camera, older photo lenses have manual aperture adjustment, meaning the lens can be used with just about any came… Continue Reading
…another feature commonly reserved to cine lenses. Most modern lenses like Canon EF have between 45-90 degrees of focusing throw, which makes focusing manually a real pain especially when you need to track a moving object. Just a little bit much rotation and your subject is complete out of focus, which is the reason why I almost never use the amazingly sharp Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro which I have from my photography days. Focusing with MIR-1 on o… Continue Reading
…clear, especially when using a follow focus, which I use a lot. Nikon and Canon lenses focus in different direction and to me it is confusing when trying to focus quickly and precisely , so I usually use lenses that focus anticlockwise from foreground to infinity, unlike Nikon which focus clockwise. Saying that, I still decided to get hold of a decent Nikon lens to see what the whole fuss is about. Well, to start with, the lens is really nicely b… 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
