…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
…Cineovision High-Speed, Todd AO, as well as Sperical sets such as rehoused Canon K35, Cooke Speed Panchro, Zeiss Super Speed MKII, Lomo High Speed as well as other primes and zooms that are designed specifically for Super16, Super35 and Full Frame! On top of that, the funder Mark LaFleur is dedicated to creating as many tests and comparisons with these unique lenses as possible, some of which will definitely make their way to VLFV. In our humble o… Continue Reading
…ways have hard stops at each end of the focusing range, unlike lenses like 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 have on your follow focus. 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 w… Continue Reading
…lows you to attach them to a PL mount camera and even adapt them back to a canon mount camera with a consistent size, weight and shape. The part that I think is revolutionary is the fact that these lenses allow you to deconstruct the lens so you can create a number of looks rather than stick to just one. The results are encouraging. I’ve never had as much fun testing lenses. Phil Abatecola and I shot these tests on my Sony FS7 with Phil’s FS7 exte… Continue Reading
…same way Nikon lenses do. Most of my lenses focus in the same direction as Canon, so I’m used to such workflow when shooting gorilla style and even more importantly with a follow focus. Pantax could be a great choice for Nikkor lens user and while it’s a bit expensive in my option, comparing to modern lenses, it still offers a lot for the money. Like most vintage lenses it’s much more suitable for video work than most modern lenses: great, long th… Continue Reading
…y! As I said before, they are also easy to adapt to different mounts, like Canon-EF and they cover full frame, which makes them quite future proof, with cinema sensors scaling up rapidly. If one someday decides to sell then, you are most likely getting back what you paid, if not more. And lastly, owning and using these lenses is a joy 🙂 / Johan Cederholm Pros: Great look and feel Great metal built quality, fully manual Flat look (can give more inf… Continue Reading
…s for around $1000-2000 that would work with a Super35 sensor cameras like Canon C100/300, Sony FS100/700 & others. I think it’s quite a relevant question as a lot of people would love to own a proper cine lens, but a few can afford one, let alone a set, so we settle for modern or vintage photo glass, which is awesome, but it doesn’t take a genius to know there can’t be anything better than a lens that been specifically designed for video. There a… Continue Reading
…a Nikkor user. The main reason is the focusing ring direction. I’m used to Canon style focusing direction and most other lenses focus in the same way, so Nikkor is really messing with my head when I try to focus quickly. One think that can’t be denied though is that Nikkor lenses offer a great optical quality and great value for money. I’m not a big fan of E-series built quality and design, but really there is nothing wrong with it and as you can… 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
…lens, I picked it up for £75 on eBay which is uber cheap! I use it with a Canon 550d/t2i. The focus ring is massive and really nice to use. Perfect for focus pulls! The aperture ring is a little close to the camera at the back of the lens, but you soon get used to it. It nicely clicks into each different f/stop, which is great, but not totally ideal for video if you want to change aperture while recording, the change is too blunt. The image is qu… Continue Reading
