…I’ve joined the ebay partnership program to help me run this website and fund my monthly lens giveaways, so if you found this post useful and would like to help me produce more similar content, please use the links in this post if you’re planning to buy one of these lenses or use this link if you want to buy anything else on eBay. You will not be spending a penny more using these links, while still helping me as I will get a small percentage from… Continue Reading
…I’ve joined the ebay partnership program to help me run this website and fund my monthly lens giveaways, so if you found this post useful and would like to help me produce more similar content, please use the links in this post if you’re planning to buy one of these lenses or use this link if you want to buy anything else on eBay. You will not be spending a penny more using these links, while still helping me as I will get a small percentage from… Continue Reading
…he best of both worlds; the benefits mentioned above together with incredible, clean, sharp optics comparable to Canon L and modern Zeiss lens. There is now also the new Cine Version of this lens featuring the integrated follow focus rings and step-less aperture adjustment making this lens even more attractive to any filmmaker. I highly recommend this lens looking for a fast 35mm prime, be it vintage or modern. P.S. Thanks again for the shout out… Continue Reading
…r_embedded I’ve tested both of these lenses before, so the individual write-ups and opinions can be found here (for Olympus) and here (for Helios). Someone on the website asked me which one based batter based on image quality Olympus Zuiko OM 50mm f/1.4 or Helios 44m 58mm f/2, so I decided to do this quick test with my Olympus and the Helios I’ve used in my previous test. I think the results in the video are quite obvious, Olympus performs much be… Continue Reading
…ere I want to talk about my personal conclusions on each of them. Canon 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6 L – As mentioned above, this is a great photography lens, known to be very sharp wide open and it does look sharp in my little test I’ve done. Image stabilizer helps with the extensive shake, but it is still very difficult to use this lens for video without introducing a lot of shake due to its length when extended and quite stiff focusing ring (fine for ph… Continue Reading
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…s also really good, but I would say Nikon was producing the least round out-of- focus circles. I personally prefer round circles. At f/2.0 Canon and Olympus still managed to produce circle bokeh circles, while Nikon was producing heptagon bokeh, which is still fine, but I just prefer circle bokeh. Pretty much the same goes for f/2.8. Next and much more important test was to determine the sharpness of each lens at different f-stops. In my 200% time… Continue Reading
…est kept secret in budget filmmaking world, or was I just blinded by “Canon-Only” world around me? If you didn’t know about this lens, now you know, so don’t hesitate even for a second to get one, at £10-£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 e… Continue Reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRMwX2xE0k In this day and age of internet, useful content is everywhere and most of it is free for all of us to enjoy. I like the free content as much as any other guy, which is why I’ve never asked for any monetary support related to the content I create myself. I realize that this post will not be interesting to many and it might even annoy some of you, because I’m finally asking for your help and I’m sure not… Continue Reading
…I’ve joined the ebay partnership program to help me run this website and fund my monthly lens giveaways, so if you found this post useful and would like to help me produce more similar content, please use the links in this post if you’re planning to buy one of these lenses or use this link if you want to buy anything else on eBay. You will not be spending a penny more using these links, while still helping me as I will get a small percentage from… Continue Reading
