…re lens investments too. I’ve joined the ebay affiliate program to help me run this website, fund my tests & lens giveaways, so if you find this content 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 bookmark and/or use this link if you want to buy anything else on eBay.com or this link if you shop on eBay.co.uk. You will not be spending a penny more… Continue Reading
…ed to go for the most affordable “photo” version of this lens, featuring a rubber focus ring & click-stop aperture adjustment. Photo Version on Ebay If I were to buy one of these (and I hopefully I will soon), I’d go for a slightly more expensive “cine” version which has the geared focus & aperture rings (for follow focus use). The cine version also has a smooth, click-less aperture adjustment and T-stop markings (commonly found on cine lenses). T… Continue Reading
…flares which we all love. Not nearly as obvious & strong as you’d get with Russian lenses like Helios 44-2, MIR-1 or MIR-20, but as you can see in the last shot of the test, when pointed at a bright light source with dark background you do get plenty of rainbow flares! Why buy one? The F2.8 does sound underwhelming for a 50mm lens, but with most modern cameras, low F2.8 or even slightly slower is no longer an issue. For example the night shots in… Continue Reading
…non is even softer. At F4 Canon cleans up very nicely while Tamron still struggles to achieve the perfect sharpness. Keep in mind that this is the top right edge of the frame where you are unlikely to have anything important in the frame. 28mm is not the widest lens you’d want to use on a Super35 camera, so although the edge sharpness is disappointing I’ve never felt that it affected my images in either the test video or the music video I used it… Continue Reading
…re lens investments too. I’ve joined the ebay affiliate program to help me run this website, fund my tests & lens giveaways, so if you found this content useful and would like to help me produce more similar content, please use the ebay links in this post if you’re planning to buy one of these lenses or bookmark or use this link if you want to buy anything else on eBay.com or this link if you shop on eBay.co.uk. You will not be spending a penny mo… Continue Reading
…ns used, so suitable F-stop depends on the lens used at the time, but as a rule of thumb F4 is the lowest f-stop I’d have when using this lens. It’s quite safe to say that this is not the sharpest anamorphic lens around, but I find the overall look to be very pleasant and organic; certainly takes the edge off the digital sensors (hopefully not too much of it though). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7skKhLfkAz4 Now let’s look at the sensor coverage… Continue Reading
…ture lens investments. 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… Continue Reading
…ture lens investments. 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… Continue Reading
…re lens investments too. I’ve joined the ebay affiliate program to help me run this website, fund my tests & lens giveaways, so if you find this content 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 bookmark and/or use this link if you want to buy anything else on eBay.com or this link if you shop on eBay.co.uk. You will not be spending a penny more… Continue Reading
…e set, but in short these 2 and the other 2 lenses, have a very solid construction, step-less aperture adjustment and 180 degrees on rotation on the focus ring. The original mount on these lenses is ARRI B (bayonet) and my set currently has this mount, but in future I’m planning to fit PL adapters (removable mounts) on them for easier compatibility with various cameras. Some of these lenses you’ll find on ebay will already have PL mounts fitted on… Continue Reading
