Letus Extreme - Lomo test footage

IanD

IanD

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Ok so I shot a quick and dirty test with a few of my Lomo primes. I went in ascending order from wide to telephoto. Shot very fast under changing lighting conditions so the exposures aren't perfect. No CC.

HVX 200 @ 720PN
180 shutter
56K preset WB

Lomos
18mm t1.6
35mm t1.6
50mm t1.4
75mm t1.6
100mm t2.2
Zeiss Jena MC 180mm f2.8 (medium format lens with OCT-19 adapter)

All lenses shot at 2.8 except 35mm @t2.0 and 180mm @f5.6

The last shot with the 180mm is to demonstrate the zoom capabilities of the Lex. I was able to zoom from around 74 to 99 with no noticeable image degradation.

More footage to come when I have time. Maybe even something dynamic with music!

Enjoy.

www.iandudleydp.com/LX-LOMO-TEST.mov
 
There we go. THERE WE GO. That's what I'm talkin' about on the zoom thing. Use it!

VERY sharp stuff. >=\ Can I have your glass?
 
bwest, there is definitely some breathing in there. Subtle on some shots, but it's apparent in the rack to the nearest shells in the first telephoto shots.
 
ask all questions b4 buying them cuz they look like the lomo oct-18 mount lenses converted to pl mount but not sure .

1-age (serial #) ?

2-real condition of them ?

3-are they geared or not ?
 
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That's what it looks like. Converted to PL mount which is pretty beneficial, I think. And, I think he gets multiple sets of them or something.


Where's IanD!? He CAN'T be out shooting and doing things with his equipment, that's against the rules!

More footages. =P
 
Hey folks,

Just got back into town from a shoot in North Carolina. Brought my HVX/LX in my Petrol bag on the plane with me. Luckily it fit under the seat (mostly). My lenses unfortunately had to check through and luckily Jetblue didn't destroy them.

Anyway, a word of advice: don't buy the OCT-18 mount lenses. They will not convert well to PL (or OCT 19 for that matter). The issue is they use what's called a "focusing mount" just like some of the early Arri standard mount lenses which turns inside the camera's lens mount. This is metal on metal friction and can be very stiff to focus. This can be very troublesome especially when adapted to another mount. Gearing these lenses for follow focus is not a practical possibility as the torque needed to turn them will ruin the follow focus.

Just my 2c
 
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Thanks for the advice! Another question: can you give your compression settings for your Lomo test footage?
 
I noticed with the wide angle a fall off on the edge to edge sharpness, most noticeable with the tree branches as they go from sharp to less then sharp when they reach the far edges. Is this a function of the Lomos or the LE? I had similar but worst edge to edge sharpness on a recent shoot with my wider lenses (Nikon 35 and 24) and it existed at all stops. I'm beginning to suspect the LE may have some edge to edge issues as it wasn't as apparent on my SG. Previous tests I've posted didn't have compositions with critical info in the far left and right.

The other issue I saw in the wide was visible grain like texture that panned with the camera, as if I could see the ground glass. Again, is this something that's endemic to your LE?

If there's anyone out there who has had edge to edge issues with the LE please let me know and if there's a possible remedy.
 
Tim Naylor said:
I noticed with the wide angle a fall off on the edge to edge sharpness, most noticeable with the tree branches as they go from sharp to less then sharp when they reach the far edges. Is this a function of the Lomos or the LE? I had similar but worst edge to edge sharpness on a recent shoot with my wider lenses (Nikon 35 and 24) and it existed at all stops. I'm beginning to suspect the LE may have some edge to edge issues as it wasn't as apparent on my SG. Previous tests I've posted didn't have compositions with critical info in the far left and right.

The other issue I saw in the wide was visible grain like texture that panned with the camera, as if I could see the ground glass. Again, is this something that's endemic to your LE?

If there's anyone out there who has had edge to edge issues with the LE please let me know and if there's a possible remedy.
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Zooming in a bit more on the HVX is going to be a remedy. Similar to lenses with hotspots in the center.

I don't think it's a flaw of the Letus, because if it was an edge-to-edge issue with the Letus you would see it on all of the lenses, not just wides. I also, remember readin' somewhere that wide lenses often fall-off at the edges.

I see what you're talkin' about in the footage that IanD posted. I will have to check to see if I get the same fallOff at the edges when usin' wide lenses but I think that'd be a lens issue.
 
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