GH1 w/Manual Lens test # Eleventy Billion

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Yep another test vid. :tongue: Been checking out Craigslist for any cheap glass and found these. Just a basic shot to test grain, banding, and the lenses. In total, those lenses cost me about $130 plus $40 for the two adapters.

Lenses used:

Vivitar wide angle f = 35mm 1 : 3.5
Auto Vivitar 135mm 1 : 2.8
JCPenney multi-coated optics 55mm 1 :1.2.8 f=28mm
Mintolta MC Rokkor - pf 1:1.7 f= 55mm
Minolta MD 50mm 1: 1.7
Nikon E 50mm 1:1.8
 
I like seeing videos like this it encourages me to pick up some manual glass for my cameras. I just need to find the deals here in Oregon.
 
Hey man, cool video. You are a great host for your tests.. ;)

However, grain and banding are not lens related. What you really should be watching for is sharpness all around the frame (usually bad lenses tend to be less sharp as you get further from the center of the image - especially true for wide angles), and how closed you have to be for your sharpness to be acceptable (lenses are not as sharp wide open than when they are closer to their optimal aperture - usually around F4 or F5.6). Banding or grain are yusually more noticeable on more blurred parts of the image, hence the apparent differences.

Anyway, great purchases! Hope you enjoy!
 
Thanks gents. Taubkin...I literally have NO IDEA what I'm doing. So this test was to see what the lens looked like on cam. How much light did it let in. What ISO worked, wide open on each lens. How much noise at those ISOs, basic stuff, but it's new to me.

Sadly, after shooting for a week of just random things, this is still the best footage I've shot. Everything I shoot outside looks like typical camcorder footage, and everything else is inbetween. Something about the glossiness of the white walls and how the lights bounce off it, creates a great look. Just enough sharpness/detail and DOF blur. Shot selection and framing and lighting is everything.

Amir, I now have a canon/nikon/olympus/minolta adaters and about 8 lenses total plus adapters for under $200. I'm literally just going to go on ebay every two weeks or so and buy a lens in the $20-25 with shipping price range. The downside, running and gunning will be way harder since you can't auto focus or use stability, so I'm primarily going for tripod shots. I've also learned you need a solid tripod(I've got a couple of cheapy ones), because when you try to focus, a cheap tripod will move on it's base slightly and shake the camera and your footage will shake noticibly, especially when I was using the heavy lens.
 
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