C100: How are Zeiss 35mm ZF f2 & Zeiss 50mm ZF 1.4 with C100 & C300?

nedcam

nedcam

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I have a AF100 package and will be using either a 300 or 100 on a shoot. How are these lenses? Would they be good as interview lenses? I realize they probably focus the opposite direction of Canon lenses plus need an adapter.

Oh! As long as you're reading this, how about my:

• Nikor AF 85mm f1.4
• Tokina 11-16 (IF) DX AT-X Pro f2.8

Thanks
 
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Slap a EF adapter on the ZF and your good to go. I like Zeiss lenses a lot and they will look great on the C100.

The Nikon direction always bugged me. Just hard to break old habits. I have the Duclos Tokina that I'm thinking abut having Matt swap the mount out from PL to EF. Another great lens for wides.
 
The tokina 11-16 is a handy lens, but I never did like the rendering personally.. I think i'm far too picky with my lenses haha. I love me my Contax Zeiss Set, but then again you're limited on APS-C wides with that. There are loads of wide options out there for the c100, I think everybody assumes the tokina 11-16 is the only option immediatley. Sigma 10-20mm is great (perfect range, constant f3.5), Sigma 8-16 is insanely wide and reportedly very sharp, Zeiss 15mm f2.8 has amazing IQ at every aperture and great sharpness/lack of distortion combo, the new rokinon 16mm f2 is sharp and FAST amazing deal, there is the Canon 14mm, the canon 10-22mm, you can get IS (but not as wide) with the 17-55 canon, and can get a constant f1.8 with the Sigma 18-35mm. Loads of options.
 
MattRobertson said:
The tokina 11-16 is a handy lens, but I never did like the rendering personally.. I think i'm far too picky with my lenses haha. I love me my Contax Zeiss Set, but then again you're limited on APS-C wides with that. There are loads of wide options out there for the c100, I think everybody assumes the tokina 11-16 is the only option immediatley. Sigma 10-20mm is great (perfect range, constant f3.5), Sigma 8-16 is insanely wide and reportedly very sharp, Zeiss 15mm f2.8 has amazing IQ at every aperture and great sharpness/lack of distortion combo, the new rokinon 16mm f2 is sharp and FAST amazing deal, there is the Canon 14mm, the canon 10-22mm, you can get IS (but not as wide) with the 17-55 canon, and can get a constant f1.8 with the Sigma 18-35mm. Loads of options.
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I remember when the Nikon 15mm 3.5 was one of the few exceptional wides out there, now there are so many. Just want to add that I am 'uninspired' by the Tokina 11-16 right out of the camera, but it is still a great fast wide. Far easier to manage than the Snow Globe 15mm 3.5 Nikon. (yet I prefer the Nikon image, just not exposing that beautiful glass to the elements)

With care and a bit of post management, the Tokina really shines. I don't even think price comes into it at this point, it really stands up with every other lens out there. Be careful about being "inspired" because right now really crappy lenses are what people like. Vintage murky and weird bokeh (yes, I am talking about anamorphic).

The crap lenses are infact more impressionistic, and therefore play with the imagination more, similar to the 24fps vs HFR, and B+W versus Color, and silent film vs talky, etc.... the farther from reality, the more transformative and abstract the medium, and then it becomes an art. But when things try to mimic reality and only get close, they become awkward and clumsy.



In regards to the title of this thread.... The Zeiss are really nice. Wouldn't say they are best, but currently I am really liking them. They look great on the Canon's. Even when they are wide open and blurry as h---, I would say they look bad. But I do hate the purple fringing when there is a strong back light on a silhouetted object with a hard edge.

Focus on the 35mm f2 is really finicky, as the twist is so small out past 4ft, yet dof @f2 and 2.8 can still be rutheless at even those distances, so tracking movements takes some ninja patience and dedication. But the rock solid construction makes everything feel rather repeatable, so it is a mix feeling on the 35 f2.

But, the Zeiss have the near perfect combo between looking modern and vintage.

(I assume you are using primes for a reason, and not using a zoom for interviews? A zoom gives so much more shot variation without disturbing the interview process)
 
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