Must have lenses

I shot a charity event last night using the 25mm f/0.95 Nokton, some crowd shots, some runway shots, lots of BTS makeup/hair shots. The camera + lens combo was a joy to use. I shot wide open most of the time, only using aperture to tweak exposure, never more than three clicks. The makeup room was bright, so ISO200 + ND1 worked great there. The hair room was a little darker, so ND0/clear worked great there. The main floor was somewhat dark, so ISO1000 worked great there. Once the lights dimmed, or when I was shooting behind the 'curtain', where the light was at a minimum, ISO3200 looked like my own vision, which was pretty remarkable.

My 2nd most favorite lens (after the 200mm f/2 L IS) on a 5DII is the 85mm f/1.2 L II. I love that thing. The Nokton beats it, not just because of the extra light it gathers (umm, is it a full stop between f/0.95 and f/1.2? More?), but because it has a comparatively ridiculous minimum focusing distance: ~3" spanks the hell out of ~37". I also love the buttery focusing ring on the Nokton, and although the electronic ring on the 85 is nice, it's nowhere near as nice.

So guess what, I'm getting rid of my T2i, and probably one of my 5DII's, to get a GH2 just so I can put this lens on it.

This is absolutely a must-have lens on a m43 body.
 
mkfotos.com said:
The Nokton beats it, not just because of the extra light it gathers (umm, is it a full stop between f/0.95 and f/1.2? More?)
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According to the f-stop calculator, the difference from 0.95 to 1.2 is 2/3 of a full stop. You wouldn't think so by looking at the numbers, but yeah, it's letting in 67% more light at f/0.95 than an f/1.2 would!

but because it has a comparatively ridiculous minimum focusing distance: ~3" spanks the hell out of ~37". I also love the buttery focusing ring on the Nokton, and although the electronic ring on the 85 is nice, it's nowhere near as nice.

So guess what, I'm getting rid of my T2i, and probably one of my 5DII's, to get a GH2 just so I can put this lens on it.

This is absolutely a must-have lens on a m43 body.
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Agreed agreed agreed. It's $899, which to a lot of folks is a lot of money, but you get an incredible lens for that money. I definitely think you're going to be happy with a GH2 with the Voigtlander in your bag.
 
Last night I spent a couple of hours hanging out with a friend DJ at a club. Sadly the place was pretty empty, but I got to play around with the AF100 + 25mm. As usual wide open, ISO3200, yadda yadda, the image looked good, and was about on par with what my naked eye could see in the poorly lit venue; my friend who's also a photographer on the side (never mind his day job as a chiropractor) was impressed with the image. Theeen I noticed that the ND wheel was set to 2. Oops. After setting the wheel to 1 (ND0), the camera was able to clearly see better in the dark than either of us. Dayumn :Drogar-Shock(DBG):
 
mkfotos.com said:
Last night I spent a couple of hours hanging out with a friend DJ at a club. Sadly the place was pretty empty, but I got to play around with the AF100 + 25mm. As usual wide open, ISO3200, yadda yadda, the image looked good, and was about on par with what my naked eye could see in the poorly lit venue; my friend who's also a photographer on the side (never mind his day job as a chiropractor) was impressed with the image. Theeen I noticed that the ND wheel was set to 2. Oops. After setting the wheel to 1 (ND0), the camera was able to clearly see better in the dark than either of us. Dayumn :Drogar-Shock(DBG):
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Yeah, when you said that I was like... with what lens? Because it should have been a lot better... and then you got to the ND part.... heh. Yes, on the low-noise settings the 3200 is remarkably usable.
 
So, after a year, are you happy with the Tokina? I've been reading these posts as we approach decision day on the AF and what lenses to get. I love the idea of the cinevized nikons and that midrange Tokina zoom.

What a great mid range quality zoom for the AF-100[/QUOTE]
mcgeedigital said:
I just got in this sweet Tokina ATX Pro 28-70mm F2.6-2.8:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...item=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_7514wt_1141

The cool thing is it is based on the Angenieux 28-70mm optical formula.
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The Olympus 45mm 1.8 is a portrait lens thats sharp, cheap, tiny, plastic and it talks to the camera.
 
Yep I'm hanging in there. I don't think you'll find a better portrait lens for the money. The sigma 50-150 2.8 is the most cinematic stills zoom lense I have used. I wish I could find its wide zoom counterpart.
 
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