Portland Lens Test Results: Write up and R3D's (Cooke, Zeiss, Illumina's & More)

[Ryan E. Walters]

Here are the results of the Portland Lens Test that was put on by Indent Studios to compare an offering of affordable cinema glass (Shot on the Epic):
http://www.ryanewalters.com/Videos/Tests/tests.html

For those of you who saw the blind test, and made notes, the videos have been replaced and are not in the same order as before. (They are much more friendly now.) Here are the answers to the blind test:
Test 01:
01- Cooke
02- Illumina
03- Leica
04- Red
05- Schneider
06- Unique
07- Zeiss


Test 02:
08- Schneider
09- Unique
10- Zeiss
11- Cooke
12- Red
13- Leica
14- Illumina


Test 03:
15- Zeiss
16- Unique
17- Schneider
18- Red
19- Leica
20- Illumina
21- Cooke

 

[Samuel H]

it's definitely an amazing test, I'll have to read all their comments in detail: lots of stuff to learn here!

I'm very glad to see my lenses (vintage leica) keeping their ground against the big boys; given that I'd ever buy a cooke set (too much $$$$ for what I do), but it's nice to see I'm not THAT far behind

also, Shane Hurlbut published another very nice lens shootout today:
http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2011/12/23/lens-test/

 

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

Was a good test. Wish I had the time and means to help.

Definitely worth checking out if you haven't been up to date with what these guys have been doing.