Rokinon Lenses Kit for use with af100

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Pete26

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I am looking at this kit to use with af100. Here are the lenses in it: 8mm T3.8, 14mm T3.1, 24mm T1.5, 35mm T1.5, 85 mm T1.5. There is another kit which is about $500 cheaper with 3 lenses: 24mm T1.5, 35mm T1.5, 85 mm T1.5.8. I know these three lenses could be used extensibly for filmmaking with af100. Is there any value in spending additional $ for the 8MM and 14MM lenses? Would these two add any value to the other 3 for feature length and shorts projects for use with af100. I will need to buy the MFT adapter also with these lenses - which one is recommended?
 
Remember there's a 2x crop factor with the AF. So that would put the three lens set at 48mm, 70mm and 170mm. Not much in the way of a wide angle.
 
yes, you'll need something wider, especially if you're shooting on location. I have an Oly 11 - 22 and an SLR Magic 12mm. Panasonic has the 7-14mm which a lot of users have and like very much. There's also the venerable Tokina 11-16. Beware that that 8mm is not a fisheye. You don't want to introduce too much wide angle distortion.
 
With the Metabones Speedbooster as the adaptor, they will become approx 17mm, 25mm and 60mm, correct? And faster too!

Edit, oh of course I forgot the 2x crop - duh! 34, 50 and 120mm.
 
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I own the 24, 35 and 85. I paid them with the speedbooster for Nikon mount. Really great set of lenses, the 8mm is a fisheye and i don't care for those lense (each to there own) and that 14mm has a really bulbous front lent element that stops you from using filters and a decent lent hood (could flare pretty easy?!). I would add the 16mm at 2.2 cine lens that just came out a few months back, with the seed lost this becomes a 11mm T 1.5 which would really help complete the set (apart from the 50mm T1.2 that's being developed)

with the speedbooster this would give you 22mm T1.5, 35mm, 50mm and 120mm T1.0 or 32, 48, 70 and 170 without.
 
Don't get caught up in that crop factor mess. A 24 is a 24, a 35 is a 35, and so on. The crop factor only comes into play when you're comparing to full frame photography sensors. Filmmakers have never had sensors that large available to them. The sensor on the af100 is almost identical to the size of double perf 35mm motion picture film.

I own the complete set of rokinon cine lenses, and I can tell you that the 14mm and 8mm are definitely good on the af100 and Gh2/3.
 
Thank you for the great feedback. I am so amazed how informed and quick you all are!!
The KIT comes with Canon EF Mount or Nikon F Mount. Which one you all would recommend and what would be the reasons for that? Also is there a speedbooster for Canon EF Mount to MFT also?
 
I went with the canon EF mounts on all my Rokinons. The reason I chose canon EF is that it's the most likely mount I'll end up running into on a job. While we shoot with the Af100 and Gh2, we know a lot of people that shoot with Canon cameras. So we felt like that mount would be a good choice for us.

Some people say Nikon, but I have never run into a Nikon camera on a video
shoot. Ever.
 
Also another reason for Canon EF mount is for me there's a strong possibility that I may look into a Canon c100/300 or Black Magic Cam with EF mount. It would be nice not to have to buy new lenses in the future. From my viewpoint, EF seems to have the longest predictable popularity and shelf life of the other mounts available.
 
Simply Cinema, I am leaning more towards Canon Mount now. Can you please tell me which EF to MFT mount can be used with these lenses? Is there a speedbooster also that could be used. Most of these are fast lenses. Do you use or would recommend a speebooster? If yes, which one? Thanks again!!
 
Pete,

I don't really know anything about the Speedbooster, so I can't help you much there. In my opinion, the Rokinons are fast enough at T1.5 to not need an extra stop of light. I find myself using my ND filter wheel a whole lot just to keep my exposures in the proper range. And the Depth-of-field at T1.5 is shallow enough already that if you were any shallower, you might run the risk of all your shots looking soft.

Regarding EF to MFT adapters, I have one of the FotoDiox adapters on every one of my Rokinon lenses. I like to take a lens out of the case and have it fit on the camera right away without fiddling with adapters. I also like to use small gaff-tape shims so there's virtually no play in the adapter/lens combo. And at ~$20 per adapter they're cheap enough to have one on every lens.
 
I have an extensive set of Rokinon Cine Lenses 8-14-24-35-85 and I'm very happy with them.
Great lenses for the price.
I don't have it yet but they just introduced a 16mm t2.2 cine lens as well.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/999959-REG/rokinon_cv16m_mft_16mm_t2_2_cine_lens.html
Hopefully a 50mm will come early next year.

You can get all these lenses in native micro 4/3 mount so that you can forgo an adapter.

A couple videos iv'e shot with my FS700 and Rokinon Cine Lenses.
https://vimeo.com/65327576

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAExBTWIp3M

In my opinion Rokinon Cine Lenses are a safe be for the budget minded shooter.
 
benniles said:
You can get all these lenses in native micro 4/3 mount so that you can forgo an adapter.

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Where can you get these in cine MFT form please? I haven't seen them anywhere and am hoping to get a couple shortly and would love not to use an adaptor..Cheers!Rod
 
If all come in MFT version that would be great, but I could not find. Isn't it 16MM is the only Rok Cine availble in MFT size?
 
You would run into a Nikon on a AF-100 if you were shooting around me :-) I use a Nikon 17-55 on 90% of my shoots.
 
Nikon glass maybe, but not Nikon cameras, though I'm sure some people use them. If you're shooting with Nikon glass then you're already adapting, correct? And since Pete doesn't own a bunch of Nikon glass I can't see any reason to go with nikon mount.

Can anyone chime in on why some guys who shoot on m43 prefer Nikon mount glass? I've always been curious.
 
Simply Cinema said:
Can anyone chime in on why some guys who shoot on m43 prefer Nikon mount glass? I've always been curious.
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F and G-mount lenses either have an aperture ring or mechanical aperture lever, for which there have been developed a number of reliable, affordable adapters. Canon EOS lenses only recently got a few expensive, clunky adapters to yield aperture control.
 
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