The New Lens

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James0b57 said:
Xeens might be at the top of the Affordable cine glass list for me. I like certain qualities enough to consider them over a few similarly price lenses. But i think i only like them because they are cheap.
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Same boat, I know they aren't killer primes. But I can't drop $30k for a set of lenses and they would mechanically be another level from my still primes.
 
For those of you in LA, I'm wondering if there is a 'share your lens/equipment' group in LA. Having a large group people concentrated in one area, it would seem logical to have a group that gets together and let's each other borrow equipment to play with and learn. Sort of a Cars and Coffee for camera people.

(sorry James, I couldn't help but work in a car reference.)
 
Haha, no, it’s all good. I didn’t really get what you were trying to say until you mentioned cars.
 
I'm a genius. I should go to the Mideast talks and use car references. Peace terms would be established within a day.
 
Ah, now I understand why James liked that car thread in the Cafe lol.

Gotta go edit some Camaro and Firebird video when I'd rather be editing Ferrari video ;)



(Canon, Sony, ARRI)
(Hopefully the EOS R5 will be a C8 Corvette)
 
Paul F said:
For those of you in LA, I'm wondering if there is a 'share your lens/equipment' group in LA. Having a large group people concentrated in one area, it would seem logical to have a group that gets together and let's each other borrow equipment to play with and learn. Sort of a Cars and Coffee for camera people.

(sorry James, I couldn't help but work in a car reference.)
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Haven't you heard, LA is the world capital for self-absorbed, selfish and narcissitic people?
JK, actually I know several people in LA that I have done this with. We don't just loan
out our gear for free but we will get together to shoot some tests and
play with various gear when both of us have down time.
 
Fujinon Premista 28-100mm T2.9 is pretty amazing.

Saw it in a few trade shows last year, and was pretty much immediately taken by the performance and aesthetic qualities.

Size
Weight
Precision
Colour
Beauty

It is all there.


Other than speed, it really had much of the beauty normally only found in primes.

 
Irix Cine lenses all low ley introduced a set of modern ff35 cine lenses:

https://irixlens.com/cine-lenses/cine-lenses-45mm/

First saw this brand in Europe. They had an insanely wide ff35 lens on display. One of those lenses that you had to be careful with your fingers when placing your hand near the camera. Almost had to turn the camera around just to pan out the subject. Ah, found it, the 11mm F4 FF35:
https://irixlens.com/lenses/

Many of us have used the 11-16mm F2.8 Tokina, but that is 11mm on APS-C, the irix is 11mm FF35!
 
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Sharp and bright (if that makes sense)...that's the only thing that I really cared about.

The manual focus rings always felt nice on Olympus lenses, but real filmmakers probably won't like them.
 
That makes a lot of sense. A high end F1.2 prime will often be both bright and sharp.
 
Thanks James - I will check out the Tiffen one

BTW I see higher in the thread a mention of the Irix 11mm -

Have you checked out the full-frame Laowa 12mm? I have the stills version but now they make a cine version. Remarkably low distortion! (which is my main request from a wide-angle, but it's definitely sharp as well)
 
ahalpert said:
Thanks James - I will check out the Tiffen one

BTW I see higher in the thread a mention of the Irix 11mm -

Have you checked out the full-frame Laowa 12mm? I have the stills version but now they make a cine version. Remarkably low distortion! (which is my main request from a wide-angle, but it's definitely sharp as well)
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I haven't yet. The Irix 11m was insanity on FF35.

Just read about the Laowa the other day, and it sounds promising. Duclos does a cinevised version of the Laowa 12mm.
 
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