Voigtlander VMFT25 25mm F0.95 Nokton Micro Four Thirds Lens-good for my needs?

Cosimo Bullo said:
Remember that the 25mm f.95 will have a field of view and depth of field very similar to an f1.7 50mm on the 5d. It's faster, yes, but it's tough to get too excited about a 50mm field of view. We love our Contax Zeiss lenses on our GH2 (haven't had a chance to play with the AF100 yet).
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The depth of field doesn't change. If you want a 50mm lenses dof you have to use a 50mm lens and be the appropriate distance from subject.
 
85mm are nice for portrait shots (like talking heads) and are my prefered lens (I use a Canon FD f/1.8) but to get a decent shoulders-up medium close-up with an 85mm on an AF100 you'll need to be at least 3.5m away from the subject. (Plus at least one additional meter of separation between subject and background in order to have a decent blur, if that's the look you are going for.) Those spacial requirements can be tricky at times.
 
I've recently managed to get the Nokton. I've used almost every lens on the market including CP2s and I have a couple of Zeiss ZFs. Ignore what everyone's saying - the Nokton is amazing, perfect for the AF101. Definitely the best lens I've got. BUT, there's no way Pro AV have actually got them in stock, good luck finding one!
 
If you can afford it, the Voightlander 25mm f/0.95 and a Nikon 50mm AI-S manual focus lens ( $100+ on eBay ) with a M4/3 adapter would be a good combo for basic corporate work. Your HMC-150 can cover for wide and tele shots.
 
One thing to keep in mind (regardless of focal length or manufacturer), and I don't think you mentioned, is in your "head & shoulders interview shots", will the framing and focal length remain constant, or will you need to change focal length between answers?

If it's literally a locked down shot, a prime (like an 85) will work, but if you want to mix up the framing (MWS, MS, MCU) you'll want to strongly consider a zoom for these situations, and possibly a prime for others (slider, etc).

And I think the 35-105 might be right on the border of needing lens support- what's the official weight?
 
Usually locked off shots for interviews but its a very good point, particularly for wedding shoots,
the 35-105 is 600g, as far as I know the official weight limit on the AF100 is approx 900g/2ibs
 
I believe the official weight limit might actually be 2.2 lbs (1000g). So a little more breathing room still.
 
thanks to everyone for the advice,
I went with the Canon prime & zoom with a novoflex for time being,
thats left me well within my budget so I can purchase some other hardware, now to research sliders...............:huh:
 
GrumpyDiver said:
You may find the same lens f/1.4 85mm labeled as a Bower, ProOptic, Rokinon or Samyang (and perhaps a few more names I haven't found yet). They are all the same Samyang lens. These Korean lenses are quite inexpensive, and not too bad optically, but usually totally manual (which can be a pain on an SLR for metering), but is not an issue for use on a AF100. I have their 8mm fisheye, but I haven't tried in for video use yet.
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The Samyang rectilinear (i.e. not fish-eye) 14mm F/2.8 is cheap & decent. It's all manual but is of heavy metal construction & feels good quality in use. The 14mm wide angle is sensational on the Canon 5D Mk II but less so on any of the crop mode cameras.
 
Ok, I got my AF100 ordered and my Canon FD 50mm f1.8 has arrived - in terms of adapters, is it a case of getting what you pay for?
went on amazon to order the Novaflex @ £100 approx and Fotodiox & Kiwifotos adapters came up as suggestions @ £20-30
 
YMMV, but I don't want to leave lens support and light leakage to chance. I bought TWO Novoflex without flinching about the cost (first for AF100, recently bought second for my GH1). No regrets, lots of trust. They are very well made.
 
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