F5: What lens are you shooting/planning to shot on FS7?

[mainstreetprod]

I'm using my lens kit previously purchased for the FS700, a Tokina 11-16 (for Nikon, Fotodiox adapter with aperture ring), Nikkor 50mm f1.8 and 35mm f1.8 primes, and two inexpensive Sigma primes, the 19mm and 30mm f2.8 . These two lenses are only $200 each, have good autofocus and great reviews on B & H. There is a 60mm version also. Pasted below is one of the B & H reviews:







Another great Sony E mount lens

Great Lens. Sharp. Crisp. Contrasty. Colorful. The three Sigma primes for the E-mount, while not having OIS, are the three best performing lenses I have for my A6000. Only the Zeiss Touit lenses can match them them for sharpness and color. My bar has always been Zeiss. I've owned several Zeiss lenses. These little jewels are up there with the Zeiss primes in terms of quality imaging and they bring out the true capabilities of the 24mp APS-C sensor in the A6000. Better than any of the E-series zooms, of course. Now they just need to develop a low-light OIS version like the Sony 35mm f/1.8 OIS and a competitive normal zoom and they'll own the market. They are that much better. I couldn't believe it. And, paired with high quality Hoya multicoated filters (also made in Japan, like these) they produce wonderfully colorful images a touch on the warm side, which I like. I shoot raw and develop in Lightroom. Very, very pleased.




Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

 

[gkantziper]

Those that have been Super35 for a long time, I'd like lens/adapter suggestions on moving from micro4/3 to FS7. I currently own the following:

(I shoot a lot of interviews and don't plan to use FS7 for a lot of run 'n' gun...I will likely buy the kit zoom for OIS though.)

Nikkor 24mm f/2
Nikkor 35 f/1.4
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
Nikkor 55mm f/1.2
Nikkor 85mm f/2
Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8
Tokina 11-17mm f/2.8

 

[JPNola]

Tokina 11-16 with iris ring on lens.

Tokina 11-16 with iris ring on lens.

The lenses that I currently have

Tokina 11-16 - really useful lens, I just wish it had a manual aperture.

You do have an option there, albeit a pricey one:

Tokina Cinema 11-16mm T3.0 with Canon EF mount...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1044200-REG/tokina_tc_116c_cinema_atx_11_16mm_t3_0.html

It has manual aperture. Iris ring on the lens.

btw- what is the proper way to refer to a lens with traditional manual iris ring on the lens? It becomes confusing because a lens with electronic iris can be controlled "manually", that is, in manual iris mode and not auto iris mode. I suppose there are three methods of iris control- manual iris control, user controlled electronic iris, and camera controlled electronic iris. But lenses with a manual iris ring on the lens can also have that iris controlled electronically. For example- B4 mount broadcast tv zooms that have auto iris capability.

I am tempted to use "physical iris" to refer to lenses with an iris ring on the lens but lenses with electronically controlled iris and no iris ring on the lens also have a physical iris. They still have iris blades that physically move to control the exposure. I just made my brain hurt with all of this.

 

[Lenilenapi]

gkantziper,
Unless you like to shoot interviews with very wide lenses then the best investment you could make for APS-C is a Sigma 50-150 f2.8 APO. The old one is fair and cheap , but the new one is an excellent piece of glass for somewhere around $1000.

I shoot lots of interviews and have almost never shot wider than 50mm. The longer lens allows you to get the background out of focus and 50mm will usually suffice for a short space. In my experience producers don't want the interruption of changing lenses during an interview so the 50-150 gives you plenty of range. Its parfocal, super clean and super sharp. You would get about the same range with a 70-200 Canon using metabones speed booster Ultra and of course even lower depth of field and the option of going real long using a normal Metabones adapter. More expensive lens though. The Nikon 80-200 is also good glass and cheaper .
You can get the cheaper Push Pull version where the same ring does focus and zoom for $500 or less. An 80-200 with separate rings is probably around $800 + . Be careful as both versions have the same name - just an 80-200 f2.8 ED zoom so you need to make sure which one you get.

Lenny

 

[alaskacameradude]

I'm a FS700 shooter. I may eventually move to a FS7 but I'm in no hurry. The nice thing will be, if I do, all my investment in glass
will carry over nicely. The first of my absolute favorite two lenses is the Sigma 18-35 F1.8. This lens is absolutely amazing, you can
shoot wide open and it is sharp as can be. One of the best lenses you will ever shoot motion with. And as previous posters
mentioned, the Sigma 50-150 F2.8. Another just fantastic lens. Those two lenses are really all I need, if I am doing corporate
promo films, TV spots or the like.

If I am shooting events run and gun style, the 18-105 F4, is a really good choice. Yeah, it's focus 'by wire'. Yeah there are no hard stops.
Yeah it only works in HD and up to 60fps. But for covering events, it's pretty much the bees knees. You can snap off a wide, medium and
tight shot in about 10 seconds, the range honestly is about perfect. It has constant F4, so no aperture 'ramping' when you zoom. The lens
is light and internal zoom so the lens doesn't extend when you zoom. It has a pretty good autofocus, with face detection if you want to track
someone who is walking. It has image stabilization that is good enough that you can shoot handheld at 105 on the FS700 and have
no jitters. I am not sure if the FS7 has this feature, but on the FS700, if you don't like autofocus, but are afraid of the
'focus by wire' ring, you can just turn on 'tap to focus' feature. Then you just tap on the LCD screen wherever you want the
lens to focus. It makes pulling focus pretty stinking easy. I just finished shooting an event with this lens tonight and will
be posting a video and a blog post on it in the next couple days.

 

[Bucknfl]

I'm using the 18-105 as my outdoor 'eng' lens of sorts. The zoom is actually nice and smooth which surprised me. hate focus by wire but as a do it all in daylight this lens is great.

These are the other lenses in my bag with the FS7

14mm t3 rokinon cine DS (EF)
18-35 1.8 Sigma (Nikon G) (lens turns canon way and adapter gives smooth iris on lens)
50mm 1.4 Rokinon Cine DS (EF)
85mm 1.4 Rokinon Cine DS (EF)
28-70 2.8 Tokina (Nikon)

Canon 70-200 2.8 is the next lens I want but just a rental item when needed.

Have you tried testing the 18-105 in 4k?

 

[FrameFarmMedia]

Have you tried testing the 18-105 in 4k?

Yes and it distorts like it would uncorrected. For the types of work I would use it for I would be shooting HD so it hasn't been an issue but I don't think I'd use it for 4K as my primary or at least it wouldn't be my first choice. Its the tradeoff for having such a cheap/small/non extending lens.

 

[infohou]

So y'all don't think the 18-200 is necessary considering it is about twice as expensive?

Thanks,
Robert