Leica Summilux-C Prime Cine Lenses. Otto Nemenz, Leica, and Band Pro got together and said, "Let's make some cinema lenses, baby" [caption id="attachment_6884" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Leica Summilux-C 35mm[/caption] And so they did, which proved very interesting to cinematographers always looking for alternative looks. At nearly $200,000 per...
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Here are some additional field test images from the Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8. We used the lens (loaner from Zeiss) with our X-T1. Some initial thoughts: Very good sharpness as we expected A focal length of 32mm (48mm at 35mm equivalent) proves to be good for general street photography...
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DIY Pancake Lens from Mark Toal on Vimeo. Panasonic Rep and great mirrorless pancake lens photographer Mark Toal recently got an inspiration for all of us who yearn to make our own hand built pancake lens. Mark uses conventional store bought Aunt Jemima brand frozen pancakes...
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What is Decentering and What Does it Do? Strictly speaking, decentering would involve one or more of the lens elements being off of the central axis of the lens. This would prevent the curved surfaces of the lens from bending the light properly. In severe cases...
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There are some problems reported using a Sony A7R with a Leica 28mm f/2 Summicron ASPH. Smudged "blurry sides and edges" and serious "color smearing" repeated in discussion forums and on the major social networks. Some go so far as to report the 28mm 'Cron...
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The Fujifilm X-T1 combined with the XF 23mm 1.4R prime lens is an amazing combination. This is the sharpest Fuji lens we have seen so far, even beating the very good XF 35mm 1.4. The widest opening of f/1.4 allows lovely background blur. In some...
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https://youtu.be/0ndq7Fw81Lw The Canon EOS 650 is a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera. It was introduced on 2 March 1987, Canon's 50th anniversary, and discontinued in February 1989. It was the first camera in Canon's new EOS series designed from scratch to support an entirely new line...
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We have enough to worry about as professional photographers, dealing with deadbeat ad agencies, stressed-out brides, and clients who wonder why we don't do three or four extra days work without charging. Do we now have to worry about getting radiation poisoning from radioactive lenses? I own...
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Zoetrope Optika from August Bradley on Vimeo. No sooner do I finish my story about the new Sony Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar, then out pops this fine example of creative filmmaking using it's sister lens, the Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus. Without question, the Otus is one...
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Cats With Class-LA Battle of the Bands Full Set. from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. The Winning Thirty Minute Set At The Los Angeles Battle of the Bands. Performed by Cats With Class: Victor Arno on Drums; Suzanne Birrell on Bass & Vocals; James Liu on Clarinet &...
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Sony A7 and A7R shooters rejoice! Announced back in in October, Samyang today confirmed that five of its full frame Rokinon lenses are now available in Sony E-mount, and are therefore the first third-party optics with native mounts for the Sony A7 and A7R. The short...
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From: OutbackPhoto.Net We recently found some fun to photograph again some animals and birds. For our Nikon and Canon systems, faster long tele lenses or zooms (at least 400mm and f/4) were never a real option. Why? One may think first of the price and rightly...
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Fujifilm has announced another lens for their X series mirrorless digital cameras. The Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R lens is the twelfth lens made for the X-mount cameras and is an impressive portrait-length lens with a very fast maximum aperture, ideal for shallow depth-of-field control and excellent...
Fujifilm has announced another...
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The 1.4/55 Zeiss Otus is claimed by Zeiss in their marketing promotional materials as the perfect lens. Don't believe this. No lens is perfect. But this one may be close....
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lomography/the-lomography-petzval-portrait-lens Here is a Kickstarter project some of you may be as interested in as I am. While the cheap seats are already taken at this party, the remaining offering is still a hundred bucks less than the $499 normal retail price. I love using older...
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From: OutBackPhoto.Net We like to use zoom lenses. That is why we got the Fuji X 18-55mm normal zoom. But we also like to use a tele range. That is why we ordered the new Fuji X 55-200mm zoom (a range from 82.5-300mm in terms of...
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