SLR Magic Apo-HyperPrime CINE 50mm T2.1 – short review from Hacky on Vimeo.
3D-Kraft (Click here) tested the new SLR Magic Apo-HyperPrime CINE 50mm T/2.1 lens on the A7s. This is a PL mount lens but of very high interest for all Cine shooters looking for a cheaper alternative of the otherwise very expensive Zeiss or Schneider lenses. 3D-Kraft writes:
The first member of a new Apo-HyperPrime CINE lens family provides optical performance close to the stellar ZEISS FE Sonnar 1.8/55 with better apochromatic correction. The housing, focus and aperture operation are highly optimized for video applications. The aperture blades can be stopped down keeping out-of-focus highlights still nicely round (see the the starting image of the video as an example – it was shot with a second Apo HyperPrime CINE 50/T2.1 at T2.8). This lens is ready for 6K!
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But will it blend?
I’m sure its a good lens but the PL mount limits its use, even a M-mount would be better, native E-mount would be best.
EF would be most universal. PL is a great mount though. M would be highly odd choice. E also very limiting.
That’s a lens designed for many different video cameras. Why on earth would they choose e mount as that would be hugely restrictive when PL is so widely supported?
Tested on a A7R not A7S 😛
Video does show the lens monuted on a A7S though
We tested two samples, one on the A7R, another one on A7S.
Oh then please do share the video and still samples from the 7S as well 🙂
All “moving” scenes were recorded with the A7S, all stills were shot with the A7R due to the higher resolution (with the A7S you can not proof, if a lens is ready for 6K ;-)).
did anyone know how much this gem will cost?
There is image wobble in the video, has anyone noticed this in other A7 videos or is it just this video?
Some scenes were shot from monopod between scrambled crowds, so the footage had to be stabilized by software afterwards. This sometimes produced some blur at the borders and some “wobble” due to the rolling shutter.