Annie Barton tested the [shoplink 56288 ebay]Kern Paillard Yvar 36mm f/2.8[/shoplink] on the GH4:
“We like this lens a lot, only downside is its bokeh is so so at wide open f2.8.”
The lens is ver cheap and can be bought for under $100 used on [shoplink 56288 ebay]eBay (acutions here)[/shoplink].
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We have a dedicated C-Mount on M4/3 group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cmountm43/
When a lens maker sets out to provide a series of lenses, it used to be that they started with a normal lens (50mm) and worked outward either by the square or cube root of 2. The idea was to achieve a more or less even increment in the angles of view.
1/2: 12.5, 17, 25, 35, 50, 70, 100, 140, 200, 280, etc
1/3: 12.5, 15.75, 20, 25, 31, 40, 50, 62, 80, 100, 125, 160, 250, 320, etc
The the sales department got fancy and the habits of photographers intervened, so we ended up with tweaked values near, but not exactly, along the either series. It all works out close enough. (Nowadays, the lens makers start with zooms, and issue favorite primes.)
mZuikos go 12, 17, 25, skip, 45, 60M, 75
m43 Leicas go 14, 15, 20, 25, 30M, 42.5, 45M
Panasonic has a boutique approach. Where is the Olympus 34 mm?
The curiosity for mount-adapted 35mm lenses is apparent, although the affordable and available lenses come without bokeh making (wide) apertures. When I shoot portraits, I use the mZuiko 45mm and I get wonderful bokeh, but I always wish I had an mZuiko 34mm f1.4 too. Has anyone else wondered about this oversight?
45mm is great if you have enough room, but I think 35mm is generally a bit more comfortable indoors.
What you say is true. Of my three μ43 primes, the 17mm is the one I use the most often. The perspective is not whacked and it is great for working with groups of people, indoors or out. When I am shooting one person and my intent requires the most bokeh, I go straight to the 45mm and head outside to any location that has a good many scenes of nature to throw out of focus. The bokeh on the 25mm is not bad either. With any of them, the problem I run into outdoors in the southwest, is the need to use a neutral density filter at times.
how did you get it to focus to infinity? I have many Switars and I can’t get them to focus to infinity shims and all…big bummer