Shooting A Video With a 1910 Lens
Moving From Many Formats To Mirrorless (Lenspire).
The Zeiss Batis (TheOnlinePhotographer).
Sony Announces 3.2MP and 5.1MP GS Sensors with 3.45um Pixels (Image Sensor World).
Sony Cyber-shot RX100 IV tested at Photoreview.
Sony wants your feedback on RX10 II and RX100 IV cameras! (AlphaUniverse).
Hans: “Today I tried the Techart EOS-Nex III (Falcon lite) connecting A7R Mark II and Canon EF 500/4 Mark II and AF settings. Was happy about how it works. Some details in the album on Flickr. The adapter seems not perfect, but it is working fine, the best I ever had. www.flickr.com/photos/autorenphotographie/albums/72157660415977290”
David: “Just wanted to share some of my recent photography from my A7 and a Canon FL 55/1.2 lens I picked up not long ago. This old Canon is probably the most affordable 1.2 lens out there but I have found my copy to be an excellent performer. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes to shoot fast, standard primes wide open as I do. You may view the images here if you like. https://www.flickr.com/photos/8539414@N07/albums/72157659324814681”
Benjamin: “I don’t know if this something you would be interested in posting or not but I recently shot a 2 min film about the over use of connectivity through devices.
It’s a film I shot to enter into the Sony competition to win an FS5. I shot majority of the film on the a7s and it features some pretty sweet low light scenes. https://youtu.be/JzKwZ2Nt1cQ”
Patrick: “20 minute talk on my dream camera which turns out to be the RX10II at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYqhJNXVAqY“
9 Responses
I’m not much on optical acrobatics just to say you did… but… you did, and did it very nicely… in an entertaining manner. Bravo!
I am converting old lenses to SONY cameras sometimes. Some say I am killing folding cameras, but I see it as giving the second life to their optics. I usually buy cameras in poor condition, clean the optics, give them focusing capabilities and adapt to M42 if possible or E mount if it’s impossible to give them M42. Right now I have a 1935, 1938 and 1927 lens. And I sold couple of lenses from the fifties… It’s a pleasure to use them. For example, here is a test album made with 1927 Xenar 75/2.8 – http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/index.php?/category/116
Not bad at all!
Looks pretty good. Almost like what todays cinematographers get from the combination of extremely perfect, super expensive cine lenses and heavy vintage-styled post processing.
However, to be honest, this old lens looks slightly better. The “vintage-style” effect is much more nuanced and subtle, than modern post processing excesses.
Seems it’s time for Meyer Optics to release a similar lens for, say, $1999? (Without the bellow of course.)
That girl will look great no matter what lens you use.
And this is why I use old lenses on my a7. What an absolutely charming video. You don’t need modern coatings and optics and electronics in a lens to get great results. Heck, some of the best lenses EVER made were made in the 20th century. If anyone is interested you can view my work with old lenses on my a7 and NEX 7 in these two albums.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8539414@N07/albums/72157641534772013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8539414@N07/albums/72157629936411965
Loving your stuff.
Thanks 🙂
Brilliant! Of course, the artistry behind this video shot is a cherry on the cake.
Technically very inspirational.