I used to have the exact same set of lenses and the adapter for my G6 (which I got after watching your video about old Panasonic cameras!). Canon FD lenses are amazing, especially considering the price, and they're fast to put on/get off the camera, unlike the M42 lenses.
I use the Helios 44-2 and I love it. I wanted to ask i have never seen you take request which I don't know if you do any but I have seen your videos over 5 years now and wanted to ask if you could make cheap lighting effect (storm or electricity shoc) with cheap or budget friendly light. I like your videos man keep going.
Yes the look you get with the vintage lenses are insane , tho the shadows are a bit crushed but still it's awesome value for money. Nigel I see that you are getting into character in every video , making a video about vintage lenses ,and having a vintage moustache. Cmon there is nothing better than this
And now I want to pick up a vintage lens or two! Super thorough review on the comparison & setup, also nice touch with the feature spinning plates for products 👏👏
I've been watching your videos for the past month and just wanted to say THANK YOU! I put together my very first budget camera setup recently and this pixco + two canon fd lenses + lumix g95 (in a super cheap offer!) were my very first purchases. Loving it so far, and I heard it first in this video a while back. Thanks again!
I got bit by the vintage lens bug a few weeks back. I got a Takumar 200mm f4 and a Vivitar 24mm f2.8 for $35-ish on ebay. Then I proceeded to get a Takumar 55mm f2. I'm absolutely in love. Especially with the fact that I was already saving up for a cheap modern wide angle lens before. With the money I saved up for single lens, I was able to get 3 different lens which have completely changed how I take pictures. Definitely an upgrade from the kit lens.
Hi Nigel, I also own the Fujinon 55mm 2.2 lens, I adapted it MFT just by using a FOTGA M42 to M4/3 adapter. Cheaper than the Viltrox speed booster. This lens create amazing bokeh balls and very cinematic look.
Comprehensive as usual, thanks Nigel Still on a G6 here (for RUclips video exclusively). But love vintage lenses and have been shooting them for 20 years. 👍
I love the Black 1/4 Promist filters. I put one on my Sony PD150 back in 2000 and there was no looking back. It takes away that hard edge look of video. I don't use the PD150 anymore, but I have adapters.... Halation! That is exactly it. One thing, you should work on your lighting. You have the high contrast look that I have noticed in the faces of crazy people I have crossed paths with, only they also seem to have a black cloud around them. Lighting could fix this. We always had stage lighting which was something else again. In the period of 2000 to 2007 I never used auto focus or auto anything. Auto just was a distraction from the scenes being recorded. For Flaring, try lens hoods.
Pentax takumar smc (the whole lineup honestly) 55mm f1.8 and the 50mm f1.4. Try those out. They feel crazy good to focus. Have some nice character to the bokeh and are way cheaper than the FD glass.
You know I still haven’t used a vintage lens on my camera, but I really want to. I’ve played with vintage macro filters but I’m really interested in actually picking up a lens after this!
I have the GH4 and started with the FD's. I love them. And, I also have the Pixco, though I've had trouble with dialing in the infinity focus. Other than that, love it. Thanks Nigel!
Great video and review! And I think that you upped your production quality since I last stepped into your channel :) Even though your videos have been always great and a big inspiration! Highfive!
This is a very timely video. I've just bought a couple of old Panasonic M4/3 cameras and one Panasonic (bottom end) lens and was very underwhelmed with the lens quality for the money we have to pay for them way down under. When I compare the operation to my old Olympus OM lenses, mechanically, there is no comparison. The hole in the front to let the light in is massively different. I have a dumb adaptor on the way and should be here in the next few days. Plan is to get an EOS or Nikon to M4/3 focal reducer and some basic OM to EOS or Nikon adaptors. These OM mount lenses were brought between '79 and about '82.
Out of the cheaper vintage lenses, the Canon FD's have the been the best. Just all-around great! They are small and light-weight. Bokeh is often lovely, i like the colors and they're often quite nice wide open too, which is rare for vintage lenses on digital bodies. Great quality optics, still very good. So far my favorite is the FD 35mm f2.8, but i do covet the 24mm and 35mm f2.0. Eventually... Focusing is smooth and nice with FD's, but the aperture control is clunky, that's only downside besides the slightly cumbersome FD mount itself. The older Fuji lenses are also often great, they can be truly beautiful and build amazingly well. Somewhat similar to Canon in optics, though i'd say Canon is often better. Maybe it comes down to the better bokeh and better wide open. Pentax-M lenses has the best manual focusing experience i've ever had, one just has to experience it, atleast once. I'd recommend Pentax-M for those who want their gateway drug to manual focusing, something to practice with. Great punchy colors too. Minolta MD III 35-70mm f3.5 with 1:4 macro is one fantastic aswell, damn nice optics. Not much on m43 though, the view is quite limited. All in all, most of the older vintage lens manufacturers have something unique going for them, so i'd not knock against any of them. See what you can get for good price and go for it, give it a try and see if it sticks. You can sell them rather easily too (when the time comes), so it's a low risk investment. In fact, if you present it right you can make profit quite easily to good degree.
Great review! I use the FD 28mm 2.8 and FD 55mm 1.2 with my BMPCC 4K. The 28mm I had adapted by Simmod to EF mount, focal ring, de-click, etc. The 55mm I'm currently using that same focal reducer you're using (I believe. Different brand, but looks identical). The 55mm 1.2 looks VERY soft, while the 28mm looks incredible. I have a Metabones Ultra that adapts the 28mm to the pocket 4K. I've read that the 55mm 1.2 is an inherently soft lens, but I think the cheaper focal reducer adds to it. I'll be curious how it performs when I eventually have Simmod adapt that one too. They're currently shut down temporarily due to Covid-19. The one thing that makes me nervous about the off-brand focal reducer is that it seems to be a little to close for comfort to the electronics of my camera. I'll be posting a review of the 28mm 2.8 with the Simmod modifications in the coming weeks if you're curious.
Nigel, this video and others of yours are so clear, and your shadows are incredible. How do you achieve this? I have a G7 and my shadows are muddy and seems to have color movement. What do you do? Seeing you achieve this with your GH3 tells me that I don't need to get another camera to have shadows that have good color in them? I appreciate anything you could direct me to to improve in this area.
TerryRay in my adobe premiere tips video I show how I desaturate my shadows to give the look I get in my videos, that’s one of the biggest things that helps me get the look I do out of my Gh3 , hope that helps!
Hey man, great videos. Love that you still represent the GH3. Any idea where I can find one for sale for a decent price? They've seem to gone up in price in the past few months. Covid effect? Who knows. Keep up the excellent work my friend 👍
Thanks for the video! I always (and still use) vintage lenses (mostly M42 e.g. from Yashica or Zeiss - extremly sharp wide-open). I just love them. Did you ever used/experimented with a 'hacked' GH2? It's amazing, what some specific hacks can do. Needed to invest in a expensiv SD-Card just to write the data (166 Mbit FullHD). There are also some 344 Mbit hacks :D
Help Please: A buddy donated to me a Canon Eos Rebel T3i. It can take video in 20 min bursts. I've been reading that cinematography style lenses, for movies, fall in a 35-50 mm range with an F/1.8 or F/2.8. Right? If so, can anyone suggest some budget or affordable lenses to consider, so I can experiment with making little movies? Thanks...
Most legit movies don't use that shallow of focus, it's a digital age trend, so use what you've got. The kit lens will be just fine. If you want to buy everyone's favorite lens, grab a Canon "Nifty Fifty" 50mm F1.8, you can buy them used or new for very cheap. RUclips is your friend. Also! Your camera has a crop sensor, so any lens you use will be 1.6x the focal length. So that 50mm on your camera would be closer to an 80, science!
I just ordered a T7i yesterday and I found some of my dad's very old lenses. They are called Jupiter 21m,MNP 1B and HELIOS 44m I was wondering can I use them on my camera or are these too old ? if yes, what adapter should I get ?
@@shahdalnashed7783 Oops! You can put *Buy* + the *model no. of lens* to *Canon EF Mount Adapter* in google and your adapter will pop up. for eg - in case of Helios 44-M , those were M42 screw mount originally, so you would write - "Buy Helios 44-M to Canon EF mount adapter" and result will pop up. Adapters are cheap, they might be under 6-7$ bucks at max maybe 12$ including shipping.
I got a vintage Minolta MC 50mm F1.4 on my GH2 and the crop factor sucks. Everything is so zoomed in you need to move an extra 10 feet back to take a picture of anything. I can focus it well for photos cuz GH2 lets you punch in beforehand. But it's hard to focus in video with moving shots because GH2 doesn't have focus peaking and won't punch in for video once you press record.
@@NigelBarros So my 50mm lens with a 2x crop factor (micro 4:3) gives a FOV equivalent of a 100 mm lens, and I use a 0.71 focal reducer.. does that mean the effective FOV is now 71mm equivalent?
I love wacthing a guy teaching me things about camera even though i don't even own one like fck i want one but don't have enough money to buy...fck i really want one
Great video Nigel. However, I don't understand why people buy 50mm lenses on an MFT sensor (even if a speedbooster is involved). Sure, it's important to have some longer lenses, but having people buying multiple 50mm lenses makes no sense to me. What you need for filmmaking is (mostly) wide lenses. If you watch blockbusters, the majority of the shots are shot with wide lenses. Look at the latest James Bond for example. In contrast, drama indie movies are cropped in way more, making them look cheap and claustrophobic (unless of course, that's your goal). Personally, I can't stand that look. I like my field of view to be wide and fast. For that reason, I'd go for the Vivitar 19mm, the MIR 21mm, then there's a plethora of vintage 24 and 28mm at around f/2.5 (I recently bought some Tamrons for that job), and then you need a fast 35mm (the Russian one I got was f/2). Then, and only then, you should opting for 50 or 85 or 135mm (which I also did just to complete my set). I got a bunch of these vintage lenses from IronGlass, with the anamorphic mod. For ultra wide, I have the Rokinon 12mm (modern lens for ultra wides, because these didn't really exist in the vintage realm). As for a pro mist filter, personally I don't like them at all. That "halation" you're talking about, is blooming the highlights in digital sensors, that are already low in dynamic range compared to film. To get a softer look, simply use your vintage lenses and use your modern lenses just for photography.
Thanks for the input! Although wide, standard and long lenses are all essential and disregarding longer lenses just cause some Hollywood movies use them less frequently isn’t a basis not to have one at all or to write them off as only being used in cheap films. Wedding filmmakers, action sports videographers, documentary filmmakers etc, can all benefit from longer lenses to isolate their subjects. It really all depends on what you’re filming. Wide and fast is great but that’s what I stuck with for a while and it got old and repetitive really fast, so for me having a good range of focal lengths helps me mix things up more.
@@NigelBarros I never said they're not used in filmmaking. What I did say though is that it makes no sense to have mostly longer lenses, often duplicates at the same focal length. It's good you got the 24mm. Consider the Vivitar 19mm, 28, 35, and a fast native 12mm. With the longer ones you have, you can then have a full set for a narrative.
Eugenia Loli I had a 12mm f1.4 and 12mm Rokinon before, now I use my 15mm for my wider shots. when shooting weddings, my 42.5mm is on my camera 95% of the time. I love the 85mm field of view mixed with a 35mm equivalent field of view, for me that’s the perfect combo. I think my next FD will be either the 35-105, 85 and the 35mm FD’s
Do you shoot with old lenses? Let me know your favorite vintage lens!
I just got the helios 44-4 and I looooove it. I reach for that lens over my canon 50mm 1.8. I'm obsessed with quirky vintage lenses now.
I used to have the exact same set of lenses and the adapter for my G6 (which I got after watching your video about old Panasonic cameras!).
Canon FD lenses are amazing, especially considering the price, and they're fast to put on/get off the camera, unlike the M42 lenses.
I use the Helios 44-2 and I love it. I wanted to ask i have never seen you take request which I don't know if you do any but I have seen your videos over 5 years now and wanted to ask if you could make cheap lighting effect (storm or electricity shoc) with cheap or budget friendly light. I like your videos man keep going.
@@kevinbothwell8425 i got the helios as well its a wonder
I was looking at some ebay listings for vintage lenses but the shipping fee to Singapore is insane :/
Yes the look you get with the vintage lenses are insane , tho the shadows are a bit crushed but still it's awesome value for money. Nigel I see that you are getting into character in every video , making a video about vintage lenses ,and having a vintage moustache. Cmon there is nothing better than this
And now I want to pick up a vintage lens or two! Super thorough review on the comparison & setup, also nice touch with the feature spinning plates for products 👏👏
Always love the look of the old school lenses, just makes nice warmer organic looking images 👍😊
I've been watching your videos for the past month and just wanted to say THANK YOU! I put together my very first budget camera setup recently and this pixco + two canon fd lenses + lumix g95 (in a super cheap offer!) were my very first purchases. Loving it so far, and I heard it first in this video a while back. Thanks again!
I got bit by the vintage lens bug a few weeks back. I got a Takumar 200mm f4 and a Vivitar 24mm f2.8 for $35-ish on ebay. Then I proceeded to get a Takumar 55mm f2. I'm absolutely in love. Especially with the fact that I was already saving up for a cheap modern wide angle lens before. With the money I saved up for single lens, I was able to get 3 different lens which have completely changed how I take pictures. Definitely an upgrade from the kit lens.
dude as soon as the video started I was completely hooked with the music. Wow!
Hey Nigel. Tried the pro mist last week and really worked on any budget camera like mine. Good content, love your videos.
Hi Nigel, I also own the Fujinon 55mm 2.2 lens, I adapted it MFT just by using a FOTGA M42 to M4/3 adapter. Cheaper than the Viltrox speed booster. This lens create amazing bokeh balls and very cinematic look.
I have a GH4 and was looking for some new manual lenses to shoot with, I'll probably try some old lenses out. Thanks for the guide! Amazing work btw!
Comprehensive as usual, thanks Nigel
Still on a G6 here (for RUclips video exclusively).
But love vintage lenses and have been shooting them for 20 years. 👍
Love it! Great work as always
I love the Black 1/4 Promist filters. I put one on my Sony PD150 back in 2000 and there was no looking back. It takes away that hard edge look of video.
I don't use the PD150 anymore, but I have adapters.... Halation! That is exactly it. One thing, you should work on your lighting. You have the high contrast look that I have noticed in the faces of crazy people I have crossed paths with, only they also seem to have a black cloud around them. Lighting could fix this. We always had stage lighting which was something else again. In the period of 2000 to 2007 I never used auto focus or auto anything. Auto just was a distraction from the scenes being recorded. For Flaring, try lens hoods.
I Like the flares; it has its place in videography and Photogrpahy
Pentax takumar smc (the whole lineup honestly) 55mm f1.8 and the 50mm f1.4. Try those out. They feel crazy good to focus. Have some nice character to the bokeh and are way cheaper than the FD glass.
This channel is about making stunning and pro-grade shit from budget gear
amazing, underrated
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You know I still haven’t used a vintage lens on my camera, but I really want to. I’ve played with vintage macro filters but I’m really interested in actually picking up a lens after this!
tour video motivated mee
The nfd lenses have the S.S.C too. It was just not advertised because hype around coatings died down.
I’ve loved using the Canon 28mm F2
Such an amazing lens
I have the GH4 and started with the FD's. I love them. And, I also have the Pixco, though I've had trouble with dialing in the infinity focus. Other than that, love it.
Thanks Nigel!
thanks man, this is what I wanted to see
i have a cine modded kits and i love it. pentex 28mm f 3.5 and canon fd 50mm f1.4. Both full frame so love the additional crop on my sony a6300
Been wanting to get a couple of Fujian CCTV lenses, those lenses are cheap as chips, plus the images produced have that dreamy vintage lens look
dude so good , quality of your vids are awesome :-)
Great video and review! And I think that you upped your production quality since I last stepped into your channel :) Even though your videos have been always great and a big inspiration! Highfive!
Nice colors. I've been looking at FD lenses recently for my M series canon.
Very interesting, thanks for making this video!
This is a very timely video. I've just bought a couple of old Panasonic M4/3 cameras and one Panasonic (bottom end) lens and was very underwhelmed with the lens quality for the money we have to pay for them way down under. When I compare the operation to my old Olympus OM lenses, mechanically, there is no comparison. The hole in the front to let the light in is massively different. I have a dumb adaptor on the way and should be here in the next few days. Plan is to get an EOS or Nikon to M4/3 focal reducer and some basic OM to EOS or Nikon adaptors. These OM mount lenses were brought between '79 and about '82.
Thank you I enjoyed watching and great information!
Out of the cheaper vintage lenses, the Canon FD's have the been the best. Just all-around great! They are small and light-weight. Bokeh is often lovely, i like the colors and they're often quite nice wide open too, which is rare for vintage lenses on digital bodies. Great quality optics, still very good. So far my favorite is the FD 35mm f2.8, but i do covet the 24mm and 35mm f2.0. Eventually... Focusing is smooth and nice with FD's, but the aperture control is clunky, that's only downside besides the slightly cumbersome FD mount itself.
The older Fuji lenses are also often great, they can be truly beautiful and build amazingly well. Somewhat similar to Canon in optics, though i'd say Canon is often better. Maybe it comes down to the better bokeh and better wide open. Pentax-M lenses has the best manual focusing experience i've ever had, one just has to experience it, atleast once. I'd recommend Pentax-M for those who want their gateway drug to manual focusing, something to practice with. Great punchy colors too.
Minolta MD III 35-70mm f3.5 with 1:4 macro is one fantastic aswell, damn nice optics. Not much on m43 though, the view is quite limited.
All in all, most of the older vintage lens manufacturers have something unique going for them, so i'd not knock against any of them. See what you can get for good price and go for it, give it a try and see if it sticks. You can sell them rather easily too (when the time comes), so it's a low risk investment. In fact, if you present it right you can make profit quite easily to good degree.
Recently got the FD 85mm F1.2 and is it amazing :D
Dang I planned on doing the same topic lol
The vintage lenses are legit cant beat them for the price I have an adapter and metabones fd to m43
Great review! I use the FD 28mm 2.8 and FD 55mm 1.2 with my BMPCC 4K. The 28mm I had adapted by Simmod to EF mount, focal ring, de-click, etc. The 55mm I'm currently using that same focal reducer you're using (I believe. Different brand, but looks identical). The 55mm 1.2 looks VERY soft, while the 28mm looks incredible. I have a Metabones Ultra that adapts the 28mm to the pocket 4K. I've read that the 55mm 1.2 is an inherently soft lens, but I think the cheaper focal reducer adds to it. I'll be curious how it performs when I eventually have Simmod adapt that one too. They're currently shut down temporarily due to Covid-19. The one thing that makes me nervous about the off-brand focal reducer is that it seems to be a little to close for comfort to the electronics of my camera. I'll be posting a review of the 28mm 2.8 with the Simmod modifications in the coming weeks if you're curious.
Ahh, finally😊
Nigel, this video and others of yours are so clear, and your shadows are incredible. How do you achieve this? I have a G7 and my shadows are muddy and seems to have color movement. What do you do? Seeing you achieve this with your GH3 tells me that I don't need to get another camera to have shadows that have good color in them? I appreciate anything you could direct me to to improve in this area.
TerryRay in my adobe premiere tips video I show how I desaturate my shadows to give the look I get in my videos, that’s one of the biggest things that helps me get the look I do out of my Gh3 , hope that helps!
@@NigelBarros Thanks Nigel. I'll check out your video.
Another great video bro 😉👌
To need to test Canon fd 35-105 f3.5 . What you get for the Money is insane
QRWASUPER I’ve had my eye on that lens! Just looking for one in good condition
Nigel
That's why I shoot with Takumar M42 screw mount lenses and Pentax M lenses I love old manuel lenses . But then I photograph with Pentax cameras
Yep
Nice. Am always learning things from you. By the way, my music video came out beautifully. That's the 1st music video I shot all by my self.
Hey man, great videos. Love that you still represent the GH3. Any idea where I can find one for sale for a decent price? They've seem to gone up in price in the past few months. Covid effect? Who knows. Keep up the excellent work my friend 👍
Have you try the Helios or the canon fd lenses?
Damn Nigel, I just might start looking for some.
Good video. Thanks.
Scene Yeet 😎
Which 1080p camera i should take under 300$?( 1080p 60fps,good autofocus, mic jack, good battery life and image quality)
Panasonic Lumix Gh3
Canon m10
Sony A5100
Cool!
Thanks for the video! I always (and still use) vintage lenses (mostly M42 e.g. from Yashica or Zeiss - extremly sharp wide-open). I just love them. Did you ever used/experimented with a 'hacked' GH2? It's amazing, what some specific hacks can do. Needed to invest in a expensiv SD-Card just to write the data (166 Mbit FullHD). There are also some 344 Mbit hacks :D
Help Please: A buddy donated to me a Canon Eos Rebel T3i. It can take video in 20 min bursts. I've been reading that cinematography style lenses, for movies, fall in a 35-50 mm range with an F/1.8 or F/2.8. Right? If so, can anyone suggest some budget or affordable lenses to consider, so I can experiment with making little movies? Thanks...
Most legit movies don't use that shallow of focus, it's a digital age trend, so use what you've got. The kit lens will be just fine. If you want to buy everyone's favorite lens, grab a Canon "Nifty Fifty" 50mm F1.8, you can buy them used or new for very cheap. RUclips is your friend. Also! Your camera has a crop sensor, so any lens you use will be 1.6x the focal length. So that 50mm on your camera would be closer to an 80, science!
I just ordered a T7i yesterday and I found some of my dad's very old lenses. They are called Jupiter 21m,MNP 1B and HELIOS 44m I was wondering can I use them on my camera or are these too old ? if yes, what adapter should I get ?
ya man... just buy lens adapters for those. tjose are 100% workable
Vishal Kumar thanks ! But what are these adapters called? Also,that order got canceled and I got a 80 D instead .btw I’m a girl ;)
@@shahdalnashed7783 Oops!
You can put *Buy* + the *model no. of lens* to *Canon EF Mount Adapter* in google and your adapter will pop up.
for eg - in case of Helios 44-M , those were M42 screw mount originally, so you would write - "Buy Helios 44-M to Canon EF mount adapter" and result will pop up. Adapters are cheap, they might be under 6-7$ bucks at max maybe 12$ including shipping.
Vishal Kumar many thanks!
@@shahdalnashed7783 btw what's ur portfolio?
could you go through your gh3 settings like you did for your g6 please.
I got a vintage Minolta MC 50mm F1.4 on my GH2 and the crop factor sucks. Everything is so zoomed in you need to move an extra 10 feet back to take a picture of anything. I can focus it well for photos cuz GH2 lets you punch in beforehand. But it's hard to focus in video with moving shots because GH2 doesn't have focus peaking and won't punch in for video once you press record.
I’d definitely recommend looking into that pixco focal reducer and maybe some lenses like the 24mm
@@NigelBarros So my 50mm lens with a 2x crop factor (micro 4:3) gives a FOV equivalent of a 100 mm lens, and I use a 0.71 focal reducer.. does that mean the effective FOV is now 71mm equivalent?
@@polaris911 yes thats correct
Nigel I got the viltrox ef-m2 for my gh3 but it says lens attachment fail. Do you know anything about this and what I can do?
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I love wacthing a guy teaching me things about camera even though i don't even own one like fck i want one but don't have enough money to buy...fck i really want one
Same here buddy😓
Please give your opinion about nikon d5200. In my country that runs for 270$ new.Shoots 1080p 60fps,flipout screen,mic jack.
You look like the actor in whiplash with that mustache
Thanks?
Bro, your video is amazing, as always, but the mustache is reaching Henry Cavill in BvS level of distracting
I gear that! It was a quarantine move that I kinda regret haha
Scene:
*YEET*
Too many variables or modifiers within these tests, so the results are less conclusive.
Yeet 😂😂😂😂
Great video Nigel. However, I don't understand why people buy 50mm lenses on an MFT sensor (even if a speedbooster is involved). Sure, it's important to have some longer lenses, but having people buying multiple 50mm lenses makes no sense to me. What you need for filmmaking is (mostly) wide lenses. If you watch blockbusters, the majority of the shots are shot with wide lenses. Look at the latest James Bond for example. In contrast, drama indie movies are cropped in way more, making them look cheap and claustrophobic (unless of course, that's your goal). Personally, I can't stand that look. I like my field of view to be wide and fast. For that reason, I'd go for the Vivitar 19mm, the MIR 21mm, then there's a plethora of vintage 24 and 28mm at around f/2.5 (I recently bought some Tamrons for that job), and then you need a fast 35mm (the Russian one I got was f/2). Then, and only then, you should opting for 50 or 85 or 135mm (which I also did just to complete my set). I got a bunch of these vintage lenses from IronGlass, with the anamorphic mod. For ultra wide, I have the Rokinon 12mm (modern lens for ultra wides, because these didn't really exist in the vintage realm).
As for a pro mist filter, personally I don't like them at all. That "halation" you're talking about, is blooming the highlights in digital sensors, that are already low in dynamic range compared to film. To get a softer look, simply use your vintage lenses and use your modern lenses just for photography.
Thanks for the input! Although wide, standard and long lenses are all essential and disregarding longer lenses just cause some Hollywood movies use them less frequently isn’t a basis not to have one at all or to write them off as only being used in cheap films. Wedding filmmakers, action sports videographers, documentary filmmakers etc, can all benefit from longer lenses to isolate their subjects. It really all depends on what you’re filming. Wide and fast is great but that’s what I stuck with for a while and it got old and repetitive really fast, so for me having a good range of focal lengths helps me mix things up more.
@@NigelBarros I never said they're not used in filmmaking. What I did say though is that it makes no sense to have mostly longer lenses, often duplicates at the same focal length. It's good you got the 24mm. Consider the Vivitar 19mm, 28, 35, and a fast native 12mm. With the longer ones you have, you can then have a full set for a narrative.
Eugenia Loli I had a 12mm f1.4 and 12mm Rokinon before, now I use my 15mm for my wider shots. when shooting weddings, my 42.5mm is on my camera 95% of the time. I love the 85mm field of view mixed with a 35mm equivalent field of view, for me that’s the perfect combo. I think my next FD will be either the 35-105, 85 and the 35mm FD’s