andy lee

ok this looks like it is a c - mount lens (screw thread) with NO x2 converter on the back to flip in so it maybe for 1/3 inch sensor so will vignette on micro 4/3 - unless you have a Panasonic camera and can to EX TELE mode to crop in x2 . its hit and miss you will have to try it a c mount to micro 4/3 adapter is about £10 off ebay so have a go

eerr - maybe!.... it sounds like it maybe a B4 mount broadcast lens -if it is 2/3 inch format and has a x2 extender - then you can get a B4 - Micro 4/3 adaptor off ebay I have one I use on my Fujinon B4 TV Z lenses - they are superb super zooms post a pic of your lens so I can see the mount on it

Cosina 19-35mm f3.5-4.5 is about the cheapest wide you can get on ebay - and it is rectiliner too which is nice - no bendy edges!

​ive not had mine fully parfocal its very nearly parfocal - its usable

Great thanks for this Douglas is a legend

​thats not a push pull lens its a regular fly by wire Panasonic lens this is a push pull zoom lens http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/3570.htm

​I use both those together and I have them on my Tecnoir shoulder rig so there is a lens support holding the lens on the rods

very nicely said! as they rotate as you focus you have no chance of using a mattebox I do have some push pull lens I only use handheld - run n gun.... no mattebox like the excellent Nikon 35-70mm f2.8 this is a killer lens alot smaller than the Nikon 28-70mm f2.8 that I love optically the galss is the same quility its just as sharp just alot smaller ....BUT its push pull so you have to work round that where you can .

If you have a 25mm already I would get a 28 or 35 as a second lens so you have a tighter angle for the second camera

​Yes its a very good lens

​The Tokina is Not a push pull lens ....I have never mentioned that I have no idea where you have got this misinfomation from

​Carl Zeiss Jenna 35mm f2.4 is a Flektogon .....its a great cheap lens that everyone should have .....its does the job and edits in well with A helios 58mm f2

​Nikon 28mm f2.8 AIS Yahsica ML 28mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss Contax C/Y 28MM f2.8 all very very good all full frame ...

​I saw one on ebay 2 days ago for £120 !! 24mm 28mm 35mm 50mm 85mm 105mm Thats a great nIkon set to have or just get a Nikon 28-70mm f2.8 IF ED (the Bourne Lens) it covers most of the above in one lens......if it good enough for The Bourne Ultimatum .....its good enough for you and me!! Nikon do a 15mm f5,6 ITS VERY RARE BUT INSANLEY GOOD!! they also do a 13mm f5.6 both these where used by Richard Edlund and John Dykstra to shoot VistaVision model shots for Star Wars!

​yes get an RJ canon fd to micro m3/4 speedbooster off ebay - they are superb with Fd lenses

the days of non reflex off set view finders on film cameras is long gone (my first 16mm film camera had an offet finder !!) and not many people on this forum are getting out tape measures to aquire the exact distance to a subject - which you need to do with a non reflex finder - if you want to do that these day there is Cinetape that everyone sticks on the front of their Alexa or Red , Cinetape is an industry standard . http://www.cinemaelec.com/products/cinetapemeasure.php So I personally dont ever look at focus scale markings as the EVF gets me spot on focus everytime. I have some rehoused Schneider Cinema lens that have no focus scales on them at all - they work just fine So dont worry about imperial or metric - just buy the lens if you like it !

the best camera of 2014 is the one that earnt you some money ......now go and buy some lenses , thats where the 'look' is really created I think some of you are forgetting this is Andrew's list and if he wants a Canon at no1 then so be it , it is his forum after all........

why do you need an EVF when the GH4 has a superb oled EVF built in it!! Just use that I use it all the time on my rig - build your rig so the camera is in the correct place for your eye on the EVF . I cannot shoot without using the built in evf its superb - dial in the diopter to suit your eye and you will never have any focus issue every again ...its that good!

vivitar make a 19-35mm series 1 lens that is rectilinear its a very nice useful lens Pentax TAK make a 17mm f3.5 that is great I use mine alot

​I do really like Zeiss C/Y lenses they are superb and one of the best ways of getting a modern Zeiss look without breaking the bank . great colours and superb contrast and blacks and sharp !! Ive never had any issues with them ......

have a look at the superb Sigma 30mm f1.4 - its an APSC lens and very very good

Happy Christmas Andrew and Happy holidays to all at EOSHD .....I hope Santa brought you all lots of lenses

you dont need to have them modified to canon ef mount - just stick a C/Y to canon ef mount adapter on the end of each lens - these cost $15 each on ebay I do this so I can then then use my Zeiss C/Y mount lenses on my Canon EF- micro 4/3 speedbooster

nice rig...yes they are very good these Nikons

Good cheap speedboosters where my revolution of 2014 mitakon lens turbo and RJ speedboosers have been used on every shoot I have done this year transforming Panasonic micro 4/3 cameras into serious Super35 film making machines. Combined with Nikon 28-70mm and 80-200mm lenses they produce F2 images just about as good as it gets