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That would be a great website wouldn't it? Put in a film you like and it tells you what lenses were used and the nearest suspected stills equivalent.

I think there is an interesting aspect involved in those discussions there, particularly with something like the original Contax Zeiss Survival Guide thread, that originates from when the RED ONE was released. The camera was obviously attracting a lot of people that were "buying up" to it from a very indie background that up until that point were getting their cinema look from adapted camcorders with spinning ground glass 35mm adapters. I know because I was one of them To say there was some sticker shock at suddenly having to look at buying PL lenses would be something of an understatement so obviously everyone was looking to do what they had done before and use stills lenses on it. Because of that, it was probably the first time that there was a platform, in terms of both camera and forum, for meaningful comparisons between stills and cine lenses. To me, at least, there is an emotional element to some of the language used there around lenses that is related to and biased from whichever side of the line people were coming to that camera from and its just become the lingua franca for lens discussions on there and beyond since. So I don't necessarily think they are more sensitive to it just that they have been using the language for longer.

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Sorry, for the early reveal ! Anyway, for a bit of sport, here are the dates of manufacture for those particular ones : A - Nikkor 50mm f1.8 - 1990 B - Contax Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f1.7 - 1984 C - Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f2.8 - 1980 D - Leica Summicron R 50mm f2 - 1966 E - Helios 44M 58mm f2 - 1985

That's two psychic moments in two days you've had now

I got the 28-85mm and probably made a mistake not getting the 35-70mm instead. I'm intrigued by the 40-80mm f3.5 which I must confess I didn't even know they made until quite recently. Most of them on eBay seem to be sold from Japan so that is on the list for the next time I go.

From my experience, the really cheap ones are all as good/shit as each other so my rule of thumb is to get the one with the largest number of positive reviews and the least number of reported fires. This one fits the bill in that respect. https://www.amazon.co.uk/SIXNWELL-Compatible-Macbook-Charger-Magsafe/dp/B07R3T53YG

For me, the only one that I probably wouldn't use on full frame would be the Helios as the edges are a bit too funky for me even at f8. For that reason, the Leica would be my absolute pick even though its a lot more money (though I paid just on £200 for mine) than the rest but its better across the whole frame. The Contax Zeiss probably offers the most though as the compromise pick as its very consistent and that little bit faster as well. Like previous tests though, its all very close again and it could well come down to how easily/cheaply you can build out a set. From that point of view, its probably Nikon. Although we should probably just accept the trend of the last tests and just buy a complete set of Samyangs and forget about it !

Yeah, I agree. Lenses and approximate average eBay prices : A - Nikkor 50mm f1.8 (£100) B - Contax Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f1.7 (£130) C - Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f2.8 (£30) D - Leica Summicron R 50mm f2 (£350) E - Helios 44M 58mm f2 (£50) One obvious candidate for the "Punching Above Its Weight" victory there.

Right, so if we get one for A and one for C then we'll have a full house and I'll reveal the lenses.

You can just use an FD to L adapter https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32862542584.html

It is my mission in life with these test to make all lenses look identically bad ! So, thats one for E and one for D then. There's probably only us three remotely interested in this test, shall I just list them now ?

Right, here we go. There are in fact five lenses, as I've included a non 7Artisans mystery guest. Its not much of a guessing game really as to which one is which as each one has a different maximum aperture or different focal length in the case of one of them but I've labelled them A-E nonetheless if anyone wants to play. There are four sets of tests Respective maximum aperture f2.8 f8 Maximum aperture close focus Focus in each of the first three sets is obviously on the SpyderCal and ColorChecker with the bottle of "Statesman" on the same line to show edge performance. All images are jpegs straight out the Leica SL with no further adjustments. MAXIMUM APERTURE f2.8 f8 MAXIMUM APERTURE CLOSE FOCUS O ZIPS of less compressed versions of these attached as well 50mm-2.zip 50mm-1.zip

There is an example of it here

The LAN speed is only 100Mb/s in HDMI so it won't be fast enough.

Worth a shot at buying a battery to have a go. My battery is charged so I've just took a quick couple of frames with the 25mm f1.8 for reference for you in case you decide to lash out the additional £79 for that one too

Did you have a ML hacked EOS-M ? They do them in that mount and they are really cheap. I got the 25mm f1.8 for it.

Fucking hell. Alright Kreskin, there won't be a mystery additional guest 50mm then

Right, I'll fire the SL up and do it over the weekend. There will be an additional mystery guest 50mm as well.

Right, I've done this setup picture now so we will be having this test whether you want it or not One of these lenses should absolutely cane the other three but we shall see.

This sounds like a job for the granite worktop and colourful bottles of booze to me. I have a "couple" of 50mm lenses.

I kept thinking "He'll start showing some images from these ten different lenses in a minute..." It is a 19 minutes and 46 second video about lenses and there is roughly one minute of actual images shot with them. What he had was ten lenses he was comparing and yet 95% of of we saw on the screen was shot with the eleventh one

I think there are probably quite a few examples of the Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 it in the Lenses thread. I have it in Sigma SA mount and shared some images from it there recently. (click the diagonal arrow to go to the specific post) Its a good value all rounder and the IS will certainly come in useful for you with the G7. Another similar one to have a look at is the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 as well.

Tom is the constant in a turbulent world. No matter what personal or national or worldwide setback befalls us, we know that the sun will still rise tomorrow and Tom Peter will still be linking to mediocre listings on eBay. He's the touchstone we all need.

I have to say that I'm pretty intrigued about the purpose behind you taking an A6500 apart !