64mulford Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Hi everyone. I'm torn between getting the voightlander 25mm and the sigma 18-35/speed booster for gh4. I'm leaning more towards the Sigma but keen to hear people's experience in using this setup for stills. Is no autofocus a problem? Video is easy with peaking but a little concerned about stills. For I shoot hand held in video mostly and a little worried about shooting with the sigma handheld. Anyone else use handheld for video? I imagine wider would be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 When I shot on MFT, i asked myself a similiar question: would I get used to the manual focus with the Voigtländer?Short answer: yes, this lens is pure awesomeness. Of course it takes a bit of time to get used, but the Voigtländer is an awesome lens when you want to get into the manual realm for stills. In fact, i have never used an AF lens after getting the Voigtländer (stills & video) - only the 45-200 for the purposes this lens obviously serves for.See my vimeo link in my signature - most of the clips I did with the Voigtländer, without any stabilisation. Works quite well if you are not too shaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalfury Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I'd get the Voigtländer or Lumix Summilux 25mm 1.4 if you need autofocus. Sigma is nice and all but it will be probably a hassle due to it's rather large size and hefty weight. If compabilty with other system is a concern id get a speedbooster and some legacy manual glass. Lens turbo plus for example Canon FD 35mm F2 (any version be it SSC or NFD) would make roughly a 25mm 1.4 and you have some spare cash to add more lenses to the speedbooster. For a single price of a Voigtländer you'd get the booster, 35mm f2, 50mm 1.4 and 135mm F2 in FD mount. If money doesn't pose a issue id suggest to get the real Metabones speedbooster, i believe there is a difference compared to the knockoffs, but it's not huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff CB Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Voigtländer, smaller and much better rendering. I personally don't care for the Sigma look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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