OK. So we have the 3 SONY primes 35, 50 and 85mm T3'ish -- very nice. Also we have the RED 18-50 T3 PL zoom - handy. When they were offering the pair, 18-50 and 50-150 from Optimo, it was a great range and deal... But now it's a different pricing structure... So we have steered ourselves down the NIKON road for a little while =)
Ken Rockwell.com and eBay are your friends. We went through Ken's sight and double checked our lenses for reviews, tips and tricks and finally general pricing considerations. We decided on covering a range from 28mm to 200mm with a 28-70 ƒ2.8 ED and a 80-200 ƒ2.8 ED. Really rugged, well built and clean.
The 80-200 came in a week ago and we were able to take it to Duclos Lenses in Conoga Park last week. REALLY nice guys Paul and Matthew. Boy do they know their stuff. As it turned out they were doing a run of Cinemods on 80-200 Nikkor lenses that week and just added our parts to the run. We dropped off the lens in the morning and went to lunch and it was done by the time we got back an hour later. Awesome!!!
To add to our collection we also got the 28-70 this week. We'll test it out on a commercial shoot this coming week. We'll have it modded probably later this week or next. The mod is great - they remove the "click-stops" in the aperture ring and add a focus gear. If you like they will upgrade to front flange to 80mm for consistency.
The look seems very nice from these lenses. Bokeh is pretty smooth. Don't see that much vignetting in the way we use the lenses. All in all I think a good decision.
While we were at Duclos we checked out their 11-16 lens - very cool. Again - rugged!! Worked really well with the F3. Gives you a great wide look. They are so popular for the RED and EPIC and F3 that there is a fair sized waiting list - well worth the wait and the money.
More to follow as we put the lenses through some real world testing...
Until next time, good shooting
TDTrey.com
Ken Rockwell.com and eBay are your friends. We went through Ken's sight and double checked our lenses for reviews, tips and tricks and finally general pricing considerations. We decided on covering a range from 28mm to 200mm with a 28-70 ƒ2.8 ED and a 80-200 ƒ2.8 ED. Really rugged, well built and clean.
The 80-200 came in a week ago and we were able to take it to Duclos Lenses in Conoga Park last week. REALLY nice guys Paul and Matthew. Boy do they know their stuff. As it turned out they were doing a run of Cinemods on 80-200 Nikkor lenses that week and just added our parts to the run. We dropped off the lens in the morning and went to lunch and it was done by the time we got back an hour later. Awesome!!!
To add to our collection we also got the 28-70 this week. We'll test it out on a commercial shoot this coming week. We'll have it modded probably later this week or next. The mod is great - they remove the "click-stops" in the aperture ring and add a focus gear. If you like they will upgrade to front flange to 80mm for consistency.
The look seems very nice from these lenses. Bokeh is pretty smooth. Don't see that much vignetting in the way we use the lenses. All in all I think a good decision.
While we were at Duclos we checked out their 11-16 lens - very cool. Again - rugged!! Worked really well with the F3. Gives you a great wide look. They are so popular for the RED and EPIC and F3 that there is a fair sized waiting list - well worth the wait and the money.
More to follow as we put the lenses through some real world testing...
Until next time, good shooting
TDTrey.com
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