What makes Helios 44 so special? Why are DOP’s and filmmakers drawn to using this old lens? Is it the swirly bokeh, the lens flare or is there something else? I own two versions, the Helios 44-2 and the Helios 44M, which I am going to test and find out why DOP’s like Greig Fraser […]
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You own multiple vintage lenses, but undoubtedly you have come across the issue that they don’t have the same filter thread and buying different sizes of filters can be quite expensive. So it’s better to buy a single large filter and just use step up rings. There are many kinds of step up rings, but […]
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This is a cine lens from 7 artisans, a 12mm with t stop of 2.9 it covers apsc size sensor and comes in various mirrorless mounts. Though this lens covers APSC, I mostly tested this lens on my M4/3 cameras. I’m gonna be brutally honest,this lens was sent to me, while I told them I […]
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In this box is the Chiopt Xtreme compact zoom, full frame lens with a focal length of 28 to 85mm with a continuous T-stop of 3.2. You might not have heard of Chiopt, though this is their first rodeo making a cine lens, but Chiopt has more than a decade of experience developing and manufacturing […]
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This video I am reviewing the Sirui 50mm f1.8 1.33x Anamorphic lens. This interesting lens is the first camera lens that Sirui made and its a very special lens being anamorphic. Its also much smaller and more affordable compared to what is currently available on the market from Vazen or SLR Magic. Also this lens […]
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This video we are comparing Samyang / Rokinon Xeen 85mm T1.5 against the Canon CN-E 85mm T1.3 lens. Also we tested if the lens are 8k /6k full frame ready, they might not be ready for 8k/6k crop sensors though, so we put it on my Sony A7rii which takes 42mp images which very close […]
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I was able to get my hands on and borrow the Vazen 40mm T2 anamorphic lens for a week, however too bad the unit seems faulty as the bokeh is very noticable slanted. Also the lens wide open seems to be much softer than the unit I tested before in Singapore. Overall it is a […]
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