Mon Feb 12, 2018 6:52 pm
For fast light weight Primes, I second Howard’s recommendation. Standard focal lengths for S16 are 10, 12, (wide FOV) 17mm (normal), 28/29, 35mm and 42/45mm (tele). Using a 50mm lens with the Speed Booster (0.58x) gives you a 29mm, I did this using Nikon version of the BMPCC SB and Zeiss ZF Primes, which are heavier than the SLR Magic when you add in the weight of the SB.
Another very light option, but a little slower f/stop wise, are the Panasonic Leica Primes, 15mm, 25mm and 45mm. The 15mm is fast, but the 25 and 45mm are f/2.8. You do get auto exposure and push to focus functions which them, and a very compact design. The Olympus 12mm f/2.0 is also very nice and small.
A zoom option (again slower than the Sigma), but half the size/weight) is the new Panny 12-60 f/2.8-4 Zoom, which has a stepless iris, is parfocal and very fast auto zoom. Both the Oly 12mm and Panny Leica lenses have very good manual focus, even if it is focus by wire. But that said, nothing beats a full manual focus lens.
But for excellent manual prime lenses, the SLRs and Voigtlanders are hard to beat.
Cheers
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Denny Smith on Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:40 am, edited 2 times in total.
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