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Well, after a bit of to and fro-ing, I purchased my first MFT lens - the Olympus 12-100mm f/4 Pro.
I have to say, despite the flaws - which I carefully researched - I'm very grateful for John Brawley's recommendation because it is a great lens. It ticks a lot of boxes; great range (8x), OIS, manual 'clutch' focus, sharp, small/light, constant aperture & fast enough for PC4K.
On the pocket 4K you have to think of it as a variable prime with a fantastic range.
Let's face it, there's no such thing as a perfect MFT cine lens (it's not a cinema format afterall - just convenient mount for lens choices) so you're always going to have a compromise. It all comes down to what you're willing to compromise.
On my (only) two other MFT cameras (original pocket & cinema camera 2.5k) I use vintage photo lenses (Contax, Leica-R, Canon FD, Mamiya Sekor-C) so I'm used to the compromises of photo lenses for video. But because they are all manual - with de-clicked iris - I barely have to change settings in the camera on the fly. So using focus/iris by wire on pocket 4K is change in workflow for me, but the camera is cleverly designed to make it work. And it does work! The auto focus is usable. A little hit and miss, but when it hits you can be confident it's good to go. But all the other controls are well laid out for a quick, intuitive workflow when controlling electronic lenses.
There's simply no way I could get the range that lens offers in a light and (relatively) compact form factor with any other lens product that currently out there.
I have to say, despite the flaws - which I carefully researched - I'm very grateful for John Brawley's recommendation because it is a great lens. It ticks a lot of boxes; great range (8x), OIS, manual 'clutch' focus, sharp, small/light, constant aperture & fast enough for PC4K.
On the pocket 4K you have to think of it as a variable prime with a fantastic range.
Let's face it, there's no such thing as a perfect MFT cine lens (it's not a cinema format afterall - just convenient mount for lens choices) so you're always going to have a compromise. It all comes down to what you're willing to compromise.
On my (only) two other MFT cameras (original pocket & cinema camera 2.5k) I use vintage photo lenses (Contax, Leica-R, Canon FD, Mamiya Sekor-C) so I'm used to the compromises of photo lenses for video. But because they are all manual - with de-clicked iris - I barely have to change settings in the camera on the fly. So using focus/iris by wire on pocket 4K is change in workflow for me, but the camera is cleverly designed to make it work. And it does work! The auto focus is usable. A little hit and miss, but when it hits you can be confident it's good to go. But all the other controls are well laid out for a quick, intuitive workflow when controlling electronic lenses.
There's simply no way I could get the range that lens offers in a light and (relatively) compact form factor with any other lens product that currently out there.
Last edited by Tristan Pemberton on Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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