Manual Lens 28, 50, 85, 135, 200+ m42 for video use

[Pongo]

Right as this is my first thread i suppose i should explain a little about myself and my needs.

I come from a television back ground rather than a stills back ground and so whilst i understand the fundamental principles of lenses and the way they work I'm not up to speed with stills lenses.

I recently invested some money in a DOF adapter to enable me to use stills lens (preferably prime lenses) on my Panasonic video camera. At the moment i am using an m42 adapter as lenses seems cheap. However i do realise good lenses usually cost!

So can anyone advise me on some good but reasonable priced lens to start having a look at? For the use with the depth of feel adaptor its best to get a good quality lens i.e. low f stop, i dont want to go above f5. Im currently using a Pentacon 1.8/50 and getting some great results but I'm want to start buying the right lenses, for keeps.

So can anyone advise me on some good 50mm, 85mm, 135mm and 200+mm lenses to start having a look at and advise me on what i can expect to pay for the lenses?


Cheers Andy

[Riku]

Some good and cheap lenses:

Takumar 50/1.4 ~70€
Jupiter-9 85/2 ~70€
Tair-11A 135/2.8 ~70€
Jupiter-21M 200/4 ~70€

[Gus Helios]

Andy, I did not know you could do that with a Panasonic video camera.

Could you tell me what model the Panasonic is, and where you get the adaptor needed?

It is a very good list that Riku put together. I have all 4 and they are excellent lenses for the money.
I would also include the Helios 44M 58mmF2 (with the A/M switch)

The other lens that I would love to try on a video camera because of it's very different 'out of focus area' look would be
the Meyer Optik Trioplan 100mm 2.8.
It might be an amazing look on HD video.

[Pongo]

Hey thanks for the list so far!

I have a Brevis35 adapter made by Cinevate, tho there are a fair few manufactures out there making adapters: Redrock, Letus and Cinevate are probably the 3 biggest names in the industry at the moment.

My camera is a Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 HD solid state camera. Its a great little camera with a Leica fixed lens, equivalent to a 35mm film lens. but having the adapter makes it all a little more exciting and fun to play with.

Cheers Andy

[dnas]

Can you remove the Leica fixed lens?? Otherwise, I don't see how you can use any of the other lenses, unless the adapter is an optical adapter as well.

[kuuan]