captou

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I'm not thinking in terms of resell value, I'm thinking in terms of future proofing your lens selection. I don't want to invest lots of money (and lots of money for me might not be lots of money for others) in something that I won't be able to use properly with the next camera that comes along. As far as I understand, you can't adapt a M43 lens to a larger sensor camera for example. And this isn't about what sensor size is better or anything like that, I just don't want to get glued to a particular system if you see what I mean. For filming purposes, I'd like to invest in some nice prime lenses and a constant aperture zoom lens for documentary-type projects. As it's all manual, I was thinking of getting some old glass that you can get from ebay at a great value/performance ratio. For example, I've been looking at these lenses: Canon FDn 35-105 f3.5, Carl Zeiss 25mm f2.8 Distagon C/Y, Carl Zeiss T* Distagon 35mm f2,8 C/Y

Sorry to quote myself here but does anyone have any suggestions/advice for me? Much appreciated

It should also be good for wildlife and also portraits from afar (i.e. when people don't realise you are taking a picture but please don't abuse that feature :D )

I have a question about lenses if I was to get the GH4. Would I be better off investing in full frame manual lenses (with manual aperture) for filming with this camera? So I'd still be able to use my lenses with any other camera that might come along. For example, I could get the Samyang/Rokinon cine lens kit for Canon EF (I've got a Canon already that's why), get a simple adapter and get started - ? I'm looking for some old Zeiss glass actually but the idea stays the same as long as the focus and aperture control are manual. Are there any disadvantages or risks to that approach? For photography, I would get a native lens with autofocus as that's just much easier, like the 12-35.