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I'm also half tempted to buy one of those Holga lenses. I know they're extremely low-fi, but my friend did a pretty nice day for night shot with one of them. And they recently came out with one in ef-m.

Yeah those lenses look sweet. I need to find a translation though.

Haha, sorry about my finger in the shot... The damn thing is soo tiny. I think I may have had too much coffee that day as well.

I forgot I had a test of this lens on my NEX.

Watch your language or your going to be the subject of Ed's upcoming documentary.

1.8?

I would love if the same company made a set specifically for BMPCC. Maybe a 10mm, a 16... Etc.

My copy, the focus ring is a little stiff, but not too bad.

Yes, I have this lens and the 50mm. Both are excellent. I love how blue the sky looks when I shoot with this lens. With my nex it's a treat to use with focus peaking but I am selling the nex and not sure how it will fare with my eos-m. I found myself comparing it with the Fujian and it is way more clinical compared to it but I guess compared to a nikkor or something, it would look pretty dream like and muted. Overall it's a nice little lens. I bought mine from rainbowimaging and in their listing, it states that the lens is actually a 2.2 or a 2.5. Supposedly the manufacturer misprinted them... Or some shit.

You ain't kidding I love that hairline difference in critical focus, especially with shallow depth of field.

Yeah I just got the 24mm and the 50mm in the mail. Great condition. I will definitely be on the lookout for the 85mm. And the 105mm. Thanks!!!

I would do prolost flat. Which is basically neutral with sharpness and contrast all the way down to the left and saturation down two clicks to the left.

What is your main camera?

I just sold a nib 100mm series e. I was going to get rid of all of my Nikon glass until I started messing with the non ai. I have a nice set of Pentax-K lenses. Between those, the Minoltas and my Canon FLs, I figured I didn't need the Nikon's plus I needed some extra cash last month. I have heard the 85mm is a great lens... I'll have to keep an eye out. Thanks!

Nah, I'm from the States.

I have an RMC Tokina 28-70 that I am probably going to list on eBay pretty soon. It's a nice lens, I just recently picked up the AT-X 24-40mm and 35-70mm... So I don't really need it. If interested, I'll let you know when I list it.

So, after using my Minolta MC lenses, I decided to thin some of the herd. I went through my lenses and came across a non-ai K version of the 35mm 2.8 that's in mint condition. I think I paid a total of 40 bucks for it. I tested it the other day and liked the color rendition. So I decided to bid on a couple other non-ai Nikkors. I ended up winning a 24mm 2.8 K version and a 50mm f2 K version. Has anyone had any experiences with either of these lenses or any recommendations for other non-ai Nikkors? I prefer the rubber focus ring versions because I have found the older scalloped ring Nikkors have very dry focus rings. I have a couple samples of the 50mm HC f2s that have zero dampening.

Forgot to say that this was shot with a Canon EOS-M

Sorry about that, apparently I am html deficient.

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Awesome, thanks!!!

stupid question... how do you delete a comment? I tried to embed a video and for some reason it isn't working. So I tried reposting it, and it still isn't working... So then I tried deleting the whole thing but I don't see how to do it. I attempted to just edit the comment and leaving it blank but a window pops up that tells me I have to have content and if I want to get rid of it I should delete it (paraphrasing) but I don't see a way to delete it.

http://vimeo.com/128190201/description

http://vimeo.com/128190201/description

Here's a test I did with my set of Minolta MC lenses. I used a 28mm 2.5, a 35mm 1.8 and a 50mm 1.4. But the majority of the test was done with the 35mm. I also used a cheap Fotga ND fader filter. Ignore the sound, I just used the onboard mic, I added a couple sound filters to try and garble the sounds from a nearby road, but it's just bad. I may go back and find some Native American music to play over top of it. I also did a quick and dirty color correction/grade and added a vignette. From the test, I have learned that I love these old Minolta lenses, the 3D effect is stunning... IMO