Just to be fair to 1.4 vintage lenses, it is a good idea to lock them down on a tripod when doing focus tests wide open. Small viewfinders/screens can easily mask points of sharp focus.
Great video! Olympus lenses tend to bloom in the highlights. In the cheaper versions, that blooming can make the entire image "milky" or sort of hazey wide open. The 1.4 is vastly superior to the 1.8 in that aspect, and the 1.2 is even more , but shooting wide open on any Oly lens will be a more "dreamy" look, while stopped down 1 or 2 stops can create very sharp images.
Yeah one day I like to do a good comparison of the 1.4 stopped down to 2 compared with the 1.8 wide open. See if it's worth carrying around the extra size and weight.
@Philip Daniel . Hello Philip. I can confirm that the 1.4 stopped down to f2 is much sharper then the 1.8 wide open. (I am a dedicated OM Zuiko user for more then 40 years. Now using a Sony A7(s) mark 1.) For more lens info, see: www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/olympusom1n2/shared/zuiko/index.htm
@@nicokremers7150 thats very handy to know, i just got into this stuff and got the 50mm 1.8 as my 1st lens, it should be here next week. Im going to shoot primarily land scape and real estate videos with it and I liked how it make everything so soft but could also be adjusted to still retain sharpness in the center of the images. Any recommendations for my next vintage M.Zuiko lens? I was looking at either the 28mm or 35mm for more wider in-doors shots
There must be a lot of difference between this one, and the last version that I own. I have a Canon FD 1.4, a Nikon 1.4 and my Olympus. Shooting all three with film (Canon F1, Nikon F4, and my OM-1) the Nikon and the Olympus were pretty much equal, both slightly better than my FD 1.4. But the Olympus did render colors better than the Nikon, and was slightly sharper in most cases. I tested all three using the same film stock and lot number on the same outing. I also know that the cameras will obviously vary, but overall, I can honestly say I liked the images I got from the Olympus the best.
Thanks for the demo. I have an M50 but have not got round yet to using my Zuikos including the 50mm f1.4. Using an adator or the speedbooster gives the chance to choose between the 80mm equivalent or a 56mm with the speedbooster, using this lens. Great stuff Philip.
Just to be fair to 1.4 vintage lenses, it is a good idea to lock them down on a tripod when doing focus tests wide open. Small viewfinders/screens can easily mask points of sharp focus.
Great video! Olympus lenses tend to bloom in the highlights. In the cheaper versions, that blooming can make the entire image "milky" or sort of hazey wide open. The 1.4 is vastly superior to the 1.8 in that aspect, and the 1.2 is even more , but shooting wide open on any Oly lens will be a more "dreamy" look, while stopped down 1 or 2 stops can create very sharp images.
Yeah one day I like to do a good comparison of the 1.4 stopped down to 2 compared with the 1.8 wide open. See if it's worth carrying around the extra size and weight.
@Philip Daniel . Hello Philip. I can confirm that the 1.4 stopped down to f2 is much sharper then the 1.8 wide open. (I am a dedicated OM Zuiko user for more then 40 years. Now using a Sony A7(s) mark 1.) For more lens info, see: www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/olympusom1n2/shared/zuiko/index.htm
@@nicokremers7150 thats very handy to know, i just got into this stuff and got the 50mm 1.8 as my 1st lens, it should be here next week. Im going to shoot primarily land scape and real estate videos with it and I liked how it make everything so soft but could also be adjusted to still retain sharpness in the center of the images.
Any recommendations for my next vintage M.Zuiko lens? I was looking at either the 28mm or 35mm for more wider in-doors shots
There must be a lot of difference between this one, and the last version that I own. I have a Canon FD 1.4, a Nikon 1.4 and my Olympus. Shooting all three with film (Canon F1, Nikon F4, and my OM-1) the Nikon and the Olympus were pretty much equal, both slightly better than my FD 1.4. But the Olympus did render colors better than the Nikon, and was slightly sharper in most cases. I tested all three using the same film stock and lot number on the same outing. I also know that the cameras will obviously vary, but overall, I can honestly say I liked the images I got from the Olympus the best.
Wonderful job
Thanks for the demo. I have an M50 but have not got round yet to using my Zuikos including the 50mm f1.4. Using an adator or the speedbooster gives the chance to choose between the 80mm equivalent or a 56mm with the speedbooster, using this lens. Great stuff Philip.
Hey great video i have that lens in a bmpcc4k and it is a beast. If you ever do a Olympus OM H.Zuiko 24mm f/2.8 i would love to see it.
Hi, could you tell us which adapter did you use?
Just a cheap amazon adapter, no glass.
@@MrPhildorado can you plz share link? 🙏
The 50mm lens f1.4 with s/n around 700'000 could be a good one?
try it on a pentax K digital camera, the stabilization in in body
Thanks
Dude you look like someone who just came out of the 70s
Dude, you sound like someone who just slithered into the millennium
You bought a bad copy dog, this lens is tack sharp.
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