16mm Lenses for shooting 2K?

[Habib Khan Awan]

Hey everyone, I've been toying with the idea of purchasing a Digital Bolex D16 in the next few months. I mostly want to use it for personal "fun" projects like low budget music videos or even for traveling, just anything where I really don't have the need or want to break out the full Scarlet Kit. I realize that I can adapt my current full frame Nikkor set to the D16, but I decided that this could give me the chance to finally start collecting some serious cine-glass, especially since these lenses would also be great for shooting in 2K mode on my Scarlet MX.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to which lenses I should be looking into? I'd much rather go for a prime set vs a zoom lens, but I'm open to all suggestions. Btw has anyone ever used any of the existing c-mount to PL adapters for sing c-mount lenses on their Epics/Scarlets in 2K mode before?

Thanks!

 

[Alex Diehr]

I have a Vario Switar 12.5-100mm f2 adapted to PL and working on my Red One MX in 2k. Cropped to 1080p it covers the full range.
https://youtu.be/2eBjAxQrbpU

 

[jordan levy]

MK1 zeiss s16 primes, small and not a 3 blade iris...

 

[Uli Plank]

We have a small set of Zeiss MK II lenses and love them for 3K work. Only the 9.5 doesn't cover.

 

[Demetri Zuev]

Lomo has a set of S16 illuminas

http://www.lumatechinc.com/16.html

 

[Tom Greenberg]

I use an ARRI/Zeiss 11-110mm S16 zoom for this…works great…pretty compact and light for it's zoom range, and it's pretty fast at T2.2