Looking for cheap lens manufacturers of good lenses, to make a special work lens?

[Wayne Morellini]

I was posting elsewhere something like this:

I am interested in a compact 4/3rds super fast multi focal, or lens set, with pleasent bokeh for most other things. Does anybody know of any?

It would be ideal if there was such a auto/manual multi focal for 4/3rds cameras that had attachable ENG like controls. Maybe I should approach one of the specialist lens makers, as a product. Does any body know of cheap lens makers that can make descent lenses?

So, I was wondering if anybody knows of such lens, or cheap manufacturers of good quality I could suggest it too (sorry I could not fut everything into the title). I should include from s16 and s35 as well, sine s16 will stretch to 4/3rds, or I might end up with a s35.

The idea is a short general work lens that is pleasing for most situations on video/stills. It doesn't have to be as good as a $5000, to 500, 000 lens.


Thanks


Wayne.

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

There are few M4/3 power zooms already.
We use them with our new M4/3 locking smart adapter

 

[Wayne Morellini]

Have you got any links Jacek, it doesn't give me much to go on. Google returned just one result, not even 10 million stures selling locks

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

14-42 Pana
14-42 Oly
12-50 Oly
45-175 Pana of the top of my head

 

[Wayne Morellini]

The "M4/3 locking smart adapter"?

I had a look at 45-175 Panansomic, that has a very minimal video work zoom range, but is far too slow. A good top of zoom range of 12x or 20x tends to be suitable for video work. For instance, I had to film a wedding from an upper balcony of a big church once. I think 12x wasn't even covering it well and I had to peak into digital zoom. Anything below 5x is just not that good. I've got a 3x here. The other thing is sports filming. So, maybe even a set of zooms, with maybe upto 5x, 12x andbso forth (but that is an Arm and a leg buying them all compared to the price of the camera).

I know in the small specialist lens maker market, they came up with some ultra compact quality stuff with nice bokeh. But if I suggest to Panasonic to make a lens like this they will want to charge up to 5-10x more to give no real advantage to buy compared to an expensive camera. So a cheap volume lens maker with quality is the one to approach.

If only 3+ sensor cameras were available, or liquid lens, I would go look at them instead. Atnthenmoment therenus only light, and that camera is overkill and duesnt really do much, if at all, video (emailed them a few years ago).

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

The saying "pissing wonders and shitting miracles " comes to mind.
I don't see any of that happening so we use what's available on the market today and they work great.

 

[Wayne Morellini]

It's coming, but that is why I'm looking to the market instead for now.

 

[Wayne Morellini]

Hi Jareck. Noticed that you are actually a commercial company, and are talking about a product you have but not listed on your website, not one you merely own. People put all sort of things in their avatar pictures here, 99% irrelevant maybe, so the optitek picture just looks like a white blob on this mobile screen, so I didnt know you were an optitek person. Sorry.

I still don't know if your adaptor is suitable for that sort of run'n'gun filming style.


I'll need to review everything, but I have to make room for anybody with more lens choices and cheaper volume lens makers (if they still exist).