Ernesto Lomeli
Well-known member
These lenses are nice,
I checked out a set last year and took them to Clairmont Camera and threw them on the projector, and did a head to head comparison with them.
They are rehoused Olympus lenses done in Japan by small lens maker.
They are actually built to order sets, and if memory serves me you can actually orer specific focal lengths.
There are also rehoused lomo glass versions if i recall, but i think those are the older sets. Be aware that the lenses have different T-Stops and do not match each other in that aspect. As for sharpness, well....they arnt that great, they work for a owner-op as long as you dont do and effects or green screen work as the corners are not sharp on the 18mm or the 24mm. From what i saw on the projector a 20+ yr old MKI standard speeds blew them away as far as sharpness. They became sharp kissed down 1 stop or so, like every other older piece of glass. But to me it was night and day.
They do have a certain look though and people that use them love them for that, but they are not everyday kit lenses.. in my opinion of-coarse and not anyone elses.
The price for these lenses is inflated as is everything else, you must remember what prices where just 2yrs ago:
Zeiss 2.1 Set: $10,000
Zeiss 1.2 Set: $19,000 for MKII in good condition
So as for investing in Glass that few people know, the price for these is IMHO a little inflated, but then again there are people that try to flip sets of LOMO's for +$10,000 which should be immoral. But the law of Supply and Demand is not in a buyers favor............right now.
These are good lenses, with semi stiff mechanics but good and smoth, they dont glide like they have zeiss grease but they are solid.
Is it worth your investment for a no-name brand, thats upto you as to what side of the line you want to be on when the lens market comes back to its senses, as all markets always do.
ohh and the lenses are actually branded "Cine-o-vision"
and from what i hear fairly easy to service.
If i remember too i dont think the wideangles are Olympus but some other Japanese glass.
I think there was a series of Discovery Channel Promo shot with a set of these last year.
I checked out a set last year and took them to Clairmont Camera and threw them on the projector, and did a head to head comparison with them.
They are rehoused Olympus lenses done in Japan by small lens maker.
They are actually built to order sets, and if memory serves me you can actually orer specific focal lengths.
There are also rehoused lomo glass versions if i recall, but i think those are the older sets. Be aware that the lenses have different T-Stops and do not match each other in that aspect. As for sharpness, well....they arnt that great, they work for a owner-op as long as you dont do and effects or green screen work as the corners are not sharp on the 18mm or the 24mm. From what i saw on the projector a 20+ yr old MKI standard speeds blew them away as far as sharpness. They became sharp kissed down 1 stop or so, like every other older piece of glass. But to me it was night and day.
They do have a certain look though and people that use them love them for that, but they are not everyday kit lenses.. in my opinion of-coarse and not anyone elses.
The price for these lenses is inflated as is everything else, you must remember what prices where just 2yrs ago:
Zeiss 2.1 Set: $10,000
Zeiss 1.2 Set: $19,000 for MKII in good condition
So as for investing in Glass that few people know, the price for these is IMHO a little inflated, but then again there are people that try to flip sets of LOMO's for +$10,000 which should be immoral. But the law of Supply and Demand is not in a buyers favor............right now.
These are good lenses, with semi stiff mechanics but good and smoth, they dont glide like they have zeiss grease but they are solid.
Is it worth your investment for a no-name brand, thats upto you as to what side of the line you want to be on when the lens market comes back to its senses, as all markets always do.
ohh and the lenses are actually branded "Cine-o-vision"
and from what i hear fairly easy to service.
If i remember too i dont think the wideangles are Olympus but some other Japanese glass.
I think there was a series of Discovery Channel Promo shot with a set of these last year.
