The need for speed: Canon 25-100mm f/1.8 (a cheap zoom lens for the GH2 and AG-AF100)
It’s hard to find good, fast and cheap prime lenses and it is even harder to find zoom lenses! The Canon 25-100mm f/1.8 is one of the few cheap and fast zoom lenses. You can find some image samples at 406club.dyndns.org. They used the Panasonic G1 to take the pictures.
Advent (DVXuser forum user) tested that lens on Micro Four Thirds cameras and said that it is “extremely fast zooming and very sharp”
A cameraporn pictures can be found here at getdpi (Canon 25-100mm on the GH1).
The lens is available at eBay (Click here to see current auctions and price).
P.S.: A high-quality alternative is the Olympus 35-100mm f/2.0 Zuiko Lens for E Series DSLR Cameras
J
3 years ago |I picked up one of these on the cheap at some point and still haven’t hooked it up. Its a big, heavy piece of glass. I suspect you’d have to be very very careful about not breaking an adaptor and obviously have to be supporting the weight of the lens much more than the camera. Still I suspect its a very nice option if you want to be doing a bit of video which is why I picked it up.
Catastrophile
3 years ago |how about fungus (inside old lens)?
Gino
3 years ago |fast and cheap lens are never good.
Andrew Howes
3 years ago |If they had been obsolete and not they suddenly aren’t they might be. I’ve got a Kawa 17-102mm F2, and it’s quite slick, covers nearly all of the frame throughout the focal range. I paid about 25 dollars for it.
sebfarges
3 years ago |Thanks for the quotation
http://www.43rumors.com/ft3-will-zeiss-make-the-15-5-45mm-f2-6-zoom-for-the-ag-af100-micro-four-thirds-camera/
Anyway would you like me to do some test with it and my GH1 ? A friend of mine has got this lens..
Tobias W.
3 years ago |Admin, you can’t be serious about this lens. The example pictures you linked are HORRIBLE. If you have to use legacy lenses, use good ones. Not that crap. Sometimes I got the impression that any fast lens is a good lens in your opinion.
admin
3 years ago |Hi Tobias. Yes it has a bad image quality
sebfarges
3 years ago |Admin, I’m not so sure for it’s bad image quality, anyway in video mode, if I have time I will test it tonight and send you the video link on sunday.
Anyway I have another C-mount fast zoom, but it’s vignetting, it’s a 17-102mm 1:2, I’m quite happy with its results, here is the link of a test I’ve done with it 11 month ago :
http://www.vimeo.com/7616171
Dummy00001
3 years ago |Cool
Dummy00001
3 years ago |I’m pretty sure that an artist can turn even that kind of quality into very interesting pictures.
Needless to mention that there are no comparable zooms for m43 at the moment – not even f/2.8 – what makes the experiment to me worth the time.
Tagheuer
3 years ago |Now thats a bad lens…Holy mole
I wouldn’t even pay $25
sebfarges
3 years ago |here’s a quick test with this Canon 25-100mm 1:1.8 :
http://vimeo.com/16130920
J
3 years ago |Thanks for the pic. I actually picked up the lens when I got it for $50 or so, and for doing video. I do think it would be nice if it was a bit sharper, but I suspect I’ll be able to come up with some nice results indoors with it.
Camajan
3 years ago |Why no modern versions of lens with same speed/zoom/price?
IQ would probably be better today…
sebfarges
3 years ago |exactly, I was wondering why there is fast C-mount zoom, even up to 1:1.2, and no such zoom on 24/36 DSLR
Jac
3 years ago |Very sharp ?
Some folks sure have different perceptions on how sharp an image is …
sebfarges
3 years ago |I don’t know if we need so sharp lens for video, when video looks too much like “digital”, the rendering is more like camcorder are already doing. In my work, I prefer working with “not perfect lens” and fast lens too, to be more close to 16mm motion picture esthetic.I can understand that some people don’t like this kind of image.
sebfarges
3 years ago |Another test with this canon fast zoom, a daylight test, here
http://vimeo.com/16156795
JR
2 years ago |I have this same lens for my gh1, but it won’t fit in my c mount to 4/3 adapter. What adapter are you using that fits this lens?