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It comes in Leica M mount. Unfortunately I believe the flange distance of EF will not allow you to adapt an M mount lens. There are affordable adapters for the new RF mount from canon, due to the reduced distance to the sensor.

They are great, super clean with a full spectrum tone. Neck pickup has piano like qualities, and the bridge has a lot of bit without feeling to brittle

Not any more in 2020s.

@@jliang70 You''ve obviously never shot chrome film!

I like the ease of use, and the fact I can easily use 82mm filters on it the adapter, but 1.33 will never have the character of the 2x The moment is subtle in comparison. The added characteristics are there, but it doesn’t screen anamorphic in the bokeh. You only get that at closest focus

I'm so glad this was helpful! I highly recommend a lens support on 15mm rods. Thats what I was using on the fx6 and it felt solid as a rock!

A lens is just a tool. As long what you use helps to inspire you to go out and shoot, use what ever sparks joy ✨

​@@Plaughrey Sure. I just felt it necessary to note my opinion. Because it really just seems like you're selling an overpriced item to beginners. This should be $200 max. A savvy shooter could pay $15 (+adapter cost) for a similar feeling vintage 50mm at their local garage sale. Blowing my mind that this is listed for $1050. I understand that it's your tool and you like it (totally fair). But woof! I wouldn't feel good recommending it.

@@backyardwindow great point! I did not realize that the video came off as a recommendation for beginners. Not who I was aiming for at all. When I got started in photography I did exactly as you said. I picked up as many inexpensive lenses as I could from flea markets or vintage shops and adapted to my camera for as little money as I could manage, and it taught me so much about photography early on. I’ll be sure to specify an experience level in my recommendation in future videos, or maybe include a little bit more about my journey to help give context.

@@Plaughrey I think your video is perfectly fine in explaining your own finding on this lens. I have not used this LLL lens and the one I have used is LLL elcan. Yes, it is around $700 not really suited to everyone's budget and can be more expensive than some of the vintage lens. I think from my experience vintage lens ( I have four M42 mount lenses, 3 Nikon AI-s) and also own Voitglander 58mm F1.4 Ai-s version, I think LLL elcan has its own unique characters that endear itself to one who have used it, it is not perfect like some of the autofocus lens we see from the major makers, but it held its own against the other manual focus lens from the other makers. Just a note a lot of savvy shooter also use this lens or LLL's other lenses.

I have a few on the wishlist!

It is soft wide open, and challenging to use in different lighting scenarios for sure. That being said it's been a few months now and it hasn't really left my camera. So far its been a nice fit for me!

Man UA-cam is wild like that right! I’m glad the video was helpful, and an extra note if you cut the foam like in the video, the cards are more secure if you press the label side of the CFe-A cards into the cutout. The side with the electronic contacts doesn’t get as much friction on the foam, compared to the labeled side.

@@Plaughrey do you mean putting the label side down

@@Edgardbmedia yes, so when you open the case you see the electronic contacts.

使用这款镜头很愉快!

I totally get it, it isn't a perfect lens and is not a great fit for everyone. That being said a soft mist filter will never recreate the optical characteristics (both good and bad) What matters most is creating and capturing moments the feels best to YOU! I will always recommend save your money for experiences and document those with what you have. At the end of the day a lens is just a tool; it's the world around you, and your experiences within it that will always be more valuable. 🙌

I've been really impressed with 7artisans, I'll have to check out that 35mm sometime soon!

Hope you are will Michael! So far the lens has still stayed on my camera daily. I like the weight and balance on my sony. The lens can be difficult to work with especially wide open, but I do find I really enjoy the texture the lens imparts to the image. I am constantly adjusting the aperture to avoid over blooming the image, or adjusting how the vignetting is effecting the frame, and all the fine adjustments sometimes leads me to miss moments which can be frustrating. Overall I am very involved with the process of capturing images when using the LLL, and the difficulties turn into creative opportunities to adjust how I am approaching a scene or situation.

It’s exciting to hear you saw some optical similarities to your rented lenses, thanks for leaving the comment 🙏 I know LLL is working on a PL mount model, so it will be very interesting to see how they approach the construction of the lens casing. There was even talk about moving away from helicoidal focusing mechanism to minimize focus breathing, but I would be that comes down to manufacturing costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@@Plaughrey Ive used miniS4i and Cooke Anamorphic on an 8k Red. Your video looks like it could cut right into these.

At the end of the video I do admit that I've never used an authentic Cooke, so my opinion does not hold a whole lot of weight in this matter 😂 That being said, I did have a few conversations with David Chen from the North American devision of LLL, and we talked at length about how they approached the optical design. They have an original 1940s Cooke Speed Panchro II in their lab, and went through a pain staking process to get as close of match as possible to the optical design and coatings to the original.

@@Plaughrey All that sounds great but how do I know they succeeded in doing what they set out to do? Why don't they have someone shoot with the original Cooke and this lens side by side and show the results? Without that it sounds like a marketing gimmick to extract $$$ from vintage lens lovers.

Is that the case. I will be interested if you can get me a Leica Elcan below $200. Have you shoot with both to come up with the above rant about this video.

@@motopixelz How do you know if they are not succeeded in doing what they set out to do? Guessing ? how do you know if they did not have someone shooting with the original and the one they created? Did you shoot with both? Without that it sounds more like you having an unreasonable bashing on a product you did not even try.

Takumar 50/1.4, 8 elements or not, has very noticeable green outline on bokeh balls, which Light Lens Lab's doesn't.

indeed it does. its most notable on low contrast scenes, directly in the center of the image plane.

oh totally agreed!

The focus tab is perfect for me

Oh shoot, that would have been a great thing to add to the video 🤦‍♂️ I’ll do some testing tomorrow and come back with some results 🤘

@@Plaughrey I've not found anyone on UA-cam who talked about the focus breathing on this lens. Definitely would appreciate it if you could show it or talk about it. 👍

Thanks for sharing! I totally agree!

Ahh I misspoke, I meant that it’s typical for rangefinder lenses 🤦‍♂️ I must have missed this on editing 😂

Typical for M lenses, and this is M mount one as well.

True, and upon watching it the second time you actually mention it being typical for rangefinder cameras. Although good lens makers like Voigttländer offer 50 mm minimum focus distance.

@@apocryphal_man most, if not all M mount lenses are .7 meter minimum focus distance for M systems. Not a knock on the maker at all - fact of how the rangefinder mechanism works. So, even if you have an M lens that an focus at .5m, it won't be done via the rangefinder, only the EVF.

For rangefinder it is

Very Interesting! I've never looked at the Primoplan, but I've so many great things about Meyer Optik. Ill have to check out a copy 👍 Thanks for the comment!

Howdy John! Thanks for checking out the video, we have to meet up for a skate before I leave to Colorado!

I would love to hop on the podcast! Lets make that happen before the end of July! Thank you for your kind works Fitzaey!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the video Matthew!

Thanks for the kind comments Bryan, glad you enjoyed it 🙌

Thanks Philip! I would say the vignetting is on the edge of usable on a full frame at 50mm. The corners get fairly dark, but I like the esthetic. If you are on a mirror less camera, I highly recommend turning off IBIS because it moves the vignetting around, and I find that disorienting. I highly recommend the moment adapter paired with the Helios 44-2, which is a 58mm lens. There is no vignetting at that focal length

Thank you for your kind words!

It would have been nice had they shown what 50mm actually looked like on a full frame sensor without a digital zoom ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ All of their test footage must have had a digital zoom applied, or the pre-production model had wider coverage than the production model. Overall I am enjoying the adapter, and have been really pleased with how it works with my existing lenses (especially these zeiss classics)

I was using an ifootage monopod, with a manfrotto fluid head. Most of the time I was just on the mini-tripod feet of the monopod, to get those close to the floor shots. The closeup of the box jump really shows off that anamorphic bokeh!

I need to publish a short with the Helios, but I can say it works great! Since it’s 55mm there is less vignetting than my 50mm makro planar! My only only warning would be to get a lens support with 15mm rods. The adapter is HEAVY, and my possibly breaks cheap lens adapters (m42 screw style adapters that is) or even the lens mount of the camera if not handled with care! I really love how the moment adapter transforms the texture of my lenses. The weight and technical challenge of focusing an anamorphic lens can be frustrating, but the experience as a whole is magical!

@@Plaughrey great to know Patrick! Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I´m thinking of using it on a rs3 + follow focus, might be around 3kg including the gimbal I imagine but I just love the look of it so much, $1.200 is quite some money but it seems to be a legit good anamorphic single focus solution with sharpness right?

@@TheGuigotz I’ll see if I can’t put together another video with this lens setup on my RS2 with the A1. It would be interesting to setup the DJI follow focus and test things out that way! I am pleased with the image and sharpness when everything is aligned for sure 👍

@@TheGuigotz I just uploaded another test video from my CrossFit gym, if you want to check that out for more visuals.

That gopher turtle scampers through this side yard area every day close to sunset. It’s a real character 🐢😂

That was my favorite part ❤️

Thanks for watching! That bag is super durable, and easy to clean when I get it filled with mud and sand 😂 And repping NASA is always an added bonus for sure 🚀🛰️

There is a price to performance comparison here. The primary competitor to the Forza 300 was the Aperture 300d Mark I. In that regard the Forza beat it out on luminance output, and was roughly on par for noise performance at a more affordable price point. Nanlite has sense released the Nanlux line with weather sealed construction, and light output that out perform 1.5k HMI lights, but at a much greater cost. I have been using these Nanlite Forza 300 lights for over 3 years now, and they are still running reliably for interviews (the fan noise has never given me issues, though my key generally has the fan off), product shoots, and even outdoors for some fill light during sunset shoots.

@@Plaughrey Watched all that UA-cam videos about Forza 300/500 enthusiastic about them and purchased 2 x Forza 300 + Forza 500. Put then into quiet room 5x6 m, 3 m high and find those Forzas useless for any recordings with sound. Tried NTG2 shotgun at 30 cm distance, tried Rode lavalier on the tie, tried to turn the fixture fans off. The sound is useless because PSUs make enough noise in the room to ruin the recording. Would you please tell a little bit about you sound config for the shots with Forza?

Absolutely friend. I'm glad you found it useful!