*I do not mean this as a repeat of my prior post at all. I just would like to see any further specific feedback about lens purchase.
So, my complete cinema rig, monitor & accessories for my 5d Mark iii (just the body) have arrived. Ironically - being the most important aspect of it all (besides the camera itself) are obviously the lenses, which I am going to order (for real this time) by the end of the evening, at the latest.
I decided to step down and that the Zeiss ZE series primes would actually be an excellent professional choice and I just can't deny the clarity and specific contrast Zeiss glass gets over even some of the higher end Canon glass, for instance.
Anyways, I have $3000 left to blow out of the total budget I was given. That ended up being much, much less than I thought I would have to spend on lenses, but with compromising paying 10x more for cine-lens features... Considering the ZE glass is the same as its big brother CP.2 series... I am completely happy with this.
What I think I finally am going to go with as a starting quiver of quality primes, while also staying budget:
- Zeiss ZE T* Distagon 35mm f/2
- Zeiss ZE 50mm f/1.4
- Zeiss ZE 18mm Distagon f/3.5
*All manual focus of course (have follow focus system w/ all dem thangs)
the total actually comes out to $3262.70 (including overnight shipping) actually... but I can manage to swing the extra $262.70
Now, I know people have completely different preferences when it comes to choosing lenses - probably more so than anything else.
However, I am pretty set on this. They are all super good quality glass, I am one of those people who love how Zeiss optics look overall. I will be shooting a plethora of things, commercially.... A lot of promotional, a lot of bigger-name music videos, corporate stuff, close-up archatechure, certain sports/specific action sports commercial footage... etc.
The next lens I would add (probably within no longer than a month) would be a ZE 85mm f/2 prime. Then I would have a seriously dope spectrum covered by some of the highest quality, but affordable prime lenses. For now though, I don't need anymore telephoto than a 50mm.
My only slight hesitation/question that remains:
- The Zeiss ZE 21mm has a maximum apature of f/2.8.... but wait, haha I am retarded.... slept like 4 hours max last night. I was going to say would it be worth pulling back from the incredible super wide look (with absolutely minimal distortion) of 18mm, up to 21mm , just to have an f/2.8 as opposed to 3.5....... but then I realized I forgot that the 21mm is about $1800 compared to the 18mm which is around $1400.
SO, haha, my bad... That was a pointless thread then. Either way, I guess I would be interested to hear any opinions of my 3-lens choice to start.
And no... I am not getting a canon L series zoom instead... even if it's one of the top-shelf ones... I am willing to work harder with the primes to produce a certain cinematic aesthetic.
