Good 2-3 lenses for GH2 for short & features

[ChristopherArter]

Hello!

I'm looking for a core 2-3 lenses that would be versatile enough to potentially shoot a feature length. I'm looking for lenses that would be good for dramatic dialogue scenes, low light (a fast lens?) and some landscape / wide shooting. I'd like to keep the price at a reasonalbe amount as well. I really liked what I saw from the Helios 44M (and the price!) as well as the Nikon 1.8 50mm. Are there any longer lenses that may be of use? like 100mm or so?

 

[FernandoAndre]

I recommend the Noktor 12mm 1.6, and the Sigma 30mm 1.4. Watch some videos from these lenses and see for yourself.
Also, old Canon FD's/Pentax/Minolta are a very good option and inexpensive.

And the Pana Leica 25mm 1.4 for 4/3 is very good too.

 

[CraigL]

Are there any longer lenses that may be of use? like 100mm or so?

With a crop factor of 2.0 (1.86?) I don't think a 100mm will be of much use. That's getting long as it is, and cropped to an equivalent of 200mm (or 186mm) makes it very narrow.

On my T2i (crop factor of 1.6), 85mm is about the longest I've ever used. I will get the Rokinon 85mm at some point, but I don't expect to need anything longer than that.

CraigL

 

[brunerww]

Chris - at the long end, I would get the Rokinon 85mm T1.5 cine lens for Nikon ($349 as of this post at Amazon).

According this post at nofilmschool, the Rokinon 85mm T1.5 was one of the lenses Shane Carruth used on the GH2 to shoot his feature, Upstream Color - now playing, both at a theater near you and on Amazon Instant Video.

Cheers,

Bill

 

[jax_rox]

I don't think a 100mm is a waste at all, though I'd certainly only get it in addition to something else, not as one of my only lenses.

If I had to choose only three lens sizes, I'd probably go for a 25mm, 50mm and 85mm, at least on a S35 sensor - you can figure out the math as to what that would be on a GH2