Feels like we might have a lot of smart cinema people here that could help me.
My goal is to get as much magnification as possible with most object in focus.
That’s why I’m considering wide macro lenses - and to block less light was looking into probes.
I do not have any rentals nearby to try them out my self unfortunately.
Lenses I’m considering:
Laowa Probe Zoom (15-35mm T12) - More magnification would be extremely useful for me.
Laowa Probe Zoom (15-24mm T8) - I guess we’re shooting slo motion? But loosing extra punch.
Loawa has 0.7x Focal Reducer for Probe Lens - this could work well on S35 Spark to give more light.
Alternatively I was looking into DZO film x-tract-probe-zoom
Any experiences and recommendations would be very helpful!
Greetings from far ;)
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Laowa put on a lens demo in conjunction with the CSC last week, and included a zoom probe lens. Their probe lenses are very nice, and I think a good solution for getting close to a subject without blocking much light from it.
I’m probably going to get one of those sooner or later, though in the interim I have an old Canon mpx65 lens. One advantage of the probe lens is that its length is fixed, unlike the mpx65, making it easier to get it into position and adjust magnification.