Quote Originally Posted by Michael Panfeld View Post
So how about a SALT III, featuring old cine glass. For example, Baltars, Super Baltars, Cooke Panchro Series 2/3, Schneider Cine Xenons, Lomos, old Angie and Cooke zooms. Or a SALT IV for old still glass like Canon FLs/FDs, Olympus. Minolta Rokkors, SMC Takumars, CZ Jena, etc... You know the good ole days when glass was still made with lead and radioactive isotopes.
I was part of a test with Frederic Goodich that compared the "look" of several sets of popular cine primes including the Super Baltars on both Epic and Alexa. I had the great fortune to be invited to screen the first pass at compiling the images we shot and even amongst the newer primes there were obvious "personality quirks". I believe that Frederic has an agenda for an article and for screening the footage from the test, but I don't know any details. What was clearly obvious was that if you're going to shoot vintage glass like the Super Baltars to get a certain "feel" just be sure you can live with just how soft they look - particularly noticeable on a camera like the Epic.

On a side note, the Leica Cs were spectacular and IMHO have set the bar - so much real resolution, so smooth. That reminds me, gotta go buy a lottery ticket...

Cheers - #19