Noktor 12mm Hyperprime or Olympus 12mm

Paul Morgan (e2 Member)

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5 Jul 2012 - 12:33 AM

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Side by side these are completely different lenses.

Out of these two what would you choose and why.

Paul Morgan (e2 Member)

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5 Jul 2012 - 1:06 AM

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They both can be used for stills or video, but the Noktor has some nice quirks giving video a more cinematic feel, the Olympus has silent focusing or near silent and lovely smooth manual focus.

https://vimeo.com/30097165#

Noktor 12mm

All metal and well made
manual focus
Lovely smooth focusing
Depth of field scale
Widest aperture f1.6
Nice aprture ring
silent floating f stops, nice and smooth
very close focusing almost macro
A hood can`t be used due to the lens design
Flare can be a problem if you don`t like or want it, but I quite like this effect
Cost £500

Olympus 12mm

All metal and well made
Auto focus
Silent auto focus
Lovely smooth manual focusing
Depth of field scale
Widest aperture f2
Close focusing
Some flare without hood
A decent hood is available but expensive
Cost £600, hood extra

Paul Morgan (e2 Member)

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5 Jul 2012 - 1:14 AM

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Yes and its smaller

Carabosse (e2 Member)

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5 Jul 2012 - 1:51 AM

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And I would get........................ neither!

Carabosse (e2 Member)

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5 Jul 2012 - 2:09 AM

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Becasue they would get very little use.

If I want wide, I'd prefer the Oly 9-18mm. Gives more flexibility and I'm not fussed about wide apertures.

Carabosse (e2 Member)

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5 Jul 2012 - 3:33 PM

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Other than price, I'm still a little baffled why you're considering a Pen.

Carabosse (e2 Member)

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5 Jul 2012 - 3:40 PM

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Interesting - exactly the other way around for me.

ringyneck (e2 Member)

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15 Jul 2012 - 5:15 PM

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I know we can go and have a play at jessops for the Pen range but is the OM-D the same as the E5...forbidden fruit and just models you have to buy online and hope you have done the homework...seems a funny way to have to go to buy something.
Keith