Old lenses (for arri IIC) vs modern ones

[Gabriel Cortez]

Well, by "modern" I don't really mean the latest Master Primes, but say some Zeiss standard (the 2.1 sets) or something similar.

 

Is there really such a big optical performance difference to account for the big price difference between the older lenses that would be mounted on a 2c and the PL mount ones? I mean would it show so badly on screen?

 

I'm asking this because I've just seen some footage shot with a combined schneider/cooke set of lenses on a 2c that really looked surprisingly good, and that kinda left me wondering.

 

Can anyone share a similar experience? Or comment about how good/bad are the older lenses?

 

I have a short coming up and I'm seriously thinking of renting a 2c package and save some money for better (is it?) use.

 

 

Thanks a lot guys, hope to get some feedbacks on this one!

 

Cheers

[Paul Bruening]

As I recall, this is a pretty well worn question, here. You might find some useful info faster by running some searches for previous threads.

[Jon Kukla]

You do realize that the 2C is an MOS camera, correct?

[Gabriel Cortez]

Oh ok Paul, thanks for pointing that out, and sorry to have brought this up then. I did browse a bit through the 35mm forum and didn't find anything relevant, but I'll dig deeper then :)

 

And yes Jon, I know it's an MOS camera. Thanks for the warning, mate.

 

Cheers