Adam Paul

Charles, which Lomos did you pick up and how fast are they? The thing is that the very fast ones like f2 and under are very expensive. The F2.2 and up are much cheaper. I wonder if they are less sharp or if it's just speed, which you can compensate with light. Althought would they be bad for night shots? About Lomo being inferior to Cooke, yesterday, I got a nice reply from a Lomo user regarding this very same issue. He said something like " Well, I don't think Tarkovsky's Solaris looked any worse than any new film shot on S4's." Food for thought maybe?

The 50mm and 100m in that set are f/2. Think it's too slow? I would probably have to step in down to f/4 not to be soft, wouldn't I. Thanky ou for you fast replies downix.

But a F/2 lens shot wide open would be softer than a F/1.4 stopped down to f/2? How 22mm, 35mm, 50mm and 100mm look like? To big of a gap? I found a nice set with those.

There are Lomos f/1.2 and f/1.4. Would those be soft at f/2 as well, even though they would have to be stopped down to get f/2?

Thank you. Would you have any remarks about my other questions?

I?m a film student and want to buy a 35mm camera. I?m thinking Konvas or an Arri. The cameras are not really the problem, since they are both quite affordable. The problem is with the lenses, because I would like to get primes instead of a zoom. I can?t afford UltraPrimes or S4?s and I don?t want to go for the older Schneider or Angenieux stuff. I was advised Lomos are much better and they seem to be fairly affordable. But a very good friend told me Lomos are not good. I should stay away from the Russian stuff. He said if I want to go Lomo, I might as well shoot with high quality still primes and would get better results. He says Lomos are soft. But softer than still lenses? So what?s the general opinion on that? I would also like to ask, what would be an useful set of primes for feature production? I can?t afford a 6 or more set, so I might have to do with 3 or 4 Lomos. Is it possible going through a whole feature with 3 or 4 lenses? Should I go for the fastest ones? Old and newer Lomos are same quality? Newer meaning 80's or so. Can't afford the very new ones. I don't want the anamorphic ones by the way. Thank you.