Hello everyone. My name is Enrique, I am from Argentina and I have been a director of photography in film and advertising for about 5 years. I am interested in investing in a kit of SLR lenses for make them rehoused cinema lenses, since I am advising investors in a future rental house with which I am going to work.
I've been thinking about the following options:
Super takumar
Pentax M
Pentax K
Pentax A
Pentax Limited?
What is being more difficult for me is choosing which of those kits would have a better 35mm f2, or a better 28mm (f2 or f2.8). I am also having a hard time choosing which lens below 20mm would be better, considering the speed-IQ ratio. The latter is because the kit will have to be used in s35mm cameras apart from the new full frame cinema cameras.
Regarding the 50mm and 85mm, I understand that in general they are all quite good, but it would also be interesting to know which are the best, or most mythical.
I also find the option of limited lenses interesting, although there are no fast lenses below 31mm.
From what I have seen in the different providers of the rehousing service, Pentax are not frequent. I am even having a hard time finding Super Takumar rehoused (which is not the same as declicked and cine-mod).
Anyway, it seems like a good exercise for the forum. I did my entire still photography career with Pentax, and now I want to bring some of that legacy back to my career as a cinematographer.
Thank you very much in advance for your opinions on this matter. Greetings!
Last edited by Enrique S Toso; 02-23-2021 at 01:23 PM.