Lenses for EX3

[Ramji Meena]

I am new to this camera lense world but I have a PMW EX3 and planning to buy one wide convetor, may be I will by from century optics(#0HD-75CV-EX3) I am also thinking of buying a reasonable tele lense .i dont know if I buy AF NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8D how much i will be benefited, I mean what is the supplied 14x lesnse's capecity in terms of mm ?

[Steve Shovlar]

Originally Posted by Ramji Meena

I am new to this camera lense world but I have a PMW EX3 and planning to buy one wide convetor, may be I will by from century optics(#0HD-75CV-EX3) I am also thinking of buying a reasonable tele lense .i dont know if I buy AF NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8D how much i will be benefited, I mean what is the supplied 14x lesnse's capecity in terms of mm ?

Hi Ramji,
if you use the 80-200mm 2.8 ( a great lens by the way) with a camera adaptor like the Adaptimax, the range of your lens would be 432-1080mm. Far more telephoto than the standard EX3 lens. The magnification is X5.4 meaning it's great for wildlife and getting shots where being up close isn't a wise move. (man eating tigers, rioting, war zones etc)

Hope that helps.

[Dave Tyrer]

Originally Posted by Ramji Meena

I am new to this camera lense world but I have a PMW EX3 and planning to buy one wide convetor, may be I will by from century optics(#0HD-75CV-EX3) I am also thinking of buying a reasonable tele lense .i dont know if I buy AF NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8D how much i will be benefited, I mean what is the supplied 14x lesnse's capecity in terms of mm ?

Ramji

This was taken with the 80-200 f2.8 and extension tubes so it's good for close-up also. I think it's a very nice sharp zoom.

Dragonfly

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[Ramji Meena]

Thank you so much for the response steve and dave .Do you suggest any good wide lense for PMW Ex3?

[Adam Greenwald]

How much longer or shorter is the 500mm Nikkor lens to a standard 20x video lens?

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[Steve Phillipps]

The mm is always the same for any chip/film size. So on the Canon XL the 20x goes to about 100mm or so, so the 500mm is 5x stronger.
Steve

[Ed Kukla]

Originally Posted by Ramji Meena

Thank you so much for the response steve and dave .Do you suggest any good wide lense for PMW Ex3?

The Fuji W/A that is made with the EX lens mount is an excellent choice. Has all the features of the standard lens.

[Arild Pedersen]

I like to shoot wildlife films with the EX3 and the Zeiss Planar series. Example: Makro-Planar T* 2/100, good optical resolution and f 2.0

[Steve Phillipps]

Very limited reach with 100mm though - good luck with lions and bears at that range!
Steve

[Cees van Kempen]

Originally Posted by Steve Shovlar

Hi Ramji,
if you use the 80-200mm 2.8 ( a great lens by the way) with a camera adaptor like the Adaptimax, the range of your lens would be 432-1080mm. Far more telephoto than the standard EX3 lens. The magnification is X5.4 meaning it's great for wildlife and getting shots where being up close isn't a wise move. (man eating tigers, rioting, war zones etc)

Hope that helps.

I am also very happy with my 80-200/2.8 and consider the quality al least as good as the EX3 standard lens, if not better. Hardly see any difference in quality with primes like 400/3.5. Some other good news: I also own a TC-14B nikon teleconverter. This once was the prime x1.4 converter for Nikon's prime tele lenses. This converter also works with the 80-200 and turns it into a 112-280 of good quality. Note: the 14B is not the same as the 14A. I believe there was a big difference in price and quality.

[Ed Kukla]

Originally Posted by Dave Tyrer

Ramji

This was taken with the 80-200 f2.8 and extension tubes so it's good for close-up also. I think it's a very nice sharp zoom.

Dragonfly

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Dave

Anything I should look out for in shopping for extension tubes? Found a set on e-bay for $10.

How did you get the dragonfly to pose for you? Nice work.

Ed

[Steve Phillipps]

Originally Posted by Ed Kukla

The Fuji W/A that is made with the EX lens mount is an excellent choice. Has all the features of the standard lens.

And is (relatively) extremely cheap too.
Steve

[Steve Phillipps]

Originally Posted by Cees van Kempen

Note: the 14B is not the same as the 14A. I believe there was a big difference in price and quality.

It's not a quality thing as such - the TC14a was made for lenses less than 300mm, the TC14b for those over 300mm.
Steve

[Cees van Kempen]

Originally Posted by Steve Phillipps

I'd go for a 180mm f2.8, it's beyond amazing optically!
Steve

I stated in this thread that the 80-200mm f/2.8 is very good as well. However, at wide apartures the image is quite a bit softer than with my 300mm f/4. I wonder how the 180mm f/2.8 compares to the 80-200 f/2.8, in terms of picture quality. Steve, can you shine a light on that, or does someone else have a side by side experience/comparison?

[Doug Jensen]

QUOTE: I stated in this thread that the 80-200mm f/2.8 is very good as well. However, at wide apartures the image is quite a bit softer than with my 300mm f/4.

I agree 100%. I have both of those lenses and the 300mm looks sharper and has better contrast. I think it's the contrast that I notice the most.
Sorry, can't answer your question about the 180mm.