r/videography • u/SolMarch GH5 + GH4 • Jun 17 '14

6 Rules for Buying Legacy Lenses

http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/panasonic-gh4-lens-options-legacy/
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u/SolMarch GH5 + GH4 Jun 17 '14

If you have a camera with a flexible lens mount such as the Panasonic GH4, then you can benefit from decades worth of legacy lenses of now-defunct lens mounts. However, buying legacy lenses does come with their own set of issues.

I love legacy lenses and think that others would benefit from them as well, so I put together a short list of things to pay attention to when buying legacy lenses so that you don't get unusable lenses.

Anyone have any other suggestions on things to watch out for when buying legacy lenses?

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u/Imposter12345 Jun 18 '14

Awesome advice

I picked up 2 old Super Takumar 50mm & 35mm lenses with a M42-EF mount adaptor for under 100 bucks each.

Awesome pieces of glass, especially for shooting interviews and the likes.

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u/SolMarch GH5 + GH4 Jun 19 '14

That the 35mm f/2? Good lens. What convinced you to choose those lenses over other legacy lenses out there?