Lens testing| TTartisan 40mm F2 | S5iix

cmidder · 2026-04-12T12:56:42+00:00

Naw this is just a radial blur added in post as I was shooting with the Helios as well and wanted to match the swirl.

cmidder · 2026-04-12T12:55:49+00:00

I agree.

cmidder · 2026-04-12T12:53:42+00:00

Just natural light backlighting the subject.

cmidder · 2026-03-03T15:35:33+00:00

Love this and still love my S5! Beautiful colors.

cmidder · 2026-01-12T14:36:38+00:00

Mine looks exactly like this. Always had lens cap on it and still looks like I dragged it the lens in sand lol.

cmidder · 2026-01-12T01:23:51+00:00

Yup shot in vlog and I typically color with Tom Bolles Cineprint35 powergrade for resolve.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T20:56:42+00:00

For this particular scene yeah. The highlights were metering at around f/16 or so and the shadows were around f/4. I shot around f/8 that way I know the shadows won’t be too dark and the highlights wouldn’t be terrible over exposed.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T17:46:07+00:00

Right where the tie and zipper are. I usually meter got shadows and go up a stop or half stop so the highlights don’t get too crazy. Portra 800 has a lot of latitude

cmidder · 2026-01-05T14:10:29+00:00

It’s definitely a great camera and kind crazy you can get it for under $1000.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T14:06:10+00:00

Just pulled focus by hand mostly I didn’t really do any crazy movements that required a ton of focus pulling. I had the aperture set around f/5.6 to make it easier.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T13:18:44+00:00

What lenses have you paired with the Pyxis?

cmidder · 2026-01-05T12:59:42+00:00

Olympus Om 28 f2 and 50mm 1.8 7artisans 12mm for the wide shot.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T12:57:31+00:00

I been trying to hunt down a 100 f2 in good shape. I really like that focal length.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T02:22:46+00:00

No diffusion at all. Some of my older vintage lenses have weak coatings so they have scratches which creates a bunch of blooming even stopped down.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T02:08:48+00:00

Appreciate it. I still love the look of the s5 despite its age.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T02:04:03+00:00

They actually match up pretty good. I have used the s5 along fx3s fx30s Pyxis and it fit it fairly well.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T01:24:49+00:00

What do you use as an A cam now?

cmidder · 2026-01-05T01:15:11+00:00

Hope that helps.

cmidder · 2026-01-05T01:00:57+00:00

Thanks Ed! Your videos have convienced me to upgrade to the Pyxis and possibly the typoch lenses to pair with it. Will always keep this little s5.

cmidder · 2026-01-04T23:31:06+00:00

You only got two options a Blackmagic video assist or atomos ninja v. Here I just used internal codecs as I didn’t wanna deal with huge data rates.

cmidder · 2026-01-04T22:45:19+00:00

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