fs100 with sony 16mm/2.8 pancake-thoughts?

i'm looking at perhaps picking up the sony 16mm/f2.8 prime as my "invisible walking around lens".

is one-push autofocus available with this sony mount + fs100?

anyone with an opinion about the sony 16mm/f2.8 pancake?

thanks in advance

be well

rob
smalltalk productions

I'm sure a few will chime in, but I ordered this lens with my FS100 for a few reasons, the main reasons were that OIS and AF are on board and it's a very fast lens for the price. Doug's video DVD tutorial on the camera even mentions he wishes this was the stock lens with the camera instead of the 18-200mm one. I do not have the lens yet as we ordered it with the camera yesterday. I will report back after I've tried it.

I also like that you can clip on the fisheye extender for $109 more if you choose.

In the meantime, others will chime in I'm sure that have used the lens in practice, if you search the forum there's a nice merlin or glidecam support video shot using this lens that looks great.

Scott Caplan

Just got the lens this morning. Yep, nice and wide. It's so small, that it looks like a glorified lens cap on the front of the FS100.
It has autofocus, but no OIS. At this wide, I don't think that will matter.

I agree with Dennis A lens this wide, needs little in the way of auto focus.

As it does not have a built in ND filter, I'd be curious to know if a standard 49mm filter vignettes. It might require an adaptor to a larger filter, especially if you are using a variable ND.

Chuck I picked up a 49mm to 77mm step ring for my variable ND filter, I'll post my results.

Scott

That should be fine, Scott. Looking forward to hearing your results

is it continuous autofocus?
I also wonder if it will still give DOF at F/2.8

It's a nice lens, especially for the money. I also bought the wa adapter, which I think turns it into a 12mm f2-8!
We used it last night and tonight shooting an opera in a tiny black box theatre. Had to use the FS100 way up on a tripod with the wa and adapter in order to capture the room from close up, and avoid other stuff. Used the nx5 for close ups. Kind of opposite to how I woulkd normally do it, but the wa lens and adapter saved us.
\Bruce Yarock

does this lens have autofocus?

Sony E-Mount SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Alpha SEL16F28 B&H


Yes

I found mine on ebay, new for $139 several months back. Also bought the extender from bh.
bruce yarock

I use mine with the adapter for reception work. It really works great for what it is.

Dan

for the price it's great, but it's not the sharpest one, when I compare it to Canon 15mm, you can see the difference with your naked eye.

It's a nice compact lens that is compatible with the FS100 and makes a very compact and lightweight package. Pretty much the smallest and lightest you can get the FS100. Used it on my Steadicam Merlin a lot so in that way it is very useful and not too expensive. I also got the extra wide adapter for it that was on sale for a while.

However, I think that it is probably optically not the best lens possible, and exhibits a bit of CA and edges. For convenience it can't be beat, but if you need the ultimate quality the Tokina 11-16 would probably be a bit better quality.

I used mine yesterday with the wa extender for steadycam and it worked great.
Bruce Yarock