Mod Weekend 2022 Collection of Shots - Lumix S1H - OM g.Zuiko 55mm 1.2 Thorium Vintage Lens 6K

Film highlights of Brighton's Mod bank holiday weekend 2022. No real story, just see what pictures we can get out of an old vintage lens! Everything is handheld and spur of the moment. What a great day out for everyone and it was great to meet mods from all over the country.

Slightly graded in Davinci with my Driftwood 'OldFilm.cube' LUT, the yellowish look is the responsibility of the thorium coated radioactive lens. To get my LUT and others, see www.nickdriftwood.com 'Driftwood V-Log LUT Pack Ver 1'.

Film notes: This is just a speed edit to show images to people. Wanted to capture the 60s/700s feel of the day and Mod times. So, I took out one of my fav lenses - the Olympus OM g.Zuiko 55 f1.2 Thorium coated (+ Urth OM to L Mount adapter) - a classic old look with its slight yellow colour lean.

Shot on the LUMIX S1H, I opted for 6K 3:2 without crop. I wanted to see how it looked daytime with as many open shots (from f1.2 upto f2.8) as possible. Using the Tilta Mirage matte box and its VND to stop down the light whilst keeping the lens wide open as possible.
There's some great shots here and there, but Ive got to be honest, interviewing people and focussing at the same time did prove problematic in the bright sun. I think there's enough shots here to prove that this beautiful little OM 55 lens can work like the old film style. However, I'd use a focus puller with the Tilta Nucleus M next time ;-)

Overall, ignoring all the focus pull problems, I think you'd agree the vintage Olympus OM 55 f1.2 lens is quite exceptional. It maybe a poor man's Canon FD 55 1.2 (which cost thousands 2nd hand - I have one of them!), but, I reckon the OM 55 1.2 is a classic. Arri have been showing it off on the Alexa Mini LF of late too. So there's a lot of interest in this lens of late. Get yours before they go up in price!
The colours are amazing with this lens. I mean, the LUMIX S series has great colour science, but adding my carefully designed V-Log film LUT 'OldFilm_DWV.cube' really adds to the colours reflective of the time.

The one BIG error I made as in focus was the ride out scenes as I got knocked whilst moving out of the way and didn't realise until later that the focus had just shifted as I was holding it low. I should have also stopped down and captured the scene at infinity instead of attempting to capture it wide open. Ah well. Its not too bad.
Anyways, we'll give it another go next year!

Hand-held Eqpt List:

LUMIX S1H Camera
Olympus OM g.Zuiko Auto-S 55mm f.12 Vintage Radioactive Thorium Coated Lens
Urth OM to L-Mount Lens Adapter
Zacuto Cage
Tilta Mirage Matte Box with VND
Panasonic MS2 Shotgun

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