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Great pricepoint, but at the end of the video you can see its chromatic abberation city wide open. I am not sure if you can even correct that much.
So it’s official. I can see this lens sell a lot and actually promote going back to MF.
Costco has a better deal on the a6000 right now; same price you but you also get a 32gb card and the awesome Costco return policy.
If that had electronics like Loxia would be a must buy for E-mount, cool short-portrait for APS-C and the nifty-fifty MF for FF.
little focus breathing – for me acceptable – for $350 a bargain
I think this is a question many will be asking, since it’s so cheap most people who buy it will use it for stills anyway: Can the aperture ring click? Like with some new Zeiss, adjustable…come to think of it, it’s a stupid question, it will 99% not come with that feature.
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Maybe it’s cheaper to make the aperture ring clickless.
Aperture being clickless is a *FEATURE* for their market, cinematographers.
But photographers need clicked apertures. If you take a photo with f2.64 instead of f2.8 it is not a photo because it is out off the typcial f-stop row.
*justkiddin*
I think the only advantage of a clicked aperture is that it prevents you a bit from changing the aperture accidentally.
It also allows you to change the aperture knowing where you are without looking.
I really do think SLR Magic is targeting cinemotographers more than photographers, I see them discussed much more on filmmaking forums than photography forums.
And many photographers really do not mind f2.64 vs f2.8!
While clickless aperture is a *big* feature for filmmakers!
Just like breathing, many photographers won’t even know what I’m on about…. yet it is a big consideration for filmmakers.
LMAO please, no “cinematographer” has a budget of only $350 and takes a lens that’s not color matched and without the markings in the correct position and orientation and without the universal thread size and with the aperture marked in F stops. If you actually expect more cinematographers to buy this than photographers then you’re confused.
So is this another adapted CCTV lens?
Lookswise it does remind me a little of the fairly recent APS-C covering CCTV lenses that come in the flavor 8mm f/3.8, 25mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.6 and 50mm f/1.8.
But this one covers fullframe and has some sweet sensitivity, so, not quite like it after all. But Zhongyi for example had that 25mm f/0.95 recently for 399 USD as well (M43 only though). Seems somewhere in that range. Read up on mirrorlessons. Mathieu has a nice write-up/video on that one. I bet it will perform somewhat similar.
Their earliest lenses from SLR Magic waaaay back ages ago were CCTV lenses, but for a long while now they’ve been bringing out their own innovations which are top notch quality.
I wonder how it compares to Samyang 50 f1.2
thats APC lens, this is FE lens, i would like to see it compared with Mitakon 50 f0.95 though, both are FE lens.
FF
I’d like to compare this with my C/Y 50/1.7 Zeiss on A7, anyone else done this?
I’d like to know this too but pretty touch to beat the C/Y 50/1.7. Mine is the sharpest lens I own.
I’m very surprised/saddened it only has 120 degree focus throw, you’d think a MF lens from them would have more!
I’m so excited about this lens. If the performance is decent, this is like a turning point for mirrorless photography. This will be THE lens nearly everyone should get. Can’t wait to receive it and replace the Mitakon 50mm with something smaller, and possibly sharper.
“the sharper part” is something I am not ready to believe. We shall see
I own at least 4000000 50mm’s including the Sony Zeiss 55 f1.8 for E mount, can this be any better? don[t think so despite the sexy specs and super fast speed
My expectations are very low for this one because it looks like a faked cine-lense. I mean it is not really a true cine-lens but just has clickless aperture. I guess they just made a mediocre prime lens with lot of abbreviations and sell it to a crowd how are not so much sensitive to micro-IQ like still photographers (due to lower resolution). In the end it won’t be a great lens for video and still.
It has a reasonable price, which possible does not attract someone who owns 4000000 50mm’s including the Sony Zeiss 55 f1.8. 😉
so it is not a typo and it is really FE lens… for that price I will buy it despite too short focus throw (especially for manual f1.1), declicked cine-version, focus breathing (which lens doesn’t have it at all?) and CA… if the image quality and resolution is decent and don’t cripple A7rII
Yes, the advertised MSRP wasn’t a typo. I am surprised. There seems to be some CA and focus breathing (see the end of the newsshooter clip) but not too bad. What puzzles me now is that the lens seems to have smaller lens elements than my C/Y Planar 50 f1.4. And why is it marked with f-stops when their other cine lenses are marked with t-stops?
Yes – I got that after posting.
Now I see Samyang has 2 lens lines:
FF designed for DSLRs with all mounts (mirrorless mounts is just a empty tube).
APS-C designed for mirrorless without DSLR-mounts.
Seems to be OK and better then most fast vintage 50mm – so price is fine.
Focus breathing is better then Walimex “Cinema” and also seems better then “Standard” Zeiss Cinema lenses – good enough for me 🙂
I’m a 35mm guy, but this could be a very cool addition! (for a different use)
Oh, so once again there is no electronic communication whatsoever. That means the lens can’t use DMF. How freaking hard can it be? Answer: not very.
Other than that it seems attractive.