thanks for the amazing content, Jared love, from Israel
@matthewmurphy3395
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I’m not the only one who can’t shoot with glasses on.
@bowtiebonanza
4 жыл бұрын
That music sounds like Masterclass...
@alexsystems2001
4 жыл бұрын
Jared Polin I watched the whole video, it’s definitely not the lens for me 🤣 I agree for the price, I have no idea who it’s for. You could buy a bunch of good versatile lenses for the price of this one. Why anyone would buy this... because they have tons of money and they can I guess
@ElGrecoDaGeek
4 жыл бұрын
The secret door is a kensington lock
@RealRaynedance
4 жыл бұрын
It's kind of funny how you said it's difficult to find the right focusing spot because of the long focus throw. The long focus throw is what makes that necessary precision possible in the first place. But I'm glad you finally get the point of the lens. It's aimed at a _very_ specific small group of rich people that already know they want it and don't mind or even prefer the manual aspect of it. Knowing they're going to miss a lot of shots, but knowing the ones that _are_ good are going to be amazing. I know that if I had the money and hadn't switched to Sony, I'd buy this. I _love_ using vintage lenses actually designed for manual focus, and this is basically a modern vintage lens and literally meant to be a modern embodiment of the 58mm f/1.2 Noct.
@adem-videography
4 жыл бұрын
This lens does the ultimate Tony background.
@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel
4 жыл бұрын
The first lens that does justice to his addiction.😂
@mattdustz9215
4 жыл бұрын
😂
@applehernandez08
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@robertmarks6525
4 жыл бұрын
aye y all yuh so 4cup 😂😂😂😂😂
@SantiagoMonroy5
4 жыл бұрын
nailed it.
@AaronsLyfe
4 жыл бұрын
Ok, when using manual focus + focus peaking. I map the AF ON button (found in f2 menu) to Magnify 200%. Solves all the issues of dialing in what you are focusing on. There are a few other buttons you can map Magnify as well.
@tucompaivan
4 жыл бұрын
Yup this is when you know how to use a camera.
@FrederickDunn
4 жыл бұрын
Ummmm I used to think I could just grab anything Nikon makes and go... this is the first time I'm letting something go. That's just too steep for me... can't do it. I'm afraid it would be on the gear bench given all of the other current options. I wonder if there will be a Z-Macro lens coming out? THAT would get my attention these days :)
@ajbid805
4 жыл бұрын
Jared Polin, you should have ended the video when you said "who is this lens for?, Rich People!" ...that would have been perfect.
@Scrotumslap
4 жыл бұрын
FYI, that’s a security lock (Kensington lock) slot under the tripod collar knob. It’s not a screw to undo the collar.
@jacobnathanielzpayag3885
4 жыл бұрын
Wait so the collar can only be removed by literally disassembling the lens?
@Scrotumslap
4 жыл бұрын
Jacob Payag Apparently to remove the tripod collar you’d have to contact a Nikon authorized service center.
@patricksmith2553
4 жыл бұрын
That "secret door" is for attaching a locking cable to the lens, either for when you're using the lens on a remote camera and or as an anti-theft deterrent for a store or display. All of the newly released professional Nikon lenses have this from the 70-200mm f2.8 VR "S" to all of the FL super-telephoto lenses, like my 400mm f2.8 FL. I have personally never used this feature, because I don't use my 400mm f2.8 FL for a remote lol, but some people do once in a while like at the super-bowl or the Olympics!
@brianaddison2828
4 жыл бұрын
Patrick Smith thanks for highlighting this. Neat.
@FoxMacLeod2501
4 жыл бұрын
Always happy to know I'm not the only one who enjoys some vignetting.
@henrymediagroup
4 жыл бұрын
When you found the most useful tip of photography at 14:20, I just can’t stop laughing and liking the video. Thanks Jared!
@alexlewismedia4739
4 жыл бұрын
Hell yes! I've done that so many times... I'm just looking at stuff... *pretends to change settings*
@andrzejjaniak6849
4 жыл бұрын
I switched back from Sony to Nikon because of the colors. Totally agree on this point. And yes, I shoot RAW, but getting the colors right in the camera makes the life much easier.
@Twobarpsi
2 жыл бұрын
Canon has better colors, IMO.
@CarlosPerezFilms
4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a cinema lens, it’s priced like one and focuses like one.
@kidthorazine
4 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking, it seems like a cinema lens rehoused in a still lens body.
@JonPais
4 жыл бұрын
where are the gears? the T stops? the other five lenses in the set? it's a photography lens, no mistaking it for a cinema lens.
@Biring1
4 жыл бұрын
I thought so myself, but it doesn't measure in t stops, doesn't have specific enough focus distance markings nor does it have a marked aperture control ring either. It also has a z-mount no cinema camera has or will ever have. Who this lens is for is beyond me. Though its performance wide open is quite impressive.
@CarlosPerezFilms
4 жыл бұрын
@@Biring1 of course it's definitely not aimed at that at all. Just seems super nice for manual focusing with the 360 deg (or almost) focus. then the size, weight and price its up there for the mid-tier cinema glass.
@robcavenphotography5231
4 жыл бұрын
Grounds for a "Nikon to roll out a cine camera" rumour I reckon :)
@Carl_Aznable
4 жыл бұрын
I wish you would've shot some low light stuff too. Night, interior, astro, etc.
@wparo
3 жыл бұрын
You are right, we want more z mount f1.4s and f1.2s. This whole f1.8 business is okay... but doesn't really cut the mustard
@AndrejsZavadskis
4 жыл бұрын
what about Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH for $12,495 ????
@Maddin1313
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, this lens produces great Tony!
@amiralimirhashemian6067
3 жыл бұрын
Toneh?
@brianaddison2828
4 жыл бұрын
Great review and shots! The best settings to aid in focus for me were setting Fn1 on camera, the back AF on button, or the movie button or the lens's Fn button to 100% or 200% zoom. Makes it way easier to quickly acquire manual focus.
@RussellTracyPhotography
4 жыл бұрын
This is like the Nikon 800mm. Very few will actually own it because it has a very specific use case but when you use it for that very specific use case, its hard to beat. Lenses like this are similar to cinema lenses used to film hollywood movies. Arri and Angenieux primes can easily be $50,000 to purchase with zoom versions being closer to $100K. Very few people (ie production companies) own the huge, expensive, cinema lenses. If they need one, they get one from a rental house. Unless you have a very specific use case for the Noct, and you can make your money back with it, just rent it when you need it. As far as use case goes, I would say still life, commercial/product, and video. The long focus throw on this is very similar to cinema lenses, giving you the ability to very precisely dial in your focus. Also, with the super long focus throw and 1.6' minimum focus, I'd be interested to see what people can do with focus stacked images
@beavertown2006
4 жыл бұрын
Which lens bokeh is creamier, this lens or Canon's DS lenses?
@gordonyz4
4 жыл бұрын
[I switched to Sony] Filming everything with Nikon Z6 [Sold all my Nikon lenses] 6 Nikon premium lens boxes on the shelf
@kinzokuweeb
4 жыл бұрын
He switched to Sony because of the lens selection and the autofocus is better than Nikon and they filming with Z6 because they love what Nikon give in video feature also that Nikon lens boxes are not his own lens. Jared buys that lenses for Steven and Dan to use it for video purpose.
@Se4rchDestr0y
4 жыл бұрын
@@kinzokuweeb Punctuation, please.
@kinzokuweeb
4 жыл бұрын
@@Se4rchDestr0y my bad 😅
@AgnostosGnostos
4 жыл бұрын
For years and years Nikon was blamed that couldn't create an f/1.2 lens like Canon had done with 50mm and 85mm lenses of 2006. Nikon had a very very old manual 50mm f/1.2 of 1978 though. Now that Nikon has created a 58mm f/0.95 everyone says that it is a pointless move. If you check an online depth of field calculator, the depth of field of a 58mm f/0.95 is much deeper than the depth of field of a very common 85mm f/1.4 lens. So the depth of field of a 58mm isn't so thin, unusable and pointless as many suggest. Of course the 58mm f/0.95 is a very expensive but Zeiss Ottus lenses and some Leica lenses are expensive and manual too. The 58mm f/0.95 is manual focus but it is designed for mirrorless cameras which make manual focus much easier with focus peaking and auto focus magnification. Only very lately with life-view a few models of dSLR cameras offer these two aids. Also the 58mm f/0.95 is heavy at 2000g but the classic Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 is 1500g and isn't considered a very heavy lens.
@jpdj2715
2 жыл бұрын
Depth of Field (DoF) calculators typically abstract away from the "Circle of Confusion" (CoC). DoF is a function of focal length, aperture and distance variables, but includes the CoC parameter. CoC ties resolution of camera & lens to presentation size and the viewer's distance to the presentation. Increase resolution of a lens and the DoF gets shallower. Increase camera resolution and it gets shallower again. Blow up and DoF gets shallower because of the decrease in CoC. Watch from a closer distance and the DoF gets shallower again. In Digital photography, one important piece of the puzzle has to be added into the CoC and that's the software you use in raw processing, its ability to recover detail, your sharpening setting. I have tried different apps as DoF calculator and changing parameters that should impact the CoC and from that the DoF, had no visible impact on the numbers. Big influence on the camera part of the CoC is if it has an anti-aliasing (AA) filter. This disperses a bit of the light traveling to photosite [x,y] to the neighbors thereof. That increases the CoC, reduces dynamic range and low light sensitivity, reduces color space, and provides a tool for total reflection over the sensor in strong backlight. But it makes "raw processing" easier - SOOC JPEG as well as in post raw processing in LrC or C1. As the AA filter adds to the tiny tunnel over each photosite, it also adds to vignetting and modern "for digital" lens designs solve this by projecting the image in a different way than was normal in the past. Regarding the latter, Nikon was handicapped with its age-old F lens mount. A larger diameter would enable a wider diameter lens back-end that projects the image to the sensor in a way that suffers less from filter grid vignetting and light losses. This is the back story of Leica's problems to go full frame and at the same time retain top quality backward compatibility with their excellent but very old lens design so appreciated by collectors. They only went full frame when they had developed a filter overlay (Bayer & AA) that behaves like a Fresnel condenser where the rings are replaced by lens staves at varying angles from the center point of the sensor to the corners - one per photosite. The angle pattern must be a compromise between different lens designs, though. It did not scale well to significantly higher than 24 MP, though, and so they must have aborted this concept for, say 60MP cameras. As an M Monochrom does not need a Bayer filter grid, it can also do away with the AA filter and then it doesn't need "raw processing". Can you imagine how cheap that camera should be when you take these complexities out? As to the 1.2L lenses by C.anon, I have to point to the f/number being worthless in indicating how much light comes through. DxO Mark tell us that these lenses have a T-stop of 1.5 when at f/1.2. Well, a Nikon 1.4 would have a T-stop of 1.5 too. And be sharper. The f/number represents the diameter or radius of the aperture (opening) in the diaphragm as a fraction of a lens's focal length. That focal length is only valid at infinity focus setting and the number in f/number is just geometry. In the past, "we" took these things into account when we shot 8"*10" or even medium format - in absence of through the lens metering we needed to know the exposure corrections from lens to lens and be able to apply an exposure compensation for "bellows extension" (focusing closer by than infinity). The 1.2L lenses are not very sharp and their attraction is their softness more than anything else. If you made the elements in these lenses of black glass, by the way, they would still be f/1.2. In short, as to DoF, if you really want to seriously compare between lenses, you have to take identical shots and figure out their individual CoC for the presentation size and viewing distance you want to use. Look at your shots on a 4K display at 12" (30cm) distance at 200% and your DoF may seem shallow. Print at 5"*7" and view that at 2' (60cm) distance (arm's length) and you don't understand why the DoF is so deep all of a sudden. If you know of a DoF calculator that does all this properly, let me know. I did not find one. After all, it should include all these aspects in order to be relevant and valid.
@Underp4ntz_Gaming_Channel
4 жыл бұрын
Owning 4 0.95 lenses, 3 1.2 lenses and 1 0.75 lens. never regretted it to get them. you can do insane portraits/images with it. it's almost addicting to shoot with them. but seems like the Noct is also meant for cinematographers. because of the long focus throw and clickless aperture ring.
@CastFromTheHip
4 жыл бұрын
Requirements for purchase: 1. Credit Check 2. Loan approval for 4.3% APR, 36 month term 3. Insurance policy activated upon purchase
@ZadieBear
4 жыл бұрын
4. a swift smack upside the head
@kecilce
4 жыл бұрын
+ Black belt in manual focusing and handholding
@levismith772
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting months for this review! Awesome job Jared (and Stephen)! Bokeh for days. Jared, do you have any thoughts on the Nikkor Z 24-70 2.8 S lens?
@tommcmannfilms
4 жыл бұрын
Levi Smith i use the Z 24-70 2.8 for the majority of anything I’m shooting and absolutely love it. It’s by far the best looking and functioning lens i own, in my opinion. Definitely expensive, but absolutely love it.
@MrTiger0002
4 жыл бұрын
Jared, coolest feature of Z6/Z7 is the zoom of the focal point. The camera will zoon up to 200% of the focal point. I programmed one of the function button (Fn2) to Zoom... and highest zoom (200%). Give it a shot! I also changed the focal point color to blue... blue is much easier to see when image is in focus.
@eldindokara7868
4 жыл бұрын
Genius. I did the same, but never use focus peaking.
@CanadianArchivist
4 жыл бұрын
As always, you gave the lens a good review. Put things aside and showed different scenarios. Looks like a great lens, you said the colours are great. Even though I personally have the lowest end Nikon, I love the colours I get out of my camera. I can’t afford to buy that lens. If I did, and had a studio then I might. I’d like to see more video with this, more photos showing apertures down to f:/16. Sharpness is amazing when you get it just right. Because of the size of the lens, it looks like a significant jump in sharpness as each aperture is implemented so it is very sensitive that way. I always enjoy your reviews
@stefannantz
4 жыл бұрын
Take the lense for what it is, it is a showcase what can be done and as such I admire it. This lense is setting a new standard and as such it will make history.
@derickmccormick8901
4 жыл бұрын
Someone else may have pointed this out, but actually 50...errr...59mm isn't a bad focal length for astrophotography. You can get the whole constellation of Orion in 50mm and should be able to in 59mm. Large aperture means less time tracking and or less time holding the shutter open building up heat or having a higher ISO causing more noise.
@quadplay2591
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your reviews but I can only watch one per day, you are so full on! Not in a bad way, but my head needs time to recover.
@mzeeshanch
4 жыл бұрын
What picture profile do you use for the Z6 / Z7 to shoot pictures???
@CosminRusu154
4 жыл бұрын
Legend says that Tony Northrup will make videos only on f0.95 from this day. And the Camera Camera Conspiracy will troll him. :)
@AndyLSB
4 жыл бұрын
21:00 that looks gorgeous ! the quality and sharpness is on POINT ! amazing work Jared !
@MiladJPanah
4 жыл бұрын
The Background Tony in those images looks great.
@haroldlauhoyan
4 жыл бұрын
It's call focus throw, and without that long focus throw, how you gonna nail the focus with f0.95?
@dallatorretdu
4 жыл бұрын
yeah the speedmaster has 180 Degree throw and its fine
@brianaddison2828
4 жыл бұрын
Used one at a store. You really need that focus throw and it’s super useful. I’ve never used cinema lenses, but it was explained to me that this long throw is helpful for manual focus and I agree from using a few lenses with that mindset. Going back to 24-70 f/2.8 S lens using manual was not as tactile or precise (which it didn’t need to be on the Z7 with AF imo).
@jdaiseyphoto
4 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting to see a comparison between this lens, the Mitakon 50mm f0.95, and the Zenit 50mm f0.95.
@beardedbokeh
4 жыл бұрын
The bokeh at 0.95 is crazy, and is it going from circles to cat eye shapes?
@Catapumblamblam
4 жыл бұрын
All that rotation it's necessary because 0.95 is requiring a very insane precision. What is not necessary on a 0.95 lens, is the autocus! also 1.1 or 1.2, manual focus are perfect in ML age.
@brianaddison2828
4 жыл бұрын
Great product review type video! Funny and interesting. Results wide open are completely unreal. Side note: I kind of want a collection of all your over the top KZitem thumbnails in a small book lol.
@grat2010
4 жыл бұрын
So glad to see what you were able to get out of this lens since this video will be as close as I get to affording one. Gorgeous photos.
@samhartwig4640
4 жыл бұрын
Great colors. I like to manual focus. Helps me appreciate how great autofocus is
@cincyfan987
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent review as always Fro. Loved the speech about street photography and not making eye contact. I can relate.
@billmcentire9923
4 жыл бұрын
Getting ready to order this lens later this month, after I recover from selling my Kidney on the black market.
@highpolishshow
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Fro! What mic do you use? Where is it placed? I'm having a tough time with reverb even tho I isolated the walls and floor... Some advice would be appreciated a lot!
@stepheneckert4006
4 жыл бұрын
High Polish Polska we use sennheiser g3 wireless transmitters with the ME-2 lav mic taped under his shirt. We have zero acoustic treatment too and we film in a very open room with concrete floors and high ceilings. Surprisingly we still only get a little amount of reverb from the room. My theory is because jared talks at such a high volume, we end up having the gain pretty low on the pack, making it really only pick up his voice and not much of the room. Where if you had a normal low-volume speaking person, your gain would be much higher and therefore end up picking up more of the room’s natural reverb
@highpolishshow
4 жыл бұрын
@@stepheneckert4006 thank you so much! Any special treatment of the lav mic recording? in post? I wanna make the voice sound crispy yet deep. Mine's a little lower that Jared's. I've got a large room with high ceilings too..
@stepheneckert4006
4 жыл бұрын
High Polish Polska no problem! yeah, we keep the levels at about -12db when recording then throw a compressor on them in post to keep them hovering around -6db. Hope this helps
@guillermogomez137
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jared! Thanks for this great video. I would like to know why do you think you're having better results when shooting videos with the Nikon Z6? What are the things you like the most in this camera?
@bencushwa8902
3 жыл бұрын
So do you understand now why it's manual focus? Not only would it make the already massive lens even bigger, but determining focus at f/0.95, especially up close, is kind of subjective. I shoot manual focus lenses pretty regularly, and like you I have less-than-stellar eyesight. I've personally found that I get the best results by skipping the viewfinder altogether and using the back screen, zooming in on my focus point. It's a bit sow and clunky for sure, but i makes it so much easier to nail focus, even at f/1.2 (which is the fastest lens I own) and I absolutely love the results I get by doing it.
@huepix
4 жыл бұрын
Just a tip, when focusing in close, with a manual, don't turn the focus ring. Get the focus as close as you can and then move the camera in and out slightly to bring object into focus. Mounting the camera on a slider is helpful
@EmefGriffin
4 жыл бұрын
That audio during that new setup tease was BUDDA!!! 👌🏾
@chrisbull6244
4 жыл бұрын
Hi "Fro" once again great enthusiasm and tongue in cheek whit , I'm canon user from the UK and pour to change to anything else, but I like to keep up with all new I Innovations. What would You recommend to get close to the image quality of this lens and it's quips for significant less money, any manufacturer. Who is Steve you keep talking to? Has he a face for Radio? 😄 Is that why we do not see him? Regards CB
@ftlbaby
2 жыл бұрын
I use manual focus lenses almost exclusively. Mostly the Canon 45mm TSE and 55mm FD f1.2. What I found works for me is to leave the focus ring alone and use my body movement to focus, especially when shooting wide open. f1.2 is a far cry from f.95 but I think it's worth a try.
@arryacc
4 жыл бұрын
Quick question: Did you use your own discount offer on lensrentals to get the lens for cheap? Cause this is a pricey lens. 😂😂😂
@lukazupie7220
4 жыл бұрын
Aryak Chatterjee he uses Tonys bcs its 5% more:p
@arryacc
4 жыл бұрын
@@lukazupie7220 makes sense 😁
@arryacc
4 жыл бұрын
@SwitchRich shuuut up. 😤 jk. 😅
@MrPhilbautista
4 жыл бұрын
He thanked LensRental for letting him USE it, not for letting him RENT it.
@Se4rchDestr0y
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrPhilbautista Nope, he says he rented it @05:08. He's thanking them for the kickback he gets for his promo code.
@TheRealHarrypm
4 жыл бұрын
Astrophotographers: What the fuck are you doing? I wanna see the gods with this lens!
@Mark10ProVideo
4 жыл бұрын
People buying this lens do astro. That is what it was built for. Hence Noct(urnal). They built it to get light sources like stars to show up perfectly round even when shooting the lens wide open. Which apparently is very hard to engineer in a lens. I would have opted for the 1.4 and 1.2 lenses though as well.
@topicruben
4 жыл бұрын
The image quality in your videos is amazing!
@lizards821
4 жыл бұрын
Widefield nightscape astrophotographer here (whatever that means). This lens makes zero sense for star stuff. At 0.95 there is bound to be a good amount of astigmatism and coma, making for some very unattractive stars. I am just assuming here, but it would probably do best stopped to 1.4 or 2.8 like most other lenses for astro. That said, you can just scoop up a Sigma 50 1.4 ART which is a stellar performer at handling star distortion for less than a G. Add in a good star tracker like the iOptron Skyguider Pro, you are still looking at $6,500 less than the Noct for this outstanding astro setup. Oh yeah and now you would have a star tracker, which is one of the most crucial pieces of equipment for doing astro. This setup has much more capable than just a Z6 and the Noct lens for example.
@najibsaripadapotatography7124
4 жыл бұрын
you really got me on that out of Focus at 15:48 hahaha
@Richie5480
4 жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried contacts instead of glasses. I didn’t try them until I was 30 years old, have been using them ever since then.
@froknowsphoto
4 жыл бұрын
I hate contacts with a passion
@JohnWilmot1179
4 жыл бұрын
I use regularly adapted manual focus lenses on my Sony A7, but I don’t rely on focus peaking because it’s not reliable; much better the focus magnification.
@eldindokara7868
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant answer. I do only use focus magnification for critical sharpness. Focus peaking does not know, or show, what you really want to be in focus
@passby8070
4 жыл бұрын
By "no one going to buying it", they sold out and stopped taking preoders. There is a big market for all those expensive watches, there's plenty of demand for exotic lenses such as this. Would you buy this or a omega? I know what I would pick if I have those sort of money.
@W3i_H3nG
4 жыл бұрын
This is the first video Jared hessitate the most about reviews / thoughts!
@ChicagoTurtle1
4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile there are famous wedding photographers that manually focus with their Leica.
@silencecsc
4 жыл бұрын
But when your vision is not good, autofocus helps. ALOT!!
@anandhua.b4589
4 жыл бұрын
i manually focus with most of my lenses
@ManuelGuzmanPhotography
4 жыл бұрын
Weird flex, but ok.
@rubenmartin7759
4 жыл бұрын
@@anandhua.b4589 I love manual focus old lenses now on the mirrorless tech is really good and useful if your not are not shooting at the skatepark. But for the price of this I buy the old Canon 50mm f0.95, all the Super Takumar collection and a few Russian old lenses😂😂😂😂!!! It's totally unacceptable this price, for today photographer salaries 🙈🙈🙈. Rf Canon glass is very expensive but this is way to much!
@anandhua.b4589
4 жыл бұрын
@@rubenmartin7759 I'd have to agree with that
@RealtorRod64
4 жыл бұрын
I shoot a lot of manual focus vintage fast glass. Using the high speed continuous shooting helps increase odds of a sharp eye compensating for subject and shooter movement. You may end up with 5-7 images and a good chance one of them nails the eye.
@lukavovkvizintin6785
4 жыл бұрын
I am wondering. What if you use this lense with a metabones Speed Booster which lowers your iris by two stops...is that even possible?
@KirkBell92
4 жыл бұрын
Jared, I know you always say go for good glass over a body. I am looking it getting my first DSLR or mirrorless. What would you reccomend for somone starting out. Looking at shooting mostly motorsports
@maksrej5082
2 жыл бұрын
21:33 we had to wait more than 2 years for this... but it's amazing!
@jdkap201
4 жыл бұрын
Actually that lens is a dream - for a cinematographer or anyone familiar with cinema lenses. A long focus throw, a declicked (in this case electric) aperture mechanism and a low f-stop. It does however lack some features of a real cine lens like a ring for a follow focus system to attach or the lens aperture measurement being t-stop. As a photography lens it is quite heavy and long. I actually don't care that it is manual focus only, I am fairly happy with my vintage Pentax 50mm f/1.7 lens which is manual focus only as well. Focus peaking makes manual focusing very easy.
@MichalJeck
4 жыл бұрын
Leica 50mm f0.95 Noctilux or this thing. Hmm which one would I prefer🤔
@Ni5ei
4 жыл бұрын
I have a manual Pentax 50 1.2 and even that is already difficult to use wide open. When you nail it, it's gorgeous but boy, you really need to take so many shots and like you say, even breathing can ruin a shot. I can only imagine how hard it is with an 0.95
@dct124
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Jared? Why didn't you crop down the image in camera on the Z7? Crops x1 58mm (45.7mp) x1.2 70mm (38mp) x1.5 87mm (30.4mp) x2 116mm (22.85mp eq. D5) x2.5 145mm (18.28mp) x3 174mm (15.2mp eq. D4s) x3.5 203mm (13mp eq. D3s) x4 232mm (11mp) x4.5 261mm (10.1mp eq. D200) x5 290mm (9mp) x5.5 319mm (8.3mp) x6 348mm (7.6mp) x6.5 377mm (7mp) x7 406mm (6.5mp) x7.5 435mm (6mp) x8 464mm (5.7mp eq. D1x) x8.5 493mm (5.3mp) Cropping down x3 still gives you a 15.2mp (megapixel) file which is still overkill for 95% of photographers. Instagram uses 2mp and most online sites use less. If you got this far and wondering about image quality, well the Z7 has tact sharp images quality with an optical lens this good down to x10 crop. Topaz Gigapixel can enlarge your image and give back x6 image quality (600% enlargement). Is it perfect no but it's insanely close to perfect. Luminar I think does it. Photoshop has potential but it does take a bit more effort. The biggest difference with cropping vs longer lenses is compression and distortion. Nikon Z7 + 58mm .95 Noct, basic crop gives you an 87mm portrait lens at .95 (The combo gives eq. 58mm - 500mm+) Anyone know of another combo that can give you 500mm at F.95? Even at f2 what lens could you buy that's 500mm at f2 tact sharp, can handle blooming, artifacts, flares and distortion? The closest lens cost $30k after taxes and insurance and requires a special heavy duty case. That's the Sigma APO 200-500mm f2.8 and it weights 35lbs. Ricci Talks owns a 58mm .95 Noct on his channel and goes in more detail about the lens.
@froknowsphoto
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t crop.
@dct124
4 жыл бұрын
@@froknowsphoto 😂 you do, that's what framing is. I get what you're saying though, but this lens and camera combo resolves tact sharp images at x15. If price wasn't a factor this lens would not get the flack that it does. Price should not influence reviews b/c we all have different budgets and since renting lenses is a thing, everyone with decent income can afford this lens. Leica Q2 is probably the only camera allowing for the amount of in camera crop automatically. I loom at high megapixel cameras differently, I see them as tools to shoot 1 shot but extract at least 6 images from it.
@froknowsphoto
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t crop after the fact.
@dct124
4 жыл бұрын
@@froknowsphoto I understood that, I recall you saying it in another video years ago. The Graphic Designers at my partner company appreciate the ability to crop. As a photographer/graphic designer I still try to shoot without the need to crop (saves a lot of time). Ps. Do you think the photography industry is constricting or expanding as a whole? And would a medium format cell phone ever exist?
@evaeriksson9950
4 жыл бұрын
I love manual focus lenses! And the long focusthrow is actually a good thing because it will help you focus more exact
@1dbjack
4 жыл бұрын
I am curious why you didn't use zoom focus? When I rent the Zeiss Milvus lenses for my Z6 I find it to be excellent for nailing focus.
@flyingnematode
4 жыл бұрын
This glass is such a beauty.... Wish can afford this... milvus trained me all these years :p
@sarfaraz.hosseini
4 жыл бұрын
Rent it.
@emesphoto
4 жыл бұрын
Love your show! Question: Why didn’t you use the Noct for nighttime (street) pics of Manhattan or Central Park?
@froknowsphoto
4 жыл бұрын
Cause I live in Philly and not Nyc.
@emesphoto
4 жыл бұрын
Jared Polin Sorry. Didn’t know. I was just curious about nocturnal photography performance.
@nuggerboi8278
3 жыл бұрын
can I still mount any 0.95 prime to my nikon d5500 as long as it has a nikon mount?
@stadtchronistjennersdorf6351
4 жыл бұрын
So Frodo, what do you think NOW about the Leica Noctilux f0.95? Almost a decade ago it reached the market, 700g instead of 2000g and by far smaller. ;-)
@allanmenard1651
4 жыл бұрын
You got the parts of the flower right my friend. Good job.
@pobutscrackerbox
4 жыл бұрын
That focus workout can only help you build strength and tone; switch arms and do more reps.
@susanmccool-coulombe2428
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jared, Kind of an important question for you..... Lost all my equipment to the Paradise #campfire Nov. 8th 2018. After loosing my home I was faced with a open heart surgery in March of 2019. I am finally ready to order a body & a couple of lens. I have been watching your videos for over a year. I want to invest in equipment that I may continue to take sports photos: Paradise Jr & High School Football, Basketball, Soccer and Baseball. I am usually a canon person but looking now at the Sony Alpha a9II or the Canon 1d X II ? May I request your wisdom and guidance on my problem of chosing the right system. Also my greatest challenge is fight night lights Football in Paradise. We have terrible lighting on the firld.
@nightcoder5k
4 жыл бұрын
At f/0.95 it should be very difficult to nail focus. What you do is get a rough focus on the subject then lean your body backward or forward a little bit to finalize the focus.
@eei6255
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fabulous video as always thanks
@kurt.wilkinsongardendesign
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. One of your best. Fascinating to see this lense in action.
@caleidoo
4 жыл бұрын
Why not use focus zoom when manual focusing to check whether it is okay?
This is a lens that I was really hoping Jared would review. So glad this review was made!
@fc15min
4 жыл бұрын
Dude what about Zeiss OTUS range? Manual Focus, not f/0.95 but cheaper and f/1.4
@geoffkeeton4311
4 жыл бұрын
I know you're always about the mirrorless, but with the 5D series you can actually focus with your eye
@JetBen555
4 жыл бұрын
Tony is proud of you 👌
@WilliamTrostelPhotography
4 жыл бұрын
Some beautiful flowers to start my day 😊
@rec11fdc
4 жыл бұрын
The thing you are referring to on the orchid is the column. Quite unique of orchids, as it is the female and male parts of the flower fused together into one structure :)
@alexanderbarbu9856
4 жыл бұрын
I've been using a f/1.8G with an d3400 for 2 years now... I am super used to it. If I wasnt broke I would definately buy this lens
@bailey.nt86
Жыл бұрын
Randomly ran into this comment. I did the same with the D3200 and that lens. At least a year and a half. That's all I could afford. Then I got a d600 and the 50mm f1.4 and I was broke again 😂 I shot with that combo for another year or so at least. After shooting with those 2 lenses for so long, I really don't like using zoom lenses. Unless I have to like for a party/event or something. But all my personal shooting I really only use prime lenses.
@TheSullenDude
4 жыл бұрын
"Who is this lens for?" Professional cinematographers. They DON'T need autofocus, they DO need exceptional image quality and they also DO have the money to burn. It gives them something that they have never had before. Also studio photographers for really high end editorials and stuff. Of course you wouldn't go shoot birds and action with this thing, what are you talking about?? To support my point, look at the canon 50mm 1.3 cinema lens. It costs 4k$ and also does not offer autofocus. Why? because it is aimed towards big studios that can afford that kind of glass and don't give a lot of fucks about autofocus. It's really obvious that Nikon is trying to get into the pro video and cinema game. And this lens is exactly that: an attempt to get some bigger guys pay attention to Nikon.
@joachimschranzhofer5566
4 жыл бұрын
Studio photography ok, but pro cinematography? I don't think so. It has a Z-Mount which no professional camera has or ever will have (unless you go full Kubrick and have a mechanic hatchet your 100k Arri...). No gears for focus pulling either and electronic aperture control...
@el_blaxicano2
4 жыл бұрын
out of curiosity, has there ever been a lens that failed the wind tunnel test?
@TheGabriel75011
4 жыл бұрын
I have a question: why you don't used that lens... At night ?
@froknowsphoto
4 жыл бұрын
Because I didn’t hage it that long and chose to use it at Longwood
@BoostLeekdMedia
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad Nikon went there with this lens though. It is the most modern F/.95 lens on the market that produces top tier quality images. I've been telling people, this lens is the Lexus LFA of the Nikon lenses. Still, definitely going to rent one!
@rubenmartin7759
4 жыл бұрын
Real world review of the Onemix 3s PLEASE, in paper smokes any laptop for photoshop use. But whe need to know the accuracy of screen colors, a photoshop stress test with several layers, battery life and charge time, usability for pc capture mode, WiFi speed to transfer photos to cloud, speakers works for a quick sound test... and of course the wind and sniff test!!! 😂 Love your content!!!
@AmpedGaming404
4 жыл бұрын
It was very bizarre clicking on a random recommended video and seeing Longwood show up because I live right near it!
@mmcphotographyirl
4 жыл бұрын
If it had autofocus but cost another thousand dollars, would it change your opinion?
@froknowsphoto
4 жыл бұрын
Probably not.
@ValRalTal
4 жыл бұрын
Really loved this video Jared, I was also curious and wanted to see if you or any other person here for some advice. I currently use a Nikon D500 and I really love. I am in college and I don't have a ton of money but I did want to upgrade one day to a full frame camera and I want to stay with Nikon because I do have a few lenses already and would rather not spend a ton of money on new gear. I was looking to purchase one of the Z series cameras and I am just not sure which I should go with. I was leaning more to the Z6 because of the video features and also still be able to capture amazing photographs. I also live in Philadelphia and was thinking to go to Allen's camera to just test it out. I feel like I answered my own question but I just wanted to know if thinking long game, would it be a smart move to stay with Nikon?
@JWPanimation
4 жыл бұрын
The Nikon Z6 is the most versatile camera out now for the money. And, there is a reason Jared is using it for video I don't think Nikon as a company is going away soon, and all camera companies are going to have to deal with declining sales. I also think you have to take a lot of You-Tube comments with a grain of salt as there are paid posters trying to steer you towards specific brands. I took a hard look at Sony and went with the Z system because. A - I had some expensive Nikon glass. The FTZ adapter is good but slower at autofocus than shooting native, especially on heavier lenses. B - I shoot mostly still subjects, if you do action or wild life in low light, Sony is your camera. C - I don't need dual card slots. The XQD cards are robust and data transfer very fast. D - I also shoot outside in bad weather and the weather sealing of the Nikon sealing is better than Sony. So with that in mind, buy the system is that suits your photography best, and don't worry about it. If Nikon goes down, their glass can always be adapted, so you will always be able to sell them. The bodies will be obsolete in five years anyway.
@ValRalTal
4 жыл бұрын
John Payne this was very helpful and I will keep this in mind. I personally think I will go for the Z6
@eldindokara7868
4 жыл бұрын
@@ValRalTal Find it used, with FTZ adapter. I got one used for $1150 + adapter. Keep D500 for really, really, fast action, and Z6 for everything else
@ValRalTal
4 жыл бұрын
leicanoct yeah I got this camera as a gift a while back. It’s been great and if I knew a bit more at the time I would have probably went Sony. But can’t complain
@SassePhoto
4 жыл бұрын
In Europe is say 2kg, not 2000 grams. Like saying the lens weighs 35 oz :-)
@TheEditingShop
4 жыл бұрын
That lens weighs as much as my dachshund.
@techhead976
4 жыл бұрын
TheEditingShop A dachshund weighing around 4.4lbs sounds unhealthy lol
@TheEditingShop
4 жыл бұрын
TechHead97 She’s a particularly small miniature.
@dct124
4 жыл бұрын
Nobody is buying this lens. Lens still sold out. Nikon can't keep it in stock. Has a lot of back orders. It's too long for landscapes and stargazers...for someone saying "if everyone goes right, try to go left" Many people shoot using 100mm for Landscapes. Cropping in (in-camera) to 1.5x gives you a super sharp portrait lens at .95 I'm very curios Jared, doubt that you'll even read this but while you had the 58mm Noct did you flip it around to shoot macro? I get that manual focusing is tough for you so maybe use a bellows for macro. All in all, and I mean no harm in saying this but between yourself and a good two handful of other KZitem photographers, you guys limit the hell out of your creativity with the gear/tools you use. There's a shit ton of things that were used 60yrs ago that you guys could still use today.
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