These are a problem for other companies. These are a clean canvas at such a low price, not to mention the compact size compared to competitors who perform similarly. Absolutely incredible modern lenses. The drop in filters are undeniably a great addition considering them at they are Nisi filters
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
100% I love how much they are upsetting the market. The thing is though, they have already raised the price once, I have a feeling these will not be this cheap for long.
@natebrewer04
7 ай бұрын
Great video man! Beautiful images!
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@philrodfilms
7 ай бұрын
Just grabbed a 50mm PL for $900 open box at BH! Super excited. Adapting it between my s5iix and my fx30.
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
YES!!
@willvazquez3218
7 ай бұрын
The reason you got the open box deal is because someone bought it, then after shooting with it they realized there was nothing special and returned the lens. I’m sure you’ll create some great images with it though.
@TheMarc414
7 ай бұрын
I've literally been thinking about buying this lens kit for a month and nowhere was there even a mention that it wouldn't fit the s5iix. So thank you very much this could have been a really unsatisfactory purchase. I guess I get the PL-Mount instead. It`s a shame I liked the Drop in Filter concept.
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
That would have definitely been a frustrating purchase. Glad I could help. Honestly I almost always recommend PL if it’s available
@sagarkochar
3 ай бұрын
Can you make videos look cinematic with these lens using limix S5x ii?
@deryljones1898
7 ай бұрын
Didn’t commit to your rerun. Love you, son- mom
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
lol that’s fair! Love you too mom
@anotherintrospekt6596
7 ай бұрын
Is this video re-uploaded?
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
It is, there was an error in the original upload, so I needed to re upload
@Old-School-Liberal
6 ай бұрын
I don’t buy cheap Chinese lenses
@BlackPartyFilms
7 ай бұрын
sand the filter nub down
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
That’s not great for resell value lol
@willvazquez3218
7 ай бұрын
These are bad lenses in my opinion. I made the mistake of listening to the hype of several KZitemrs and bought the set. They have the classic bright, high contrast look of Chinese lenses, but the image has no magic. Athenas look like TTArtisan lenses but with better CA. One might as well shoot with the camera brand's AF lenses. Nisi Athena lenses don't help your image, they make your images look plain and boring. One is better off buying a used set to Zeiss CP2 or even Rokinon Xeen lenses, yes, I said it, Rokinons are better than Nisi Athena. I tried to like the Athenas but after tons of tests and comparisons I returned the set and took the hit of the 15% restocking fee, that's how much I disliked them. I think all of Nisi's optical products are bad. I even had the C5 matte box system and I kept getting weird lobster skin tones that were difficult to correct and found out it was the Nisi filters. I'm telling everyone to please stay away from these lenses.
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
Did you want more character out of them? I am not sure what you didn’t like. Not challenging your choice at all, people have different tastes, just curious. You have minimal focus breathing. Excellent CA control, his they are low contrast, but there are plenty of more expensive lenses that have that look and they are desired. I’m curious
@willvazquez3218
7 ай бұрын
@@Ansonandco Every really good lens has a character that renders pleasing images. Even Sigma lenses have a character look to them, and although very sharp, I've shot stuff with them on many cameras, including Arri Alexa, and the Sigma lens rendered clinical pretty images. Zeiss Supreme lenses are a little clinical and sharp, but they render a very pretty image. I have a set of Zeiss Classic ZF2 lenses that I like a lot, and they render images on my FX6 and Blackmagic Full Frame, that have the look of the movies. Main drawbacks of the Zeiss Classic lenses are chromatic aberration, a little soft wide open, added focus gear position is all over the place, so they are slow to adjust follow focus when changing lenses, the front of the lens telescopes in and out when focusing, and one the worst the issues is the non-linear short focus travel for pulling accurate focus. I bought the Nisi Athena lenses hoping to get pleasant images and solving some of the issues with photo lenses being used for cinema. After many tests, I found the Nisi lenses to not really have a linear focus travel. As the lens focuses farther way, I found the travel to be very short, so not really that much better than my Zeiss classic. I did tons of side by side tests of the Athena lenses vs Zeiss Classic and Sony Zeiss AF lenses, Canon CN-E, as well as a couple of Xeen lenses. Every time I would sit to watch the tests, to my eye and taste, I found the Nisi lenses to render the least pretty image. They were very sharp and I thought the Sony AF Zeiss and GM lenses rendered a prettier image. So then I asked myself what's the point of the Athena lenses? To me, they didn't give the look of the movies, they pretty much look like the Sony lenses. I ended up buying a set of Zeiss CP2 lenses and love them. Yeah the Nisi Athena lenses have less CA than the CP2, but the CP2's render the look of the movies and solve the other issues I had with using photo lenses. When I film a project, if I decide to go with non Sony AF lenses, then it's for either a technical reason of having to pull focus a certain way or for the lens to render a prettier image than the Sony AF lenses, and for my taste, the Nisi Athena's don't do either very well. I think that Nisi was able to control the CA by using plastic molded aspherical optics for some of the elements. And it shows, the images look like they were rendered by plastic lenses. This is all subjective and maybe other folks will love the look though. Cheers.
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
@@willvazquez3218 valid points for sure. I did not notice the non linear focusing. I tend not to notice that detail, but good call out. I do think if you are making stuff to look like a film, these may not be it, but I do think they could work for more corporate work, and save some money. Cause aren’t the cp2s still over 2k. At the end of the day I can definitely see your point. They are a lens for a very niche market IMO. People that want the clean and sharp look without spending a lot of money.
@willvazquez3218
7 ай бұрын
@@Ansonandco But if you want clean and sharp, then why not just go with the Panasonic or Leica lenses made for S5IIx?
@Ansonandco
7 ай бұрын
@@willvazquez3218 some people don’t like using photo lenses, even beyond linear focusing. Not to mention if you buy PL you will be able to use it for multiple camera systems
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