Hello everyone, my name is Kelvin.
Today we talk about this Nikon Z mount lens 20mm1.8s.
When this lens was released, I received many messages and hope I can review this lens
honestly, I have never owned a 20mm lens, and I have never considered buying one.
I was thinking Why are so many people interested in this lens? Do so many people really like to shoot the stars?
However, after a recent period of use, let me have a new view of this Nikon 20mm1.8s.
20mm should be the last focal length of Nikon's Z-mount 1.8 aperture fixed focus lens.
some people may say, how about 28mm?
As can be seen from the roadmap released by the Nikon lens, the 28mm lens will be a light and compact lens, and its positioning is different from 20/24/35/50/85mm.
To be honest, in terms of shape design, the 20mm lens and 24mm1.8s are like twin brothers.Both the lens hood and the lens length and weight are very close.
It's just 20mm1.8s longer and heavier.
All the button layouts are the same as the other 1.8s lenses. The focus ring can still be customized, but I generally don’t make any adjustments to its functions.
The filter-attachment size of this lens is 77mm, which is the same as 70-200mmf2.8VRS, and also the largest in all 1.8s prime lens!
If you watched my previous video, my comment of 24mm, 35mm, 85mm1.8s is light weight, but this time I will not make such comment on this lens,
although it is only 505g, close to 11 cm in length, It's not much heavier and longer than the rest of the 1.8s lens
but for one of its usage scenarios, I think its design is a little bit heavier.
When I share the usage scenarios, I will talk about why I would say so.
There is a small episode that I must mention. This video is a bit different from the past.
When Nikon China said it would lend me this lens, they asked me a question
Do you have a z7, I said no , They said that they will send me the Z7 as well, so that it can better reflect the quality of this lens.
So all the sample images in this video were shot with 45.75 million pixels Z7 instead of the 24.5 million pixels Z6 that I usually use.
In terms of picture quality, in order to be more rigorous, this time I also compared the in two situation
The first is close-up shooting. It is already very sharp at full aperture of 1.8 apertures. Whether it is the center or the edge,
the center sharpness is almost unchanged when receiving f2.5 , but the edge sharpness and details have been better improved.
This lens, the official website said the closest focusing distance is 20 cm, but after I use it, I think the closest focusing distance can reach about 10-15 cm, I can shoot like this.
When I tested this lens, I took pictures of the flowers in the garden. The bee actually flew over the front of the lens. I could also take a picture like this,
and because it is a wide-angle lens, it is very good with a large aperture. It can take photos with a large angle of view and super shallow depth of field, which is also difficult for other focal length lenses.
As a 20mm lens, I believe more people take it for landscape or architecture.
So in the normal use scene and shooting distance, this lens still performs well at the 1.8 aperture, whether it is the center or the edge
and f2.8 will have better performance
Such a high-quality lens, even if we crop it later, with a high-pixel camera, it can still retain all the details.
I think this kind of lens is not only for Z7. Even Nikon will launch 60 million or more pixel cameras in the future, it will definitely be able to cope with it.
n order to meet everyone's wishes, I also took it to take pictures of the stars,
but since New Zealand is still in lock down, I can only take pictures at my backyard
I can see from the photos, the coma control of this lens is quite good. If you really love shooting starry sky, buying it will never let you down
As a 20mm wide-angle lens, most people will definitely use it to shoot a variety of landscape subjects,
especially the sunrise and sunset
when I use it, when shooting at 1.8 aperture, even if it is shooting against the sun, It is difficult to see the glare,
except in some extreme cases, when the aperture set to f2.8 or so, there will be a little glare, but the problem is not serious.
In terms of dispersion and purple fringe control, this lens is also close to perfect
As a large-aperture wide-angle lens, the vignetting problem is also a concern for many people.
When taking the following photos, I turned off the vignetting control in the camera.
At f1.8 aperture, you can see the obvious vignetting, starting from f2.8 Vignetting is significantly reduced.
However, sometimes the vignetting effect of the lens will bring another taste. If you really want to remove the vignetting, you only need to turn the vignetting control in the camera to high.
many people will use 20mm lens to take some photos of artchitech or indoor environments.
As you can see from the photos, the distortion control of this lens is very good, whether it is close-up or normal distance.
This lens uses 9 aperture blades, so when the aperture is received at f5.6, we start to see 18 starbursts.
From f11 to f16, we can see sharp starbursts,
When using this 20mm 1.8s to shoot the subject at close range,
it can produce an exaggerated depth of field effect. Its background blur transition is natural, and beautiful bokeh
Whether it is the center or the edge, the overall is relatively round.
Focusing, there is no doubt that continue to maintain the tradition of all Z mounts: quiet and fast! Both photos and videos still perform well.
The breathing effect of this lens is very well controlled. When switching the focus, it is difficult to see any breathing effect.
Once again, most of Nikon’s Z mount lenses have been optimized for video shooting.
When it comes to shooting video, this lens can be easily leveled on Zhiyun's weebill s,
take it for travel photography, especially in low-light environments, with a large aperture of 1.8, you can use a lower iso to shoot a cleaner picture.
When we need to shot some slow motion b-roll shots, use a 1.8 aperture lens, without increasing the iso, you can get more light input,
even if we need to use a shutter speed like 1/250 to shoot 1080/120 frames The advantages of a 1.8-aperture wide-angle lens can be fully reflected,
which is also unmatched by other f2.8 or f4 aperture lenses.
Use it as a vlogs lens, I personally think it should be the most suitable of all Nikon Z mount lenses, because it is wider and can contain more background
and it will not fill the entire face like 24mm. unlike 14-30mm, only f4 aperture, in low light environment may need to increase the iso before shooting.
The point is that it has a 1.8 aperture, so there is a better-looking blur, a shallower depth of field,
However, this lens alone is a bit heavy. If you hold the camera for a long time, you need to exercise first.
In terms of usage scenarios, in fact, 20mm and 24mm are really very similar.
you will ask, which one should you buy 20mm or 24mm ? depends entirely on which lens you already have.
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20mm lens is actually very suitable for shooting landscape, starry sky, architecture, selfies, and shooting vlogs!
However, if this lens is used to take portraits, it is not impossible, but it really needs to be very angle-oriented. For beginner, I find it more difficult to control.
overall, this lens is a great lens
apart from the weight and size
I love it so much
but this may not the popular lens for most of people
and also it may not be the 1st prime lens to buy
but if you really need 20mm prime lens, just get it
it can definitely meet your various shooting needs
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