50mm prime lens
is known as the standard lens,
many photography enthusiasts or
photographers will buy 50mm lens as
their first prime lens, good quality,
ultra-shallow depth of field,
will let just contact photography enthusiasts love
No matter what brand,
the price of 50mm lens can
be said to be frugal.
Take Nikon's Z lens as an example,
from several thousand yuan of 50mmf1.8S
to tens of thousands of yuan of
50mmf1.2S,
there are tens of thousands of yuan of Noct58mmf0.95,
although they are all 50mm focal segment,
but they have completely different characteristic
And the target market,
this video will be
different from previous videos,
I will combine some of my recent experience to talk
about this I have
been looking forward to Nikon's history of
the first auto-focus f1.2 aperture lens,
50mm f1.2S
And share some
of my real use feelings.
Hello, everyone. I'm Kelvin.
At the beginning of the video,
I want to point out that this lens has been on the market
for more than half a year,
and many people have bought it and used it for a long time.
There are also a lot of scores on the network
as well as detailed reviews
In this video
I will put aside the specs and boring comparison
and focus more on sharing some of my feelings about the use
For this video
I went to Newbie Cafe in New Market
Auckland
New Zealand to shoot some samples
I hope to show some advantages and disadvantages of
this lens in the actual shooting,
the suitable shooting
subject matter,
and what kind of people it is suitable for
to buy through the very distinctive layout,
colorful food, and fragrant coffee.
So without further ado
let's get started
Starting with the design,
Nikon's 50mm f1.2S,
like the rest of the Z-mount S-series
professional lenses,
has a focus ring,
a custom function ring,
and an LCD screen to
show focusing distance and
aperture values
These are some of the standard features
of the current Nikon S series of professional lenses,
and I don't need to introduce them again,
but its weight and size,
as well as the 82mm super-large filter size,
have been criticized by many people since its release
Indeed
it has a huge size
in the hands of outsiders will be mistaken for it is a 70-200mm telephoto lens
But after my intense use over the past few weeks,
I don't think its bulk
and weight will affect
my motivation to take it out,
especially for commercial shoots.
Simply put, as long as you get paid, you don't feel heavy.
Besides, as long as you
are not new to photography,
as long as you have used DSLR cameras,
I believe that the weight of
about one kilogram of lens is OK
for most of us.
But if you are young
and have never used a DSLR,
it's actually bigger
and heavier than most of
the mirrorless cameras lens that have been released
in recent years.
If you want to use
this lens for video,
I personally think it might be
more suitable for handheld
shooting or fixed camera
shooting on a tripod.
I personally do not
recommend using it on the gimbal,
because with the gimbal
recorder
microphone,
the combination is already close
to 4 kilograms.
Personally, I can't really play around with it,
so when I take demo
shots in the cafe,
I just shoot handheld,
and if this lens
can be added VR function,
I believe it may be more
suitable for handheld video shooting.
In terms of picture quality,
this lens in the full open f1.2 aperture,
as long as it is focused
its sharpness have a good performance.
However it is different from other Nikon
Z mount lens
under the f1.2 aperture,
it does not have that kind of one to look sharp
to the detonation feeling,
but actually has one kind to
use the words to describe the sense of reality
When the aperture reduce to f1.4
its sharpness has been further improved
When this lens was released last year,
I was invited to a video conference with
the designer of this lens,
and they mentioned that when
they designed it,
they deliberately took into account the resolution
and the beautiful blurring.
Simply speaking, there will not be too sharp
feeling in the focus area,
which can make the transition more natural in
and out of the focus,
so that the subject can better and more naturally
integrate into the picture,
rather than giving people a feeling that the subject
and background are completely separated.
This is why other YouTuber in the video
of the major manufacturers of 50mm f1.2 lens horizontal review,
the sharpness of Nikon
will be slightly worse than Sony
If you're used to the sharpness
of the rest of Nikon's Z-mount lenses,
it's worth noting
that the first time you
use the 50mm f1.2S,
you may be a little uncomfortable.
In terms of blurring,
the 50mm f1.2S will produce an elliptical
facula when the aperture is fully open,
and the facula will gradually become circular as
the aperture is closed to f1.8.
For a large aperture lens f1.2
we value its virtual ability
For people who have never used an f1.2 aperture lens,
the blur effect is sure to make you fall
in love with it immediately
and forget all its shortcomings.
This is because the illusion effect
is in the 50mm f1.4 and f1.8 aperture of the fixed focus lens is not available.
With a difference visible
to the naked eye,
it's easy to take a stunning picture in a cluttered environment.
Purple edging and dispersion control
have always been the strengths of Nikon's Z-Mount lenses,
and this Nikon
premium lens carries on these fine tradition
In terms of anti-glare,
this 50mm f1.2S
uses nano-crystalline coating and
anti-reflective HD (ARENO) coating,
which effectively reduces ghost and glare,
and it is suitable for
most shooting scencs
If we shoot in extreme environments
we can still see the existence of ghosts
But to be honest,
this kind of f1.2 aperture lens is
actually more
suitable for indoor or night use.
If you are shooting
in good daylight,
even at an iso100 shutter speed
of 1/8000 sec,
you may need to set the
aperture to F2 or
above to avoid overexposure
The lens focuses at 45cm at the closest point.
If I want to use it to take pictures
of food or coffee on the
day of shooting,
I have to keep a certain distance
away from the subject, and the sharpness will drop further
when shooting at close range,
which is also worth noting.
Next, let's talk about focus.
In the era of DSLR,
although Canon has launched an automatic focusing f1.2 aperture lens,
but because of the focusing accuracy of DSLR,
it still needs to reduced the aperture
to ensure accurate focusing when shooting portraits.
Because the depth of the field of f1.2 aperture lens are too shallow
even if the
fuselage focusing speed is a little bit slower,
the figure will easily produce a
slight movement of the feeling of not focusing.
Nikon's Z6 and Z7 I & II
With more and more firmware updates
eye tracking has improved significantly
This 50mm f1.2S not only uses
the STM stepper motor,
but also
uses the multi-focus system,
from the theory of focusing performance should be
very good.
When I
use this 50mmf1.2S,
if the object is stay,
even at a long distance,
it can quickly identify
the eyes and lock
the focus.
But for objects that come out of
the blue at medium and long distances,
the speed of its
focusing response need to be improved. One
more thing,
in many of my actual shots,
at f1.2,
I often find that sometimes the screen shows that the focus is on the eyes,
but when I press
the shutter to enlarge
the photo and look at it again,
I find that the focus is on the eyebrows,
glasses or cheeks.
If you shoot 5 to 10
frames in a row,
you may have this problem on
one or two frames,
but as long as you close the aperture to f1.4 or f1.8,
the problem will disappear.
Personally, I'm not sure
if it's the lens
or the camera
or the firmware.
I hope that in a later firmware
update or in a more pro camera,
Nikon will be able to improve their
camera focusing system even further.
Because f1.2 this kind of big aperture lens to
the fuselage focusing ability,
the focusing precision also
has the focusing speed
to have the higher request compared to f1.4 also has f1.8
this kind of lens.
Still have a bit, often the friend can leave a
message or private message ask me if the lens focus sound
noisy or not
Many times
if you don't mention this problem
I don't even notice it
However this 50mmf1.2S focusing sound
is actually quite obvious,
but not serious,
in this quiet environment
can be easily heard.
Even if the video is taken
there will be a little sound
but it will not affect the sound record
In the manual focus mode,
this 50mm f1.2S focus travel moderate,
of course,
need manual focus,
with the lens above the LCD screen
can assist focusing,
very suitable for use in video shooting.
For more and more people pay attention
to the breathing effect of the lens,
this lens can be said to be perfect,
the focus from close to switch to the long distance,
in fact, we are difficult to
see the existence of breathing effect
In the past few weeks
I've also used a 50mm f1.2S lens to shoot portraits
some promotion photos
some commercial events
and some street photography
This lens can definitely
handle most subjects.
The 50mm lens is also
ideal for shooting in a variety of scenes,
and in some cases,
it is better than the 24mm or 35mm lens
to highlight the subject and
remove cluttered backgrounds and elements.
And unlike an 85mm lens,
it requires a certain distance
from the subject
to take half-body
or full-body portrait pictures.
For professional wedding photographers
and professional portrait photographers,
I personally recommend
this 50mm f1.2S lens.
You won't be disappointed with
its performance in all aspects.
For me personally,
I still hope that Nikon can
make further
progress in focusing,
introduce more professional bodies
better firmware,
so that we can better control this 50mmf1.2S,
and later launched 85mmf1.2S and other more
professional lenses
for amateurs or heavy users of video shooting.
I would recommend
buying the Nikon 50mm f1.8S
because it has a very good picture quality,
smaller size,
and a more affordable price.
There's one more thing I'd like to remind you of.
Some photography novice friends are not
the use of f1.2 lens will
certainly be able to take some
ultra-shallow depth of field photos.
Because the 50mm lens only belongs
to the middle focus segment,
not the long focus segment,
so even in the f1.2 aperture,
we still need to pay attention to composition,
pay attention to the foreground
and shooting distance,
will produce the kind of super-exaggerated super-fantastic blurring
But let me remind you again that
blurring is not the whole of photography.
50mm lens may be the first prime lens
in many people's life,
but with the passage of time,
the growth of shooting experience
soon you may feel that it is too mediocre,
thus going to
such prime lens of 35mm 85mm
But I believe that as
long as after a
long period of shooting,
one day you will return to the embrace of 50mm,
through this kind of
ordinary lens to shoot extraordinary pictures.
Since Nikon launched its first mirrorless camera
in 2018,
it has made continuous efforts in the focal range of 50mm
again and again.
In order to be able to allow
every photography users,
whether amateurs or professional photographers,
or super enthusiasts,
can be through the hands of the lens to
shoot the best picture,
get the best picture quality
In recent years, in terms of lens design,
Nikon has never compromised on picture quality
because of its blind pursuit of lightweight,
and in the 50mm focal range,
it has unreservedly
assigned the best lenses and the best
technology to each 50mm lens
So whether you buy 50mm f1.8S,
50mm f1.2S
or 58mm f0.95,
Nikon won't let you down
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