Oh yes! So yeah! Here I am, I've got a new lens here.
This is so T, so T?
Salty lens!
This is Sony 20 mm f/1.8.
Brand new?
Oh yes, look at that! Check this out!
It's got an aperture, aperture ring,
which you can de-click, click it off,
smooth for video recording.
And then you got a button there which can be customized,
and an AF/MF button, and that's all you need to know.
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No, I, it's got 2 XD linear motor,
within whatever that is, for smooth and fast, precise focusing.
You've got 2 aspherical elements, 3 ED elements.
It's super wide, super fast.
It's lightweight, it's got a nice balance to it, which I like.
At 373 grams, it keeps the camera/lens setup nicely balanced with a weight towards your hands.
Nice to have a fast-ish wide that's not big and clunky,
but that also means plastic has been used on some bits where some might not desire, like the filter thread.
And look, the focusing is really close.
Just, let’s, let’s, let's get up really listen, see how close I can get up to.
That, I'm practically in your face. I'm on your face, I'm in your head right now.
That's how close I am.
It's gonna be good for landscapes because of the wide focal length,
but also, city stuff, architecture.
You get everything in.
So it's what I'm doing here.
Alright, not much architecture going on here, although technically they're working on some here…
But, anyway, just wanted some lines to check distortion, and it looks pretty good.
Although the distortion that you do get is complex, a mix of barrel and pin cushion.
And while we're getting geeky, the vignetting without the lens compensation is quite noticeable, wide open,
although gradually disappears as you stop down.
Obviously.
Oh, what a display!
Gotta love Selfridges' displays.
It's a contrasty lens and details look sharp.
I love using wide angles in tight city spaces, to shoot street scenes, as long as the distortion is low,
and the lens isn't a wang of a lens. It means you can stand closer, closer than this,
right in there, so you don't get anyone coming into your foreground so you can isolate your subject.
Or some bollocks like that.
The lens, though, I like. But we can't just ignore the competition.
Friendly competition, that is.
The Zeiss is nice. 18 mm f/2.8, which comes in at around 300 euros more than the 1100 euros Sony.
And saving money is nice, too. But what's the difference?
Other than the focal length obviously. In the centre, the Zeiss is good, the Sony is really good.
The Sony being sharper at f/1.8 and 2.8, compared to the Zeiss at f/2.8.
The Sony, wide open and in the corners isn't as sharp as the Zeiss wide open,
but f/2.8 vs f/2.8, the Sony seems to have the edge.
A hugh softbox, for video we could just, you know forget studios,
just hang outside Selfridges.
Yeah I mean with a, with a wide like this, you wanted to have not too many distorted lines,
especially with prime. We’re assuming you know you kind of expect it to get a bit wonky.
It'll be great to get some kind of photo here because of the light, it's amazing.
Just got to find something to take photos of.
On crop it'll be 30mm so you know, not so wide.
I just take pictures of anything random.
If you could just stand in the middle here.
Yes. It’s always useful to have that extra speed for low light shooting,
giving this another advantage over the Zeiss
even if that f-stop isn't so much about the bokeh!
That’s, that’s, that's f/1.8, I mean,
you're not really getting much in terms of shallow depth of field,
although if you get up really close, you will do. What’s the bokeh like? Let’s have a look, let’s get some,
let's get some bokeh-balls in the background.
The balls are good, I'm liking the balls.
Yes, if you get up close enough, you'll probably enjoy the balls.
A very faint hard edge here and there but mostly bokeh-lish.
Creamy!
I'm not good to shout I like balls. Yeah, in the middle of Oxford Street,
I like the balls, the balls are round and smooth.
Scrumptious.
That opens up some creative possibilities when you can get that close.
And that wide, it's not macro close, but it's still close enough to smell whatever it is you're taking photos of.
This doesn't go quite as wide as the Zeiss but it has the extra speed.
The performance is really quite good and I love the ergonomics, size and feel of it,
making this a great little lens for stills and video even if I don't love so much the plastic filter thread.
If you don't need the extra 2 mm wideness,
you can use this lens without feeling like you're compromising on anything.
It's like those things for the Wing Chun, those Wing Chun things, really camp ones.
You know us street photographers, we’re proper hardcore bunch,
so I shop at M&S. I mean nice bit of pastry here,
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