I bought the 50mm as the first lens for my gh5. It really depends on what you're doing. Later I bought a 14-140mm lens mainly for photography but the Sirui 50mm is still super OP when shooting video. Loving the 1.8 aperture😍😎
yeah i have the 35mm and i love it!, it sounds weird but i actually bought it for photography, like landscapes and astro photography, and it sounds weird but i shoot it on a gh9 which combined with a speed booster and a canon lens mount take the aperture from 1.8 down to just .8 making it perfect!
Great video! Quick tip for shooting on the a7siii, instead of using apsc mode which doesn’t allow you to shoot 4K, use clear image zoom. You will be able to still shoot 4K and have a little better quality image!
Excellent comparison video! The only two things I think you got wrong were the sharpness and everyday shooting thing. More so the sharpness thing - these lenses (@ least the 24mm, 35mm, and 50mm ones) are some of the sharpest lenses I own, including ALL my spherical lenses. So much so that pro mist filters pretty much stay on the lenses when I shoot with them. In fact, that's kind of one of their main selling points. I can kind of concede your point about everyday usage in terms of anamorphic lenses in general. That look isn't for EVERY shoot, that's understandable. But if you do mainly shoot content that allows for the anamorphic look, these lenses can EASILY be daily drivers. Looking forward to participating in your challenge!
Great video guys, anamorphic is so cool! Wishing they made some with 2x squeeze though! And that they covered full frame! Maybe I should still test one of these out though... 🤔
Thanks for the video. I picked up the 75mm recently from B&H. It was on sale for $399; I really wanted the 50mm, & will pick that up later, but I could not pass on the sale.
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Yeah 50mm is way to go if you can afford only 1 lens. It sits in the middle of all but i would recommend buying all the lenses if you can because each lens have its own characteristics which help in story telling like in the 75mm the background comes forward, The background moves slower etc. its a great video 😗💖
You should have also compared the focus „breathing” while doing a full pull on each of them. Some squish more than others due to their focusing mechanism (the anamorphic back glass moves together with the circular group). That’s a ‚feature’ of most anamorphics but it’s also a buying consideration. Same with the squeeze factor - it actually differs dynamically depending on the current focusing distance.
Just getting into anamorphic and I have the 50mm, which I love. Also copped a set of diopters (close-up lenses) to solve the minimum focal distance issue. Still deciding on what my next one will be, but I’ll probably go with the 35mm next, then the 75mm. Great video! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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I own the entire set and tend to agree … my favorite is the 24mm and 50mm. The 35 is least useful on mft. If i were to pick and have only 2 of them i’d pick 50 + 24 on a x2 crop sensor or 35+75 on a smaller crop/cropped ff.
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If all you want are lens flares, then the filters aren't bad alternatives (although they have their own suite of issues). But true anamorphic lenses have many other characteristics that you cannot get with filters.
Anamorphic filters don't give the same look as true anamorphic lenses. Because physics. It's not just lens flare, but bokeh, compression, depth of field variables, etc. You can get close with a filter in terms of lens flares and some oval bokeh, but not exact. You don't get the same effects that anamorphic glass gives. Because, again, PHYSICS... There's DEFINITELY a need for these lenses, not unless you aren't looking for a TRUE anamorphic look.
Im using a Sony a6100 and I bought this lens came in yesterday I have a hard time using it and figuring out how to use it, do you maybe know any budget monitors that have d squeeze for Sony a6100? I just need help on how to use it, can you make in debth video on how to use it??
Just start out with whatever you already have available, even if it's just your phone! Check if you love photography until you know all limits of your current gear. Grow with that and discover what next step you should take. You can also buy a cheap entry level DSLR camera/mirrorless if you'd like something more serious :)
I know the video is old, but I hope you’ll reply. Would you recommend to use the crop lenses over the sirui full lenses for Sony a7iv? The full lenses are 3 times the cost compared to the crop lenses. I’m skit wondering if it’s worth the huge additional cost to get the full frame or if it matters to lose some of the image and save thousands of $ to get the whole set.
Just how bad of an idea is it to throw one of these on a A7ii that can only do 1080p video? I read everywhere "shoot in 4K so you can crop to the correct aspect". Is shooting in 1080p a complete waste or is it viable but not optimal?
I think anamorphics lens are overrated and over used. Like a trend going on right now. I think their best uses is on the zoom side of things. Its a 'wider zoom'. The under 50mm kinda defeats the point.
it is a lens that has a square buldged shape compared to round flat lenses like normal that basically stretch the image out on the sides giving you movie aspect ratio
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