Sirui Sniper 16mm + 75mm AF F1.2 Review

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In this video I check out the new Sirui Sniper 16mm and 75mm F1.2 APSC lenses being added to the existing 23, 33, and 56mm lenses. You can read more and support the indigogo here (these lenses are now 20% off!): shrsl.com/4leir
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Комментарии : 53

@timlong9913 3 месяца назад

One of the best quotes ever "They're better to look at than look through..."!

@utolkph7263 3 месяца назад

Great review. Can't wait for your yongnuo 11 f1.8 review.

@johndao5870 Месяц назад

I learned over the years: sharp lenses are not good for cinematic videos. Every clips you show is dream like. Great cinematic lenses. AF needs improvement.

@amazonfinds9157 Месяц назад

No rf mount is sad tbh

@myblujl7503 3 месяца назад

Wow. What a shame. I really like the style of the lens, but when older Sigma's are so much better for cheaper, no thanks.

@nomadikmind3979 3 месяца назад

If Sirui reads comments and sees this, I really hope they stick to it. A few more years of development and they will have some awesome budget cinema lenses, which are very needed!

@donglemadness 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the review. As a professional content creator using A6700 with Viltrox Pro 27mm F1.2 and Sony SEL 11mm F1.8, I agree that those two are tack crisp sharp for overall resolution. However, the quirks of my 23mm Sirui Sniper is the organic color and native cinematic look that impressed me the most out of all three. Some content creators will go at length to produce a perfect 24FPS cinematic look and with my Viltrox and Sony lenses, it is a bit of a challenge because they are natively sharp and super detailed, cinematic is all about ambience and organic smoothness, I have found that at F1.4 the Sniper lenses delivered exactly that and that's why I am keeping it whenever there's a need to do natural cinematic footages (which I tend to do now).

@drchtct 4 дня назад

Looks like your 75mm comparison has different focus points. At 2:46, the Viltrox has a tack sharp child image, but if you look at the decoration piece in the left bottom corner, it is much sharper on the Sirui, same with the shelf texture. You focused on the closer objects for the Sirui which means with the super thin plane of focus of a 75mm f1.2 the stuff that's 10cm further behind is already not in focus anymore. I revisited this video because basically every other reputable reviewer praises the 75mm, so was curious why you thought different. The Sirui is a bit softer than the excellent Viltrox, no doubt, but you made a focusing error here and it doesn't do the Sirui justice which beats almost every non-Viltrox-Pro lens out there in the APSC third-party world.

@SummersSnaps 2 месяца назад

1:10 wth man!

@maggnet4829 3 месяца назад

I do admit, I liked the style those lenses create in video recording. I'd never buy them as photography lenses, though. A big plus of them you didn't mention, however, they are a bit smaller and a lot lighter than their Viltrox equivalent. Sniper at 380g and 92mm vs. Viltrox 670g and 101mm.

@shou6631 Месяц назад

我买了SIRUI 75mm F1.2 它的F1.2下基本不可用，画面模糊，色散明显，即使是中心区域。F1.4勉强可以用。想退货了 75MM也不是很合适任何场地使用。但是它的重量和体积确实比Viltrox小很多

@rafaelrivas8910 Месяц назад

I was about to buy this, it was in my cart. I decided to look for a review and this review made me decide not to purchase!!! thanks you saved me in buying expensive paper holders

@Doc2705 3 месяца назад

I think the comparison isn’t necessary here, because it’s more like apples to oranges. That soft look is just about perfect for skin tones. And when it comes to bokeh in videos; a good story and the bokeh is only something that professionals are going to look at. The only time I’m thinking about it is here, on RU-vid, looking at reviews. What I noticed was a good video without the digital sharpness.

@JoseOnTheAir 3 месяца назад

The review I was waiting for. Love my Sigma 16mm on my ZV-E10. Was hoping to snag the Sirui for my Nikon Z30 to save $200 on the Z Mount Sigma 16, but that would be doing a disservice after seeing this. Hoping Yongnuo does a Z Mount 16mm F1.8 for Z Mount with how impressive the E mount version is under $300.

@Sebartus 3 месяца назад

I was waiting for this test. The lenses themselves look absolutely amazing, but the image is far from perfect, I thought it would be a good competition for the Viltrox 75mm f1.2, but there is a BIG gap between them so the title of the video should be: Sirui Sniper 16mm + 75mm AF F1.2 Review - no, no ... and NO !

@Eyeofkamau 2 месяца назад

the chromatic aberration of these lenses is great man, and way better than the previous ones! As someone that owns the nightwalkers, and used to own the sigma 16, the sirui 16 & 75 have way better CA performance than the sigma.

@kh1188ish 3 месяца назад

An honest review. Bravo!

@johansphoto 2 месяца назад

Very different from Dustin Abbot's review. He does report unreliable video af but for stills the 75 was very close to the Viltrox and has better bokeh.

@shou6631 Месяц назад

SIRUI比Viltrox的优势是轻便和便宜

@KBTalkPodcast 19 дней назад

Paid $1000 for all 5 lenses with their sale plus a coupon code. Will be used for video work on my fx30. I got GMs for my photography work. I should get them today, looking forward to them.

@upgradeaerialphotos 3 месяца назад

Another fantastic review! Thanks for what you do Arthur!

@martinphilipps8678 Месяц назад

1:10 WTF ????

@CZOV 2 месяца назад

Clearing designed for video use on a gimbal, will make many video guys happy. Im still waiting for the Chinese tele primes which will destroy Canon and Sony uber-overpriced glass. Im sure we will get there in the next 10 years. 300mm f1.8 at $799 - heaven!

@trym2121 Месяц назад

It's designed from cine lens, with sharpness defect intended. Just sharp enough in the center, has a bit micro contradt (3d pop), no need to be sharp at corner. As video guy for people as main subject, this is desirable. For photography, this is desirable for portrait if you use lots of bokeh

@frankfeng2701 3 месяца назад

They should've kept the filter size at the same 67mm, which makes the set look more professional.

@SuperMacjosh 3 месяца назад

I really wanted to love the 56mm lens for my Nikon, but it was just too soft wide open for me. I'm hoping they can get the sharpness right in another updated model.

@ImperiousImages 3 месяца назад

Great review. There’s been a lot of paid ads with this set. I was suspicious. Thanks for sharing your findings.

@Vromiaris778 26 дней назад

I just picked up the 16mm / 75mm set used from B&H for $350.00 - I know I am not getting the best…. but the price was near impossible to pass on. I have the 23mm and I am very pleased with that one. I also just did the firmware update. I love these for nighttime street photography - they just have character!

@gillesmatheronpro 2 месяца назад

As you said, Sirui ( = "see-roo-ee") can do way better than this. Hopefully with a second generation. Until then, I'll stick to photo-AF lenses for all my creations. Thank you for cutting the higher grass, so we can see more clearly what happens ahead !

@explodingheavens 3 месяца назад

Nice. Viltrox 75 1.2 looks great. 16mm sniper is hard to replace tho, no wide f1.2 with AF. 20mm 0.95 may be more interesting then, sadly it's manual one, but considering there is nothing to lose quality wise, might as well take it.

@YasinOzylmaz 2 месяца назад

16mm sniper hard to replace😅 i prefer superb f1.4 lens over crap f/1.2 lens. sigma 16mm waaaay better than sirui 16mm

@explodingheavens 2 месяца назад

@YasinOzylmaz well, if you want more bokeh, better low light performance... it's f1.2 vs f1.4 I got 20€ lens performing good enough, also some with very weak corners, but no AF. This one is way sharper than those, it's not useless, only not the best. Depends on needs...

@nicedward7544 2 месяца назад

No 75/85 can beat that viltrox for apsc. The sigma 65 f2 is a ridiculous sharp lens but not the fastest

@Edwin-- 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the interesting review! Sirui makes good value-for-money tripods, and have been doing so for years. Optics however is quite new for them, and it makes me wonder whether they design and manufacture these themselves, or whether they just use their brand name to bring generic lenses to the market to make a quick buck. These lenses usually have very limited resale value, and are not very good investments, unless a certain lens line gets traction for their quality. This is a bit different from Viltrox, for who lenses really seems their core business. I have a few Sirui tripods and heads, those I can recommend as they have served me well for years so far.

@_jaepiljeong 2 месяца назад

Is there vignetting in 75mm 1.2 max opening?

@roid_G_zorod Месяц назад

thank you for the honest review! just saved me from wasting my money on these.

@drchtct 3 месяца назад

The teardrop bokeh is something that occurs with Sony's Electronic Front Curtain Shutter using very high shutter speeds, it won't happen if you turn that off or use another camera, it's not the fault of the lens.

@im.js.17 3 месяца назад

I mean they do have the 13 mm 1.4 which (I'm pretty sure?) no other manufacturer makes. I also saw that viltrox is supposedly making another 1.2 lens to go along with there 27 mm and 75 mm lenses, so hopefully we see what that lens is soon!

@drchtct 3 месяца назад

@@im.js.17 13 and 16 or 18 is completely different, their 13 is great though. I guess if they do another 1.2 it has to be a 50 or 16/18, the 13, 27, 75 trio covers the rest pretty well

@JJARCHIE 3 месяца назад

Wait the sig16 is softer than the fuji ?

@drchtct 3 месяца назад

@@JJARCHIE yes, it’s also older and a third of the price, still a good deal overall, Fuji is smaller and optically excellent but you pay a big price for that, wish Viltrox would build sth similar for half the price 😅

@arghaatta4837 3 месяца назад

Please make a V/s video between Sirui Sniper series and Sigma series lenses.

@mashsomi6376 3 месяца назад

Is this lens AF or Mannual?

@ArthurR 3 месяца назад

these have autofocus.

@ifzarik 2 месяца назад

nice!

@pisachasrinuan7960 3 месяца назад

For the first lenses series, Sirui should start with F1.8 because it's easier to design and cheaper to sell. Now it get compared with top brands like Sigma and Viltrox because Sirui is not exactly cheap. I prefer a sharper F1.4 or F1.8 over this.

@trym2121 Месяц назад

Haha, you want another f1.8 of common focal length lenses? What's wrong with existing one? Just be grateful sirui do 1.2 to differentiate against others. It is usable for video work

@pisachasrinuan7960 Месяц назад

@@trym2121 F1.2 that is not good, practical, sharp, or useable at F1.2. We need to step down to F1.4 F1.8, what is the point of being F1.2 then? It's just F1.8 lense that advertise as F1.2

@studioshagrasyiid 3 месяца назад

APSC bokeh on wide lens is not very attractive :(

@Edwin-- 3 месяца назад

Bokeh on wide lenses is rarely attractive, too much detail remains for nice bokeh. Even on the 15mm f1.4 for APS-C or the 24mm f1.4 GM for full-frame it is a bit so-so. Going wider is usually worse, not better.

@drchtct 2 месяца назад

Bokeh quality has nothing to do with APSC or Fullframe., this will look exactly like a 24mm 1.8 fullframe lens. The teardrop effect is because of his electronic first curtain shutter setting, camera fault, not lens.