SLR Magic Cine MicroPrime 50mm T1.2 - Imperfectly Perfect! 

Are you comfortable using manual lenses or are you a slave to auto-focus??

This is one of the finest reviews on a lens I’ve seen in awhile. Thank you.

A hard stop is absolutely essential to set up a follow focus system. It clicks because it's supposed to make a hard stop. Not a mushy, soft and quiet stop.

Great overview for this! Thanks for taking the time. Looks like great quality in a tiny, pocketable size! It would make swinging lenses a breeze :) btw, the sound isn't the issue for a clicked photography lens. We usually grab audio externally anyway. The smooth iris motion is much more important in having a clickless aperture ring for video. :)

Very nice video man!

I love the way you explained the value of T .

Very informative, thanks for the video!

excellent review! thanks!

The lens looks awesome, nice video I'm 5 mins in

Just orderd cant wait for it to come in!!

Such a beautiful lens!

Great review!

great review... 🙌

Nice review!

real nice!

Great review. Very easy to follow. Youre like the Arnold Schwarzenegger of the video world

Probably gonna buy this for my A7Siii

This is what you'd call an ART lens! It reminds me of the old Zeiss Planar T

I wouldn't say T stop is more accurate - F stop is basically the size of the aperture in proportion to the projection length - while T-stop is the effective light efficiency of the lens. For example, the Mitakon Speedmaster F0.95 has an overly huge proportional aperture but the glass cannot transmit as efficiently as it has only T1.3. Only the F-Stop will decide how much bokeh you get! The T-stop is not effecting the bokeh! - There are high-efficiency T-stop lenses but the bokeh is worse. This is why the Mitakon Speedmaster F0.95 has more bokeh than this T1.2 lens. So to pack it up: Mitakon Speedmaster F0.95 shows Cateye bokeh because the glass is proportionally smaller than it should be - hence T1.3, While this SLR Magic lens has enough glass and projection coverage for high-efficiency T-stop but the aperture is not near F0.95 - hence giving rounder (but smaller) bokeh in the corners compared to the Mitakon. Hope this clears it up a bit - usually higher F-Stop is difficult without optical flaws - if you care about low-light situations one should generally look for Cine lenses as they are more efficient and the T-stop is accurate to measure your shutter speed. In terms of optical engineering - a lens like the Mitakon F0.95 makes not much sense - since the argument is the speed - you are better of with this SLR Magic lens as it is indeed faster! If you want a more flawed and blurred image the Mitakon is for you. To get rid of the aberrations both of these lenses show at widest aperture I recommend a 400nm UV cut filter - this will get rid of purple fringing (as it blocks the UV color spectrum fully). They are also classified as A2 UV filters.

Excellent

More comfortable with af sometimes use mf. I have a similar style of lens, the Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 but I find stabilising it in hand difficult. How did this one handle free hand? You captured some beautiful video and shoots with it.

Are we not gonna talk about how this is the equivalent of an f1.1?? I have this one cuz of this review. Haven't used it yet cuz I have a lot going on but I can't wait to sit down and get some.

Hi... what do you think I could use on a leica M mount? If I buy the sony to leica adapter it will work.? thanks for your opinion

I wonder if this is this T1.2 is the same optically as the 50mm F1.1 lens that SLR Magic sells. From the weight of it, it may be that there is more glass. I hope that the T1.2 is an improvement, since I just bought one. But I'm thinking I just wasted some money and could have just gotten the F1.1. Does anyone know if there is any difference?

is the rotation of focus in the regular direction? because i got a nikkor that the focus is the other way around and I am always spinning the worg way..

HI, but what you think about DZOFILM Vespid Primes ? is that better than Magic APO MicroPrime ? I saw a lot of good reviews about DZOFILM Vespid Primes

Anyone use the SLR magic as well as the new Meike FF cine lenses or DZO Vespids?

Dear Sir, can you suggest to me an alternative lens for Fujifilm X mount?

Hey so I’m from the US and I’m trying to contact this place about buying the lens. But no pick. Also you have any of those lens for sell?

Quick question - you mention you can't film with the Zeiss 55/1.8 - any chance you can clarify why you say that?

When you say the lens has character are you referring to the color rendition?

Are the focus ring / apurture ring smooth?

What camera did you use with this lens at 5:08?

How about travel focus distance? Long or??

who is T for ? for film makers, different lens at same T.stops expose exactly the same, different lenses with same f.stop expose differently. When we film the same scene with different lenses, having exactly the same exposure saves us time in color correction.

How does it compare the quality image with sigma art lenses

Is there PL or EF mount?

Any focus breathing?

Can you swap the mounts?

How do you deal with the breathing of this lens?? That’s stopping me from starting a set

Do you still use the microprimes?? Any new content with them?

Why they don't make EF mount :(

I have a set on BMCC4K and they does not lock solidly in the mount. The follow focus motor jiggles the lens in the mount.

T-Stops are more accurate and constant than F-Stops. A T1.2 from SLR will be exactly the same as a T1.2 from Zeiss. On the other hand F-Stops vary from brand to brand.

I use cine lens just for still photography, I dont do videos.

Why does everyone bleep out corona and COVID19?