Great review as usual, but one thing I wish you could care more - since you use a6500 now, when reviewing lenses, think of us using a6000 and a6300 that we (heavily) rely on the len's OSS for video shooting. When you do reviews on a6500, we don't know how those lenses would actually perform....
I'm a Fuji shooter and I find this to be one of the most informative channels on this entire website. It is also very useful my Fuji uses a Sony sensor ;)
Hey, TM! Just another fan here! I'll get straight to it: I'm half deaf, and this year I've noticed RU-vid now slaps the CC (closed caption) logo on any video, regardless if it's automated or user-created. Automated is great, but it's obviously not perfect, occasionally gets annoying, and I find it personally upsetting that there's no longer a way to filter out automated and user-created CCs. I've just learned how to do it, and I was hoping you would allow me the opportunity to gain more experience by adding accurate subtitles to your videos. If you're interested, let me know a better way to contact you so that we can discuss this?
@@asaschlobohm I said I am half-deaf, not completely deaf lol... So, what I do is use headphones (sometimes with a headphone amp) to boost volume levels and be able to listen closely to the speech. Thus, I go from there and start building subs using the transcript button on the bottom right of the video. It's been a while, though, so I'm not sure what the steps are or if it's the same process.
Kickstarter Campaign is Open and some minutes to finish! Guys don't miss this opportunity I have the first version of this and it's so much fun! SAVE $80 kamlan-50mm-f11-mk2-prime-lens.kckb.st/0b24882f
Reminds me of working with the Rokinon 35mm f/1.2. Super bright and incredible optical quality, almost no distortion or chromatic aberration, just a pleasure to work with. I got it to replace my Sony 35mm f/1.8, and I'm so happy I did; I usually am not too much of a pixel peeper, but the sharpness and especially the chromatic aberration of that lens wide open killed me. It might be worth taking a look at the Kamlan as well, but I might also try too take a look at some vintage lenses if I want something more in that portrait range.
I doubt that the second version of Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 will have the same price of the first version. I have bought the first version of the Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 new for 110€ and the Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 new for 125€, both from eBay. The original Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 isn't really a sharp lens even at f/8 but at f/1.1 it offers the experience of very shallow depth of field with little money. That is very important for amateurs like me. The Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 is by far a sharper lens at f/8. It has good sharpnes in the center even at f/1.4. However at 28mm f/1.4 the depth of field is significantly less shallow than at 50mm f/1.1. In case the forthcoming second version of Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 has a price at around 150€ I will buy it immediately without second thought.
Exactly!!! Lenses like this you just have to enjoy like a good old record. Do not expect perfection. It is the same as with an old vinyl or cassette - warmth, distortion and FEELING go hand in hand. I mean, the Sigma... sure: perfect, sharp, bla bla... But this lens has so much personality that I would rather buy this.
All those classic Hollywood movies where the heroine would be in soft focus. I'm not sure Arthur R's photogenic Mrs would appreciate her laughter lines being 'tack sharp'. Perhaps the only exception is he may want her beautiful blue eyes in sharp focus.
@@SocietateaAscendenta I think beginner photographers and videographers don't understand this. A lot of experienced photo / video guys I know will choose character over super sharp outputs.
I've got the original and really like it. This one looks like it's a step or two above in build and image quality. Big thanks for all the reviews from Australia! 🇦🇺
I have the A6000, I recently put it up for sale on Ebay for $385. I took it down because I wasn't sure if upgrading to say the 6300 or the 6500 makes a huge difference. I have had the A6000 now for 1 year and it's in excellent condition. Please let me know your thoughts.
my a6000 shutter died. I would not consider 6300 but new 6400, much better for hardly more money. 6400 is better than 6500 for stills. For video, 6500 has ibis and is more expensive still. But Sony will be coming out with a 6500 replacement in a week or 2
I’m not a portrait person but I could see buying this lens for many creative artsy shots. At this price it’s worth a try. Looking forward to the kickstarter link.
Sweet, thank for giving us the options; you analysis and breakdown of the merits of the different"contenders in the same bracket is very helpful. I personally see this lens as an alternative to vintage lenses, coming in at a "peak brightness", if you can call it that, comparable only to some really exotic glass and with a lot of vintage feeling. I'm glad Kamlan managed to fix some or even most of the CA as that made the lens feel very "toy lens" previously. This is quite tempting even if it's not quite a "Noctilux" very tasteful.
I know this video is from a while ago, but I'm wondering if you could do a side by side comparison with the Sigma 56mm. I'm new to Sony photography and your videos have helped me make a ton of decisions. BTW hello from a fellow Austinite!
Advice... Having just the 16mm and 56mm sigma... What câmera would you choose ... Tha a6500 our a6400... Photos for stock, travel photos. Jeep the good work and contrata for the 100.000 subscribers
@@vspywka привет, вообще для кропа, но где на просторах нета писали, что мол сильно разницы мало, мол потом порезать... у меня сейчас первое поколение этой линзы... рад до ужаса, вот жду когда выйдет эта в продажу
On M43 at 1.1 it has a bit haze and CA, at 1.4 the haze is gone and at 1.8 it clears up becoming very sharp. But even at 1.1 the image is very decent. I got it used for around 700PLN which is about $160 despite the PLN basically plummeted recently. For such price you cannot beat it. And I can use it alsoo on Sone E whit cheap adapter.
Man, that’s a lot of glass! I’m wandering how good or bad it works with FE bodies since it got such a larger glass area in the rear. I use my sigma 30mm1.4 apsc lens on my FE body with 1.2x digital crop, and it works great. However, with some apsc lens, I have to set to 1.5x crop mode. Thus I’m wandering how about this one?
Fascinating. Great find. Questions: How many leaf's in the aperture control? How did you do the manual focus -- focus peaking? Magnification? or just raw skill? AND how does it compare at f/1.4 to the Sigma at f/1.4? (I think you compared them both wide open, yes?) . Thanks! Art
Much much better than the first one! The main drawback I noticed other than the CA when wide-open (even though it's leagues ahead of the previous generation) is some significant loss of contrast when hit with direct light (though didn't mind the flaring and though it added to the character of the lens). Other than that, this is a nice budget lens.
As it seems to me this lens is only for enthusiasts who likes experiments with many different lenses. For convenient usage it is better to buy sigma 56mm or sel50f18 (for budget users) than this 1.1 aperture lens. I recently bought sigma 56mm and it is amazing lens with pretty good autofocus and excellent sharpness wide open. I love it.
not only the sigma is sharper but the the image is brighter meaning that the T number of the kamlan is quite high (which is consistent with having a lot of reflections on the front element)
Kickstarter Campaign is Open and some minutes to finish! Guys don't miss this opportunity I have the first version of this and it's so much fun! SAVE $80 kamlan-50mm-f11-mk2-prime-lens.kckb.st/0b24882f
I wonder how these lenses will shoot night sky. Can it capture stars and milky way? There are many cheap alternatives and the phptos look great but im not shure about the night shots of the sky.
They need to make a Leica-M mount version of this so we can make it autofocus with the Tech-Artpro LM-E autofocus adapter. On a FF camera, it would give 75mm field of view which would be pretty good for portraits. I'm loving my 85mm f1.8 and this would be less sharp but render better out of focus backgrounds and perform better in low light. On the sharpness thing, most people hate seeing their wrinkles and spots on the 85mm so I wouldnt mind giving them a more blurred image that is more flattering to their eyes.. even if it wasnt the truth
Yeah, that is not how that works. This is 50mm lens FF equivalent and it will give you exactly 50mm field of view on FF camera. It gives you 75mm on this APSC body. And even if it was 50mm field of view for crop as you thought the calculation works the other way around and on FF it would've been ~33mm field of view and not 75.
@@kristiyandimitrov5519Thanks for reminding me. I always get confused calculating how APSC focal lengths translate to FF. I have APSC lenses and FF lenses as well as APSC cameras. My Sony 35mm f1.8 sony APSC lens on my FF body (A7III) gives me a similar FOV as my Zeiss 55mm F1.8 if the FF camera is in APSC-auto mode. When I turn that off, I get a wider view with corners cut off. I have to remember focal length is focal length in FF terms. Thanks again
Lenses like this you just have to enjoy like a good old record. Do not expect perfection. It is the same as with an old vinyl or cassette - warmth, distortion and FEELING go hand in hand. I mean, the Sigma... sure: perfect, sharp, bla bla... But this lens has so much personality that I would rather buy this. Only problem: no auto-focus. And, since I film myself or have my wife or a friend film me sometime and they have no clue on manual focus... pffff... Though decision!
This lens is an APS-C lens, correct? The Sigma 56mm is a full frame, so it is more like 84mm, correct? The images from this KamLam lens are beautiful. I noticed it was a bit of a challenge to use a manual focus lens for focusing in video mode. But the stills were stunning. Thanks for posting.
He could you Please Make one video on Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 Mark 2 and some comparison with sigma 35mm f1.4 , It would be very grateful for us Thank you so much :)
God damnit, you made me buy another Kamlan lens for my a6000...! This one will be the fourth in my collection. Hopefully mk 3 will have autofocus, then I can buy that one too.
Where is the location of those giant trees? I looked up the restaurant on the iced tea cup and it is either in southern California or Phoenix. Neither have those trees. Anybody know?
Hey dude! I see that you and Jenessa just went to Europe on vacation and took your gear. My fiance and I are going to Italy for our Honeymoon in September. We have a DSLR, but want something more compact for traveling with, so I am about to purchase an A6000 with the kit lens. But I'm between a couple other lenses and would love your recommendation. We want something sharp, that will take in the beauty of Italy, will have good compression and will be good in low light. I'm stuck between the Sony 35mm (which I know is what you took with you), the Sigma 30mm f 1.4, or the Sigma 16mm f 1.4. I figured you'd be a good person to ask, because you've done the trip were about to do and you know photography! Love your channel!
